Psychology 2135A/B Lecture Notes - Distracted Driving, Public Service Announcement
30 Jul 2013
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Think they use different resources, driving hands free phone, hands are available. If we don"t encounter personal evidence that we cant do it, so we think we can do it. We have limited resources, we cant look for everything. Be aware of how limited your attention is, get as few distractions as possible to notice if gorillas pop up so you can react. Discussion of i think i would have seen that . Group challenge-design a public service ad for distracted driving. What is the illusion of attention? (define) We think we pay attention to a lot more things than we actually do. How has the illusion of attention affected your own thoughts and actions? (example) Forgetting that you had your glasses on and start looking for them, clearly if i had my glasses on i would know . How has the illusion of attention affected the behaviour of people around you? (example)
