AP psych 2.1.04 attention checkup

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What is the role of attention in cognitive processes?

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To filter some sensory inputs to focus on others

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What are the two types of attention mentioned in the document?

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Selective attention and divided attention

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What is selective attention?

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Focusing on one stimulus in the environment while ignoring others

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What is divided attention?

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Attending to more than one stimulus or task simultaneously

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What is the term used to describe the ability to focus on a single conversation in a noisy environment?

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Selective attention

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Which effect is an example of selective attention?

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Cocktail party effect

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What is habituation?

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A decrease in a behavioral response after repeated exposure to a stimulus

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What is change blindness?

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The failure to detect that aspects of the environment have changed.

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Which of the following is an example of change blindness? Noticing a new haircut immediately, Failing to notice the person you were speaking with has changed, Recognizing a new song on the radio, Observing a change in weather

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Failing to notice the person you were speaking with has changed