The Ability to Focus on Some Parts of the Environment

question 197

Multiple Choice

The ability to focus on some parts of the environment and block out others is referred to as:

• A) sensory overload.
• B) inattentional blindness.
• C) sensory deprivation.
• D) selective attention.

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Definitions:

Contiguity

The condition of being in close association or proximity, often used in psychology to describe the closeness in time or space between two stimuli.

Conditioning

An approach to modifying behavior by teaching a subject to connect a favorable behavior with a stimulus that was initially unrelated.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual decrease and eventual elimination of a conditioned response when it is no longer reinforced.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally triggers a response without the need for prior learning.