PSYC 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Colin Cherry, Cocktail Party, Donald Broadbent
12 Mar 2018
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One stimulus interfering with the processing of another stimulus. Paying attention to more than one thing at a time. A rapid shifting of attention usually caused by a stimulus such as a loud noise, bright light, or sudden movement. Movements of the eyes from one location or object to another. Attention as information processing: early selection models, pilots in wwii attention overload, dichotic listening, colin cherry (1953) "bottleneck model: restricts flow of information, however does not just slow down information --- keeps large portion from getting through, early selection model. Gray and a. i. waldorf (1960: attended ear --- dear 7 jane, unattended ear --- 9 aunt 6. Late selection models: donald mackay (1973, ambiguous sentences presented in one ear, e. g. "they were throwing stones at the bank: biasing words played in unattended ear, e. g. "river" or "money: asked to match meaning. "they threw stones toward the side of the river yesterday"
