Divided and Selective Attention Lecture

These flashcards help reinforce the concepts of divided attention, selective attention, and related phenomena based on lecture content.

Exogenous cues are _ to any goals we might have and capture our attention automatically.

external

The phenomenon where we hear our name among other conversations is known as the __ effect.

cocktail party

___ _______ refers to when we fail to notice things happening in our visual field because our attention is directed elsewhere.

Inattentional blindness

Change blindness is illustrated by failing to notice when something about the environment, like the location of _, has changed.

furniture