Attention

What is selective attention?

• The process of focusing on all stimuli in the environment

• The process of directing awareness to relevant stimuli while ignoring irrelevant stimuli

• The process of analyzing all available data simultaneously

• The process of storing all sensory input in long-term memory

According to Broadbent's Filter Model, what does the filter do?

• It allows all stimuli to pass through for processing

• It selects one message for further processing based on physical characteristics

• It stores all stimuli in short-term memory

• It analyzes the meaning of all messages before selection

What is the bottleneck in Broadbent's Filter Model?

• The sensory buffer store

• The filter that selects one message for processing

• The unlimited capacity for processing information

• The decay of unprocessed stimuli

What is the purpose of the filter in Broadbent's model?

• To allow all stimuli to pass through for processing

• To store all stimuli in long-term memory

• To analyze the meaning of all messages

• To prevent the information-processing system from becoming overloaded

What is the dichotic listening task used for?

• To study selective attention in cognitive psychology

• To analyze long-term memory retention

• To measure sensory buffer capacity

• To assess semantic processing abilities

What did Broadbent's split-span experiment involve?

• Sending different messages to both ears simultaneously

• Sending the same message to both ears simultaneously

• Sending visual stimuli instead of auditory stimuli

• Sending messages with different pitches to both ears

What did Broadbent find in his split-span experiment?

• Participants repeated back digits in reverse order

• Participants repeated back digits ear by ear

• Participants repeated back digits randomly

• Participants repeated back digits in the order they were heard

What is the attenuation model proposed by Treisman?

• It eliminates the unattended material completely

• It selects one message for processing based on physical characteristics

• It attenuates the unattended material rather than eliminating it

• It stores all stimuli in long-term memory

How does Treisman's model differ from Broadbent's model?

• Treisman's model allows all stimuli to pass through for processing

• Treisman's model attenuates the attended material

• Treisman's model focuses on semantic processing only

• Treisman's model eliminates all unattended material

What did Treisman demonstrate in her experiments with the speech shadowing method?

• Participants could not process the meaning of the unattended message

• Participants could only process the physical characteristics of the messages

• Participants could not hear the unattended message at all

• Participants could process the meaning of both attended and unattended messages