PSYCH 1X03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Donald Broadbent, Parietal Lobe, Dichotic Listening Test
16 Apr 2016
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William james (19th century: commented on the obviousness of attention, attention is the mind taking possession of a train of thoughts. Attention implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others (concludes that we cannot attend to everything) For example, we learn to drive a car almost autonomously and regulate various different functions (clutch, accelerator, brake) without specifically attending to them. With enough practice, not much effort is required to perform a particular task: bottom- up processing: gathering of raw data in which attention is captured by an outstanding change in the environment. Automatically captures your attention when some sudden event occurs. Controlled process: conscious attention/ voluntarily, it is difficult to consciously attend to many aspects of the task- environment at the. Same time because the resources for controlled processes are limited: we may decide whether to pay attention to or ignore.
