PSYC 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Shampoo, Sensory Memory, Visual Search
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Everything till monday for the midterm (class before midterm) 25 mc, lecture, journal and other readings. Complete midterm review survey (on canvas) by sunday noon. If we want to train people in metacognition, we can do it. And if we give them instructions on how to transfer their new skills into other areas they have a better chance of doing well. Selective attention: focus on task-relevant information: paying attention to the relevant, and not the irrelevant, information, asked to focus on task relevant info and ignore irrelevant info. E. g writing an exam, taking notes, etc. Top-down attention: task or goal-directed, searching the shampoo aisle for your favourite type is an example of, top-down attention, bottom-up attention. It wont just pop up like in bottom-up. Two or more concurrent tasks: 2+ relevant information tasks. E. g reading and watching tv at the same time, or just simply driving. We are(cid:374)"t good at the(cid:373), espe(cid:272)ially as (cid:449)e get older.
