PSYCO258 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Retina, Financial Institution, Parietal Lobe
1 Nov 2016
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However, a little later, when he decides to take a break from his math homework and play an easy game on his cell phone, he does find their conversation distracting (-distraction-). Deciding to stop resisting the conversation, roger beings to consciously eavesdrop while continuing to play his cell phone game (-divided attention-). As he notices that one person seems upset and others are gathering up the books, he looks from one person to another and decides he doesn"t know any of them (-visual scanning-). Definition: (1) attention: the ability to focus on specific stimuli or locations. (2) selective attention: attending to one thing while ignoring others. Roger attempts to focus on his math homework while ignoring the people talk (3) distraction: one stimulus interfering with the processing of another stimulus. The way the conversation in the library interfered with his cell phone game (4) divided attention: paying attention to more than one thing at a time.
