Quiz 4 Chapter 4

The attenuator alalyzes the incoming message in terms of

1. It's physical characteristics (high-pitched, low-pitched, fast, slow, 2. Language, how the message groups into syllables or words. 2.

Selective Attention

Attending to one thing, while ignoring others

Treisman proposed that selection occurs in two stages, and replaced broadbents filter with

Attenuator

The "filter model" proposes that the filter identifies the attended message based on

Physical Characteristics

Automatic processing occurs when

Tasks are well-practiced.

Broadbent's model is called an early selection model because

The filter eliminates unattended information right at the beginning of the flow of information

According to Treisman, words that are common, or very important such as names have

low-thresholds

In late selection models of attention, selection of stimuli for final processing doesn't occur until the information is analyzed for

meaning.. Most of the incomoing information is processed to the level of meaning before the message to be further processed is selected.

The stroop effect demonstrates people's inability to ignore what

the meaning of words