Attention Week 6 Outline
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What is the main focus of attention according to the text?

  • Mental effort
  • Historical background
  • Specific stimuli (correct)
  • Sensory events
  • Which model of attention is associated with Treisman?

  • Broadbent’s Model
  • Dichotic Listening Task
  • Peaslee and Swartz Model
  • Attenuation Model (correct)
  • What is the purpose of the Dichotic Listening Task?

  • To study historical backgrounds
  • To measure divided attention (correct)
  • To focus on specific stimuli
  • To enhance sensory events
  • In the Dichotic Listening Task, what are participants instructed to do?

    <p>Pay attention to one ear and repeat what they heard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did attention become an important topic of research in the 1950s according to the text?

    <p>Due to the development of technology during World War II</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term is used to describe the procedure of repeating sentences as they are heard in the Dichotic Listening Task?

    <p>'Shadowing'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does attention do according to the text?

    <p>Controls mental environment by selecting events to enter consciousness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Broadbent's filter model of attention, what is the function of the filter stage?

    <p>Identifying the message being attended to based on physical characteristics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the detector stage in Broadbent's model focus on processing?

    <p>Higher-level characteristics of the attended message</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of short-term memory in Broadbent's filter model?

    <p>Holding information for 10–15 seconds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are participants unable to report the content of the message delivered in the unattended ear?

    <p>The filter stage blocks out irrelevant messages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Broadbent's model explain the ability to focus on one message only?

    <p>By filtering based on physical characteristics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is transferred from short-term memory into long-term memory in Broadbent's model?

    <p>Output of the detector after processing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does Broadbent's model involve a sensory buffer/memory stage?

    <p>To hold all incoming information for a fraction of a second</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes the detector stage from the filter stage in Broadbent's model?

    <p>The filter processes physical characteristics, while the detector focuses on meaning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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