[Psych3120] attention

[alanna wilson]

Attention is the mental process of concentrating effort on a stimulus or a 
mental event. Specifically selective attention is used to filter out 
surrounding distractions and focusing on the one important thing we've 
chosen.

I personally have a weakness when it comes to selective attention. I seem to 
only pay attention to those things that I have a high interest in. I tend to 
choose what is more interesting at the time or what I'm in the mood for and 
that is what I listen to. When you are exercising selective attention are 
you still hearing what is being said or completely ignoring it? Is you 
subconcious taking over? Do we really have the control over what we listen 
to or don't listen to? In my opinion, everyone, to one degree or another 
exercises selective attention (particularly at school) :) If we don't think 
something will benefit us at a specific time then we don't listen. Do you 
think this is by our own free choice or is our mind taking over?
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