PSY270H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Daniel Kahneman, Dependent And Independent Variables, Feature Integration Theory

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY270H1
• Professor: Christine Millicent Burton

Document Summary

The taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought. Attention works to filter out the irrelevant stimuli in the environment such that the only aspect of the environment left in our consciousness is what we choose to pay attention to. Our attention is limited by the amount of information we can focus on at a particular time. A research procedure where subjects are asked to repeat (i. e. shadow) a message heard over headphones. Target information and competing message are both played in the headphone. According to cherry, people usually cannot accurately report the content of the target message. An effect of attention where one"s focus changes abruptly due to a salient stimulus (such as subjects" name) in the environment. Suggests that more salient information can get through the filter to capture attention. There are individual differences (e. g. working memory abilities)