Attention
Psychology ⇒ Cognitive Psychology
Attention starts at 10 and continues till grade 12.
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Describe one real-life example of inattentional blindness.
Describe the main findings of research on multitasking and its impact on performance.
Describe the main idea behind Treisman's attenuation theory of attention.
Describe the Stroop effect and its significance in the study of attention.
Explain how attention can affect perception.
A person is able to drive a car and have a conversation at the same time. This is an example of which type of attention? (1) Divided attention, (2) Selective attention, (3) Sustained attention, (4) Focused attention
A person is asked to count the number of passes made by a basketball team in a video and fails to notice a person in a gorilla suit walking through the scene. What phenomenon does this illustrate? (1) Change blindness, (2) Inattentional blindness, (3) Divided attention, (4) Sustained attention
A student is reading a book in a noisy café but is able to focus on the text and ignore the background noise. What type of attention is the student using? (1) Divided attention, (2) Selective attention, (3) Sustained attention, (4) Alternating attention
A person is able to drive a car and have a conversation at the same time. This is an example of which type of attention? (1) Divided attention, (2) Selective attention, (3) Sustained attention, (4) Focused attention
A person is asked to count the number of passes made by a basketball team in a video and fails to notice a person in a gorilla suit walking through the scene. What phenomenon does this illustrate? (1) Change blindness, (2) Inattentional blindness, (3) Divided attention, (4) Sustained attention
A student is reading a book in a noisy café but is able to focus on the text and ignore the background noise. What type of attention is the student using? (1) Divided attention, (2) Selective attention, (3) Sustained attention, (4) Alternating attention
Which model of attention suggests that unattended information is filtered out early in the processing stream? (1) Late selection model, (2) Early selection model, (3) Attenuation model, (4) Resource model
Fill in the blank: The ________ effect occurs when a person's name is mentioned in an unattended channel and captures their attention.
Fill in the blank: The ________ model of attention suggests that all information is processed to some extent, but only selected information reaches conscious awareness.
Fill in the blank: The ________ theory of attention suggests that attention is like a bottleneck that restricts the flow of information.
Fill in the blank: The inability to perceive a stimulus because attention is focused elsewhere is called ________ blindness.
True or False: According to the resource model of attention, attention can be divided among tasks as long as the total demand does not exceed available resources.
True or False: All stimuli in the environment are processed equally by our attention system.
True or False: Attention is a limited resource.
True or False: Change blindness refers to the failure to notice changes in a visual scene.
