TB6 P&C Lecture 1; Models of attention

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1. What was the finding of Gray & Wedderburn (1960) in a split-span procedure?

  • Subjects grouped items for recall on the basis of meaning
  • Subjects grouped items for recall on the basis of physical properties
  • Subjects did not group any items
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2. What was the IV in Broadbent (1954s) split-span procedure?

  • The voice with which the digits were presented
  • The tone at which the digits were presented
  • The rate at which the digits were presented
  • The colour in which the digits were presented

3. What is the difference between the early filter model and the filter attenuation model?

  • "The attended message is eradicated and the unattended message takes its place"
  • Although the unattended message is not fully analysed for meaning, small familiar info (e.g names) can get through to deep analysis
  • Although the unattended message is fully analysed for meaning, small familiar info (e.g names) can get through to deep analysis

4. What is selective attention?

  • The ability to recall info from unattended channels
  • A result of processing resources
  • The ability to discriminate and direct attention to different stimuli
  • The ability to divide attention

5. What is change blindness?

  • Failure to accurately switch between modalities in low load scenes
  • Failure to see highly visible objects even though we are looking at them
  • Failure to detect changes in the immediate visual scene
  • Failure to accurately switch between modalities in high load scenes

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