Ch 9

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attention

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the level of awareness directed towards certain stimuli to the exclusion of others

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sustained attention

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the maintenance of a high degree of attention over a prolonged period

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vigilance

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another name for sustained attention

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selective attention

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focusing on a single activity while disregarding other environmental stimuli

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controlled cognitive process

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a cognitive task that requires a high level of conscious awareness and mental effort

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salient

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a descriptor for anything that is prominent, conspicuous or otherwise noticeable when compared to its surroundings

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divided attention

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distributing attention to allow the processing of two or more stimuli at the same time

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automatic cognitive process

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a task that requires a low level of conscious awareness or mental effort

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top-down processing

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the processing of sensory information by applying prior knowledge and expectations

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perception

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the mental process of recognising, interpreting and giving meaning to the information received by the sense organs