Both Early- and Late-Selection Models of Attention Share the Idea

question 7

Multiple Choice

Both early- and late-selection models of attention share the idea that

• A)a large proportion of incoming sensory information is filtered from further analysis before meaning is extracted.
• B)information is excluded from higher-level processing only after stimuli have been identified.
• C)the human information processing system cannot fully process every piece of information it receives.
• D)semantic encoding and analysis precede selection in information processing.

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Definitions:

Internal Conflicts

Psychological struggles that arise from opposing desires, impulses, or feelings within a person.

Self-actualizing

The process of realizing and expressing one's own capabilities and creativity, often considered the pinnacle of psychological development in Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Maslow

An American psychologist best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.

Construal

The way an individual makes sense of the world around him.