ATTENTION Flashcards
1
Q
attentional spotlight
A
attention is like a spot light can focus intensely on one thing
can be weakly focused on multiple things
2
Q
inattentional blindness
A
unable to notice obvious things wehn attention is focused on one specific thing
3
Q
change blindness
A
inability to notice change between different scenes changes may be obvious but aren’t notice because they aren’t expected
4
Q
divided attention
A
dividing attention between multiple tasks
5
Q
attention
A
perception requires attention
can’t pay attention to everything at once so u can’t perceive everything @ once
6
Q
overt attention
A
when we control our attention
7
Q
convert attention
A
when attention gets “grabbed”
8
Q
dichotic listening
A
listening to two things at once
“cocktail party” - can hear your own name
