KP161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Motor Skill, Cocktail Party, Correlation Does Not Imply Causation
7 Apr 2016
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Individuals can only pay attention/process limiter number of activities at any time (you can walk on a treadmill and watch tv at the same time but you can"t walk on a treadmill and watch tv while reading a magazine) When limit is exceeded, competition for resources occurs resulting in: Physical and cognitive tasks can both occur at the same time but once you try to use one demand on two tasks, one of the three above occurs. The ability to attend to meaningful information that will increase performance success. Cocktail party phenomenon (multiple conversations in a room but the cue word will direct your attention to that specific conversation) Dont assume a learner will be able to disregard irrelevant information. Disrupting attentional focus may help to distract an opponent. Avoid causing learners to shift attentional focus in the wrong direction e. g. don"t fall . Their own body"s movements (internal attentional focus) or.
