TOPIC: PS 200 DIS 3
SUBJECT: Psychology
TYPE: Essay (any type)
DESCRIPTION:
In this week’s Reading you learned about the topic of divided attention — when you try to pay attention to more than one thing at a time. This is something you do all the time, however the psychological research suggests you may not be as good at this as you think you are. For this Discussion, describe an example of an everyday situation where you might engage in divided attention. Discuss whether you think it is possible to pay attention to more than one task at a time, using the information from this week’s Reading to support your answer. Reading Resources In this week’s assigned Reading, you will learn about attention. You will discuss divided attention — when you try to attend to two or more things at one time. You will also learn about the brain areas involved in attention as well as psychological theories on the topic of attention. You will also consider the topic of consciousness. Web Resources The following website offers some great examples of divided attention tasks: http://www.dualtask.org You can learn more about the Stoop effect from the following website: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/words.html
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TOPIC: PS 200 SEM 3
SUBJECT: Psychology
DESCRIPTION:
What is the Stroop Effect? What areas of the brain are involved in attention tasks? Why is thought suppression important for psychologists?
