PSYCH 2H03 Midterm: Midterm 2 Review
3 Mar 2020
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Automatic vs. controlled attention: data driven vs. selectively driven processes. Attention: cognitive psychology by dr. boaz ben david. In 1890: said that everyone knows what attention is. It is the taking possession by the mind in vivid form of one train of thought. Implies withdraw from some things in order to deal effectively with others. There are various types of attention: bottom up, top down, space-based, etc. Why is it important: we need it to effectively deal with huge amounts of sensory information. How is it efficient: gives us priority to the important info, filters out important info from unimportant info. Sustained attention: allocating resources over time while maintaining a steady limbo of performance: ex: a goal keeper (has to be attentive all the time) Orienting of attention: disengaging attention from one special location to another, focusing on one spatial location, disengaging from it, and re-orienting on a different spatial location.
