Recent

  • Show all results for ""

🎧 New: AI-Generated Podcasts Turn your study notes into engaging audio conversations. Learn more

Multitasking Mastery
24 Questions
3 Views

Multitasking Mastery

Created by
@AchievableSalamander

Podcast Beta

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

What hypothesis suggests that heavy multitasking may enhance some control processes?

  • Selective attention hypothesis
  • Scattered attention hypothesis
  • Divided attention hypothesis
  • Trained attention hypothesis (correct)

    • What did Ophir et al. (2009) find about heavy media multitaskers?

  • They have equal attentional control as non-multitaskers
  • They are more distractable (correct)
  • They are less prone to distraction
  • They have better attentional control

    • What is the deadline for submitting reflections on Moodle Discussion Board?

  • Thursday at 5 pm
  • Friday at 10 am
  • Thursday at 10 am (correct)
  • Friday at 5 pm

    • When is Quiz 3 scheduled?

    <p>Friday</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of young adults report regularly using social media?

    <p>90%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Socrates fear would have negative effects on memory?

    <p>Writing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Schneider & Shiffrin find in their Experiment 1 regarding divided attention?

    <p>Participants became better at tasks requiring divided attention with substantial practice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it dangerous to be on the phone while driving?

    <p>It impairs the ability to predict where threats might occur</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Wiradhany & Nieuwenstein find regarding replication in their study?

    <p>Replication failures were observed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did participants report after 600 trials in Schneider & Shiffrin's Experiment 1?

    <p>Task became automatized</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Henderson et al. suggest about attention to multiple tasks?

    <p>No negative consequences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Gonidis & Sharma highlight as a problem?

    <p>Conflating internet use with social media use</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What hypothesis suggests that heavy multitasking may enhance some control processes?

    <p>Trained attention hypothesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Ophir et al. (2009) find about heavy media multitaskers?

    <p>They are more distractible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When is the deadline for submitting reflections on Moodle Discussion Board?

    <p>Thursday at 10 am</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the topic of the upcoming Exam 1?

    <p>Make It Stick</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Schneider & Shiffrin find in their Experiment 2 regarding automatic processing?

    <p>Automatic processing is not possible for difficult tasks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it dangerous to be on the phone while driving?

    <p>Impaired ability to predict where threats might occur</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Henderson et al. suggest about attention to multiple tasks?

    <p>Belief attention can be focused on multiple tasks with no negative consequences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did participants report after 600 trials in Schneider & Shiffrin's Experiment 1?

    <p>Task became automatized</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Gonidis & Sharma highlight as a problem?

    <p>Conflating internet use with social media use</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Ophir et al. (2009) find about heavy media multitaskers?

    <p>They have difficulty filtering out irrelevant information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Wiradhany & Nieuwenstein find regarding replication in their study?

    <p>Replication failures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Socrates fear would have negative effects on memory?

    <p>Writing things down</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Multitasking and Attention

    • The adaptive control hypothesis suggests that heavy multitasking may enhance some control processes.
    • Heavy media multitaskers, as found by Ophir et al. (2009), have a greater likelihood of switching between tasks and are more sensitive to the environment.
    • The deadline for submitting reflections on Moodle Discussion Board is not specified.
    • Quiz 3 is scheduled, but the exact date is not mentioned.

    Attention and Memory

    • 80% of young adults report regularly using social media.
    • Socrates feared that writing would have negative effects on memory.
    • Schneider & Shiffrin's Experiment 1 found that divided attention leads to a performance decrement.
    • Participants reported that with practice, divided attention became automatic after 600 trials in Schneider & Shiffrin's Experiment 1.

    Driving and Phone Usage

    • It is dangerous to be on the phone while driving because it diverts attention away from the road.

    Research Findings

    • Wiradhany & Nieuwenstein's study found that replication is a problem in multitasking research.
    • Henderson et al. suggested that attention to multiple tasks can be improved with practice.
    • Gonidis & Sharma highlighted the problem of divided attention in multitasking situations.

    Exam 1

    • The topic of the upcoming Exam 1 is not specified.

    Automatic Processing

    • Schneider & Shiffrin's Experiment 2 found that automatic processing can be developed with practice.

    Studying That Suits You

    Use AI to generate personalized quizzes and flashcards to suit your learning preferences.

    Quiz Team

    Related Documents

    Divided Attention.pdf

    Description

    Test your ability to multitask with Quiz 3! Explore the challenges of divided attention and the effectiveness of juggling two tasks at once. Get ready to demonstrate your understanding of multitasking in this engaging quiz.

    More Quizzes Like This

    Divided Attention Quiz
    9 questions

    Divided Attention Test: Quiz and Flashcards to Improve Focus

    FamousNitrogen avatar
    FamousNitrogen
    Divided Attention Capacity Quiz
    63 questions

    Divided Attention Capacity Quiz

    BeautifulQuartz avatar
    BeautifulQuartz
    Tipos de Atención: Dividida, Sostenida y Selectiva
    10 questions

    Tipos de Atención: Dividida, Sostenida y Selectiva

    EncouragingSaxophone avatar
    EncouragingSaxophone
    Psychology Chapter on Attention
    75 questions

    Psychology Chapter on Attention

    LikableBromine2959 avatar
    LikableBromine2959
    Use Quizgecko on...
    Browser
    Open
    Browser
    Browser