PSYC 4072 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dissociation Constant, Christopher Reeve, Ego Psychology
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Chapter 6: information processing, attention & memory: selelectivity. 1) information processing is inherently limited because we select some info at the expense of other information. 2) cocktail party phenomenon when you"re at a party and you hear someone say something you"re interested in and you automatically turn your attention to what they"re saying. 3) research includes, but is not limited to: a. Visual search b. spatial cuing c. attention shifting: capacity. 1) how much information can be processed at a given time. 2) automaticity a. effortful v. autonomic processes b. Deficits are seen in performance trade-offs between focus v. divided attention conditions c. older adults and simple v. complex tasks: vigilance. 1) a person"s readiness for detecting a stimulus change (ex: air traffic controller) 2) sustained attention the ability to maintain attention to sensory events for a prolonged amount of time a. vigilance tasks. 2) individual differences in memory abilities to older adults.
