Psychology Lecture 3 Distraction and Focus

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What impacts the ability to divide attention according to the text?

  • The order in which tasks are performed
  • The duration of each task
  • The physical location of the tasks
  • The level of difficulty of each task (correct)

Which factor determines how much processing resources a task uses up?

  • Sound associated with the task
  • Level of difficulty (correct)
  • Physical appearance of the task
  • Duration of the task

What kind of task uses up less processing resources?

  • Task with complex instructions
  • Well-practiced task (correct)
  • Task without clear objectives
  • Recently learned task

If two tasks are very taxing, what is the likely outcome?

<p>Inability to perform both tasks simultaneously (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of task is more likely to allow divided attention?

<p>Tasks with minimum processing resource requirements (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the crucial factor in determining if you can attend to more than one thing at a time?

<p>Processing resources required for each task (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does practice influence the division of attention between tasks?

<p>Well-practiced tasks require less processing resources (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between practice and resource consumption?

<p>Practice reduces resource consumption. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the underlying factor that determines our ability to divide attention effectively?

<p>The processing resources required by each task. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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