Psychology 2115A/B Lecture Notes - Colin Cherry, John Amos, Psych
19 Dec 2012
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Like a quiz on last section with sporadic questions from other sections. Was brought up as a topic ages ago. Introspectionists late 1800s got people to introspect. Well known but not a huge introspectionist. Bring one thing to foreground of mind. Like a painting where you focus on one thing. Believed attention could be applied to one, maybe two things. Turn of the 1900s, behaviourists took over: did not have time or patience for attention, 1950s behaviourists lost control of things. Only had james"s research because no other research had been done. Broadbent: attention does not focus on only one thing. Not all or none but more of a sharing of resources. Focus on many things but reduced capacity. When one hears one"s name, it does not require much processing even in a crowd. Broadbent: lived in england, simple processing model, stimulus must go through perception processes.
