SEMESTER FALL 2022

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (PSY504)

ASSIGNMENT No. 01

(Lesson 8 & 9)

Due date: 30-November-2022 Marks: 20

Assignment objectives:

This assignment has been designed for the purpose of imparting conceptual understanding of
different models of attention and making a comparison between models of attention.

Dear students;

Attention is commonly discussed phenomenon in the domain of cognitive psychology area.

Attention plays a crucial role in this stage of selection of information. Different models of
attention have been discussed in Lesson 08 and 09 of your course cognitive psychology. You
are required to read the description in the first column of the table, identify the model of
attention in column 2, justify (in the last column) the model with the help of one example.

Sr. Description Identification Justification and

No. of Model essential details of the
model with real life
examples.

1 Which model stated that there is flexibility

in attention, like we can change our
attention from one thing to another thing.
There is a general limit on a person’s
capacity to perform mental work. A person
has considerable control over how this
capacity is allocated.

2 Who tried to explain attention is late

selector. He said we get all the information
that is stored in short term memory rather
than in long term memory. In long term
memory we check its relevance
when relevance is done we select
information and then pay attention.

2 In which model emphasizes that the

selection process takes place in short term
memory and then we pay attention to the
selected material. It is an early selection.
4 Which model gave early
selection according to his experiment. In
this model at bottom there is a shadow
message that is to which attending and
other message is other input. She said there
is no filter, there is an attenuator.
Attenuator weakened unattended signals.
After attenuator information is processed in
a mental dictionary where some things are
more important than others. Like our name
is important rather than table or fire.
This model explains selection on the basis
of meaningful information

Marking Scheme:

4*5

2 Marks for each identification and 3 marks for justification and example.

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