PSYC 3030 Study Guide - Dont, Stroop Effect
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If we have a filter theory of attention, we can only process certain streams at a time. However, we can multitask. (listening to the teacher, taking notes) What"s important is the level of demand that the tasks require. We can do more than one thing at a time as long as we don"t use up the capacity. If two tasks combined exceed your capacity, you won"t be able to do both. The two factors that determine whether tasks will exceed capacity. They had participants do 2 tasks at the same time. First, they just had to determine if two letters were the same. If the letters were the same, they would push a button with their right hand. If the letters were different, they"d push a button with their left hand. Second, they had to wear headphones and detect tones. If they heard the tone, they would push a button with their left hand.
