Exam 9: Attention As a Limited Capacity Resource

Nideffer has shown that attention focusing should be considered in terms of:

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.

The feature integration theory is a prominent theory to explain how we select certain cues in the performance environment and ignore others.

Kahneman's model of attention proposes that the mental resources needed to perform activities must come from one central pool that can vary in its capacity.

The process of directing visual attention to locate relevant environmental context cues is known as visual:

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

Kahneman views attention as cognitive effort.

The duration of the "quiet eye" period tends to be __________ in elite performers compared to sub-elite performers:

The theory that indicates we select certain cues in the environment during visual search is known as the:

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

There are very few differences between experts and novices in terms of how they search the environment for critical sources of information.

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

It is widely believed that the relationship between arousal and performance takes the form of an inverted U.

Eye movement recordings allow researchers to record information only for ________ vision.

Conversations with a passenger lead to more driving errors than cell phone conversations.

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

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

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

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?

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