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Question: pre attentive quality to attention: alertness
Answer:
maintain a wakeful state
Question: pre attentive quality to attention: arousal
Answer:
cognitive resources to hone in, readiness to pay attention
Question: pre attentive quality to attention: orientation
Answer:
bring attention (orient) to a stimulus
Question: Types of attention: Sustained
Answer:
ability to maintain attention over time (i.e, watching a movie)
- maintaining attention, active manipulation, active concentration (uses working memory)
(vigilance does not)
Question: Types of attention: Vigilance
Answer:
ability to maintain a passive state of attention but ready to respond if presented with no
stimuli (no working memory) (i.e. watching a kid at a playground)
Question: Types of attention: Selectivity
Answer:
freedom from distractibility, ignoring distractions (internal or external) (i.e., reading a book
in a noisy library)
Question: Types of attention: alternating
Answer:
shifting focus of attention, engaging/disengaging from stimuli (i.e., reading a book and then
listening to a conversation, vice versa)
Question: Types of attention: suppression
, Answer:
ability to not automatically respond without thinking (i.e., not talking out loud during a
movie)
Question: Types of attention: divided
Answer:
No divided anymore, its unclear about whether we truly divide our attention or not , instead
just rapid alternating attention
Question: Working memory
Answer:
interface between long (putting info into storage and accessing later) and short term
(limited capacity) memory
active concentration, temporarily holding and manipulating info
link between attentional abilities and storage
(i.e., doing math in your head)
Question: Mateers executive functions model: Initiation and drive
Answer:
starting behavior (ie., doing something, saying something)
Question: Mateers executive functions model: Stopping behavior
Answer:
response inhibition, perseveration "stuck", suppressing automatic responses, will be
impulsive without this, (i.e., saying the same thing over and over or not)
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Answer:
Question: Mateers executive functions model: task persistence
Answer:
maintaining an activity to completion (i.e., making a meal)
Question: Mateers executive functions model: organization
Answer:
sequencing, planning, time management, basic reasoning (i.e., planning a party)
Question: Mateers executive functions model: generative thinking
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Question: pre attentive quality to attention: alertness
Answer:
maintain a wakeful state
Question: pre attentive quality to attention: arousal
Answer:
cognitive resources to hone in, readiness to pay attention
Question: pre attentive quality to attention: orientation
Answer:
bring attention (orient) to a stimulus
Question: Types of attention: Sustained
Answer:
ability to maintain attention over time (i.e, watching a movie)
- maintaining attention, active manipulation, active concentration (uses working memory)
(vigilance does not)
Question: Types of attention: Vigilance
Answer:
ability to maintain a passive state of attention but ready to respond if presented with no
stimuli (no working memory) (i.e. watching a kid at a playground)
Question: Types of attention: Selectivity
Answer:
freedom from distractibility, ignoring distractions (internal or external) (i.e., reading a book
in a noisy library)
Question: Types of attention: alternating
Answer:
shifting focus of attention, engaging/disengaging from stimuli (i.e., reading a book and then
listening to a conversation, vice versa)
Question: Types of attention: suppression
, Answer:
ability to not automatically respond without thinking (i.e., not talking out loud during a
movie)
Question: Types of attention: divided
Answer:
No divided anymore, its unclear about whether we truly divide our attention or not , instead
just rapid alternating attention
Question: Working memory
Answer:
interface between long (putting info into storage and accessing later) and short term
(limited capacity) memory
active concentration, temporarily holding and manipulating info
link between attentional abilities and storage
(i.e., doing math in your head)
Question: Mateers executive functions model: Initiation and drive
Answer:
starting behavior (ie., doing something, saying something)
Question: Mateers executive functions model: Stopping behavior
Answer:
response inhibition, perseveration "stuck", suppressing automatic responses, will be
impulsive without this, (i.e., saying the same thing over and over or not)
Question:
Answer:
Question: Mateers executive functions model: task persistence
Answer:
maintaining an activity to completion (i.e., making a meal)
Question: Mateers executive functions model: organization
Answer:
sequencing, planning, time management, basic reasoning (i.e., planning a party)
Question: Mateers executive functions model: generative thinking
