Psychology 2135A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Dazed, Automaticity, Change Blindness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: John Paul Minda

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Attention (william james) (cid:862)the taki(cid:374)g possessio(cid:374) (cid:271)y the (cid:373)i(cid:374)d, i(cid:374) (cid:272)lea(cid:396) a(cid:374)d (cid:448)i(cid:448)id fo(cid:396)(cid:373), of one out of several simultaneous possible outcomes or trains of thought. Focalization, concentration, of consciousness are of its essence. It implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others, and is a condition which has a real opposite in the confused, dazed, scatterbrained state(cid:863) Some things capture your attention so you can deal with them while others do not. Somehow we block the processing of inputs we are not interested in. We are able to filter out potential distractors. We also promote the processing of desired stimuli. Shown array of letters, they see them all but cannot read them all. By the time you read them, the visual image has faded away. Subjects can report 3-4 letters, but felt like they could see the other letters fading visual icon.