PSYC2011 Final: Psychology 1002 Study Notes
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Attentional limits: at any one time we can only pay attention to a limited amount of available information (cid:224) these limitations are a major constraint on human information processing, all information can be briefly registered, the amount that can be reported is limited, the amount of information that can be selected for high level" processing is limited (cid:224) can information be meaningfully processed without attention being directed to it, the amount of resources available for cognitive processing is limited (cid:224) there appears to be a limit to the amount of processing that we a consciously aware of. Resource models of attention: limitations in processing are due to a limitation on the attentional resources available for all cognitive processes, additional resources can be directed towards any stage of processing (not just filtered information, availability and allocation of attentional resources depends on task demands, individual motivations, abilities etc.
