Psychology- Attention And Processing Information (100%)

16 October 2022
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Describe the difference between elaboration and visual imagery.
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Elaboration is taking a new idea and making a connection to another idea. Visual imagery is creating a mental picture in one's head to remember a new word.
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Attempting to both study and watch television is an example of divided attention.
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True
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What is "multitasking"?
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Multitasking is an example of what can happen when an individual attempts to divide one's attention among more than one task.
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_________ is focusing on something specific in the environment.
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Attention
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When a person's attention is divided, one's brain is switching back and forth between tasks rather than distributing attention among all the tasks at the same time.
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True
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The method of encoding information to memory is called ___________.
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processing
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Whenever Jack hears a new word, he tries to place it in a sentence that makes sense to him. This is an example of __________.
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semantic encoding
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One example of divided attention is __________.
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multitasking
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Describe the difference between focused attention and divided attention.
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Focused attention is paying attention to one thing or task. Divided attention is paying attention to more than one thing or task.
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The set of things or events that catch one's attention is called __________.
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stimuli