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Selectivity
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The selective aspects of attention- we pay attention to some aspects of our environment and ignore other aspects
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Bottleneck theory
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A theory that attempts to explain how people select information when some information processing stage becomes overloaded with too much information
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Concentration
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Investing mental effort in one or more tasks
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Mental effort
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The amount of mental capacity required to perform a task
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Capacity theory
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A theory that proposes that we have a limited amount of mental effort to distribute across tasks, so there are limitations on the number of tasks we can perform at the same time
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Filter model
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The proposition that a bottleneck occurs at the pattern recognition stage and that attention determines what information reaches the pattern recognition stage
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Limited capacity perceptual channel
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The pattern recognition stage of Broadbent's model, which is protected by the filter (attention) from becoming overloaded with too much perceptual information
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Shadowing
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An experimental method that requires people to repeat the attended message out loud
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Contextual effect
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The influence of the surrounding context on the recognition of patterns
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Threshold
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The minimal amount of activation required to become consciously aware of a stimulus
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Attenuation
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A decrease in the perceived loudness of an unattended message
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Late selection model
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Proposal that the bottleneck occurs when information is selected for memory
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Allocation of capacity
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When a limited amount of capacity is distributed to various tasks
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Arousal
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A physiological state that influences the distribution of mental capacity to various tasks
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Enduring disposition
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An automatic influence where people direct their attention
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