PSYCH207 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Parsing, Sony Music Entertainment, Artificial Neural Network
12 Apr 2015
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Psych 207 - chapter 4 paying attention. Refers to the fact that we usually focus our attention on one or a few tasks or events at any given time. For many tasks, extensive practice can result in the tasks becoming so easy and effortless. Among other things, attention is freed up for a person to do another taks simultaneously with that performing them requires no attention the automatic one (divided attention) Refers to the fact that attention can be focused on objects and events of interest in our environment in order to aid in our ability to recognize them amongst other events and objects. Argued that only one system or process of conception can go on at a time very easily; to do two or more things at once required that the processes be habitual. Taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought.
