PSY 352 Week 1 Assignment, Attention and Perception 2021

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Attention and perception are crucial aspects of cognition. “Attention is strategic and actively manipulated as we take in the unceasing ebb and flow of objects and events occurring inour environment... ” (Robinson & Robinson 2012, ch.3.1). There are always many things happening around us all the time but our brains pick out the things that are most relevant at that time. Our own thoughts coupled with a ringing telephone and driving can all be attention splitting if we are not careful. In the article Driven to Distraction: Dual-task studies of simulated driving and conversing on a cellular telephone the authors discuss what happens to ourattention when talking on the phone while driving. (Strayer & Johnston 2001) The study showed that even with the hands free phone options that are available today it is not just the physical act of holding the phone as much as it is the conversation itself. “We suggest that cellular-phone use disrupts performance by diverting attention to an engaging cognitive context other than the one immediately associated with driving” (Strayer & Johnston 2001). [Show More]

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