PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psychological Science, Spatial Memory
30 Oct 2018
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Interference in attention is greatest when it is within one sense. It needs to select what is relevant information. Inputs of different stimuli attention behavior / emotion. When you are so engrossed in a demanding task that you fail to see something well within your visual field. The greater the thing you"re supposed to ignore looks like the thing you are trying to focus on the more likely you will have inattentional blindness. The more distracted we are the more likely we are to have inattentional blindness. Internal distractions - worries, feelings, being tired, etc. Doing multiple tasks at the same time. (what everyday person thinks) Overestimate their abilities. (gap between perceived and actual abilities) View to multitasking 17% reduction in performance. Nervous system"s capabilities to take in skills and behaviors and take that acquired knowledge to be used at a later time (retrieval)
