PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Motor Skill, Insomnia, Stroop Effect
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Attention allows you focus on crossing a street (tokyo) William james everyone knows what attention is it is the taking possession by the mind in clear form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought It implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others, and is a condition which has a real opposite in the confused, dazed, scatterbrained state. Selection -> you feel the fabric of the skin, but then you stop feeling it. Walking down crowded sidewalk, finding a product on grocery shelf. Irrelevant information acts as noise, can"t distinguish -> can"t drive and talk on cellphone. Controlled processes when to make lane changes, talk to passenger. Turning down radio and listening to cellphone, limited controlled processes. Automatic processes drive motor skill, pressing gas/break pedals, steering turn, signaling your turn. Spotlight focuses your attention only part of the stage.
