MCAT Psychological, Social, & Biological Foundations of Behavior Flashcards: 6b Attention Information Processing

Study 6b Attention Information Processing in MCAT Psychological, Social, & Biological Foundations of Behavior with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

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What is sustained attention (vigilance) in the context of attention?

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Maintaining focus on a task or stimulus over an extended period. Sustained attention ensures prolonged engagement, vital for activities like monitoring that demand continuous vigilance without lapses.

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A cognitive psychology experiment tests divided attention (allocating attention to two tasks at the same time). Participants perform a visual task: press a button when a blue circle appears among gray circles. In some blocks they do only this task. In other blocks they simultaneously perform an auditory task: count backward by 3s aloud. Reaction time and accuracy are measured for the visual task. Based on divided attention theory, which effect is most consistent with the dual-task condition compared with the single-task condition?

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