EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

EXPERIMENT PROPOSAL

Working Title: Experimenter:

Implications of Processing Strategies Marquez, Cherry Luz P.
on Attention Allocation

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE (RRL) SYNTHESIS

In the current research paper, processing strategies is considered the independent

variable while attention allocation is the dependent variable. The intention of the researcher is to
ascertain and examine the correlation and regression tendencies of processing strategies to
attention allocation. Revisiting the literature in the field of Psychology as regards the two
operational variables, conceptual literature and related studies revealed the association
between these two variables. The synthesis of the literature review was presented concisely as
follows:

It was viewed that processing strategies refer to a set of techniques or schema that
acquires, analyzes and absorbs information from various sources as provided by environmental
cues or stimuli. Furthermore, the concept heavily relies on depth of processing involved in
memory, and predicts the deeper information is processed, the longer a memory trace will last.
Accordingly, it takes into consideration the strategies and level of processing entailed in the
treatment of information (Wixted and Thompson-Schill, 2018). On the other hand, attention
allocation as defined by Kramer et al. (2016) refers to an evaluative cognition methodology
which focuses on optimizing limited cognitive resources. Essentially, it derives context from the
meaning of attention in the field of psychology as the concentration of awareness on some
phenomenon to the exclusion of other stimuli; or the awareness of the here and now in a focal
and perceptive way.

Various related studies claimed the relationship between processing strategies and
attention allocation. Weiner (2012) asserted that parallel processing strategies have substantial
impact on attention allocation as the stimuli presented by the external environment are
processed and filtered as some of these are irrelevant to the goals and priorities of human
beings. According to the discussions, the selectivity of attentional processing means that
people’s representations of social entities are always incomplete, whether in significant or
merely trivial ways. Furthermore, attentional filtering inevitably produces memory
representations containing less than a full recreation of the social environment.