Attention Flashcards
(10 cards)
What is this:
Operates on sensory input by rapidly and involuntarily directing attention to salient visual features of potential importance.
Bottom-up attention
What is this:
Our relevant behavioural goals impacts where attention is focussed.
Top-down attention
What found this:
Tasks requiring different resources are performed together more successfully than those requiring the same resources.
The multiple resource model
Who created the dichotic listening technique for selective attention?
Cherry (1953)
Who created the early filter theory?
Broadbent (1954, 1958)
What is this:
Hearing your name being mentioned somewhere in a crowded room.
Cocktail party effect
What is this:
The main message gets through while other information is weakened.
Treismans attenuation theory
Who studied split attention using the zoom lens metaphor?
Awh & Pashler (2000)
What is this:
How we piece together separate features of an object to create a more complete perception of that object.
The feature integration theory
Who created the feature integration theory?
Treisman & Gelade (1980)
