PSYC 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Inhibitory Control Test, Executive Functions, Problem Solving
14 Nov 2018
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Do not always just act out of habit or based on environmental input. You"re able to focus on what you want, screen out what is extraneous. Selectively attend to some information, filter out extraneous information. You have to press a button indicating which direction the arrow in the middle is facing. Filter out arrows going the other way to focus on the middle arrow. Inhibiting behaviour not eating cookies, not reading. Facebook when you are supposed to be writing a paper, stay on task even when more desirable options present themselves. Stopping yourself from doing something you want to be doing. Respond to a stimulus by pressing a button. On some trials, you hear a sound which indicates that you should not push the button. If you see one stimulus, you respond, if you see the second, you do not respond. Putting off getting something right now to get something better later. In the original study (mischel and ebbesen, 1970)
