Cognitive Psychology

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selective attention

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the ability to pay attention to one thing while ignoring others

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distraction

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one stimulus interfering with the processing of another

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attentional capture

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rapid switching of attention due to a stimulus

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Broadbent's filter model of attention

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explains why it is possible to focus on one message and why information is not taken in from other messages. Includes 4 stages

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the cocktail party effect

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the ability to focus on one stimulus while filtering out others

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sensory memory stage

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the first stage in broadbents model of attention. all incoming information is held for a fraction of a second and transfers to the filter.

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Filter

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The second stage in Broadbent's model: identifies the message that is being attented to based on physical characteristics. (tone of voice, pitch, speed of talking) Only this information is passed through to the detector.

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Detector

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The detector process the information form the message to determine it's meaning.

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output of the detector

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the final stage in Broadbent's model. The output is sent to short term memory for 10-15 seconds and transfers it into long term memory.

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Broadbents model is an example of what types of models?

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bottleneck

early selection

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What were the results of the dichotic listening experiments?

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Participants were not able to report the content of the message in the ear they were not focusing on.

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Who modified Broadbent's model and how?

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Moray conducted dichotic listening experiments and determined that some information will get through to the unattended ear, such as the participants name.

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Broadbent vs Moray

Broadbent

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The filter only lets one message through based on it's physical characteristics

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Moray

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Your name is the only thing the filter will let through.