01
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What are three functions of attention?
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Attention helps prioritize relevant information, maintain focus, and coordinate actions.
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02
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What can happen when attentional demands exceed capacity?
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When demands exceed available attention, people may miss information, respond more slowly, or make more errors.
03
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When are two tasks especially likely to interfere?
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Two demanding tasks that rely on similar perceptual or response processes are more likely to interfere with each other.
04
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What is a trade-off of selective attention?
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Focusing on one task prioritizes relevant information, but makes other events less likely to be noticed. What gets filtered depends partly on task demands and goals.
05
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What often underlies apparent multitasking?
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What looks like multitasking often involves rapidly switching between tasks rather than processing both fully in parallel.
06
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How can switching between tasks affect performance?
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Switching takes time and can disrupt the mental set needed to resume a task.
07
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Which processing demands make task interference more likely?
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Interference is more likely when tasks compete for the same limited processing stages, especially decision-making or response selection.
08
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How can practice affect the attention a task requires?
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Practice can make an action faster and require less deliberate attention, making it easier to combine with another activity.
09
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Why does automaticity not eliminate attentional demands?
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Automaticity is a matter of degree, not a guarantee. New conditions, interruptions, fatigue, or unexpected events can make a familiar task demand more attention.
10
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What is sustained attention?
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Sustained attention is maintaining focus over time, especially during repetitive tasks or when signals are infrequent.
11
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What is the vigilance decrement?
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The vigilance decrement is a decline in monitoring performance over time, such as slower responses or missed targets.
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What does an attentional lapse not necessarily indicate?
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A lapse does not necessarily show a lack of skill or motivation; performance also reflects task demands and alertness.
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