Exam 9: Attention As a Limited Capacity Resource

The research procedure most commonly used to investigate attention-limit issues for motor skill learning and performance is known as the:

General vision training programs facilitate the use of effective visual search strategies more successfully than activity-specific visual training programs.

Research evidence shows that the visual system can search the environment and automatically extract ________ features of the environment.

The term used to indicate that a person performs a skill without requiring attention capacity is ________.

Limited-capacity theories that propose more than one central information-processing mechanism, each with its own limited capacity, are called ________ theories.

The process involved when people direct attention to specific regulatory features in the environment and/or to action preparation activities is known as attention:

While driving a car on a freeway, experienced drivers typically look:

According to research studies of putting in golf, skilled golfers typically are not consciously aware of their eye movements during putting.

Highly skilled free throw shooters in basketball exhibit a final eye movement fixation just prior to releasing the ball that is known as the ________ eye.

For most physical activities for which visual search is important, skilled performers extract reliable information ________ in time than novices.

The Kahneman model of attention is an example of which type of limited-capacity theory?

According to motor learning and control research, visual search only refers to active seeking for cues in the environment to respond to.

The advantage of fast and accurate visual search while performing a motor skill is that visual search enables the performer to:

In Kahneman's model of attention, the instruction to "Watch the ball all the way from the pitcher's hand until it meets the bat" is an example of which allocation policy factor?

Which of the following effects best describe the results of research concerning the effectiveness of general visual training programs for athletes? These programs:

The study of attention as it relates to the learning and performance of motor skills involves issues related to the simultaneous performance of multiple activities and the selection of relevant information in the performance environment.

To walk through an environment cluttered with objects that need to be avoided, a person needs to visually ________ on the objects he or she wants to avoid.

Attention focused on one's own movements typically leads to better skill performance than attention focused on the intended outcome of the skill.

Feature integration theory proposes that we direct an attentional ________ over wide or narrow areas of an environment that must be searched visually when performing a skill.

The factor in Kahneman's model of attention that influences the available capacity is ________.