Question

Types of attention in about 50/words​

Answer 1

Sustained Attention

This is the kind of attention that is usually used for majority of the learning and working activities like listening to a teacher lecture the whole hour

Selective Attention

When faced with a number of environmental factors or stimuli, the human brain naturally responds by selecting a particular aspect or factor to focus on.

Alternating Attention

it’s the ability to switch or immediately transfer your focus or concentration from one activity to another.

Divided Attention

Divided attention is the ability of an individual to focus or concentrate on two or more environmental factors, stimuli, or activities simultaneously.

visual Attention

This attention is categorized on the basis of sensory organ that is used which is eyes. Having a visual attention means blurring out all other stimuli and focusing only on the inputs received by eyes

Auditory Attention

Just like visual attention auditory is nothing but a tension employed by use of ears. Paying attention to what you hear without interrupting is called auditory attention

Answer 2

Types of Attention

a) Focused attention: Being able to respond discretely to a specific object in

one’s environment is called focused attention. During the first year infants

pay more attention to novel eye catching object and quickly orient to them.

b) Sustained attention (vigilance): Being able to maintain a focused response

to an object is termed as sustained attention. During the second year child

becomes capable of intentional , goal directed behaviour which in turn

contributes to improvement in sustained attention. For example when a child

is asked to put toys in the basket attention needs to be maintained to

accomplish the task. Sustainability of attention increases with complexity

of the task.

c) Selective attention: Being able to maintain a behavioural or cognitive set

in the face of distracting or competing stimuli. Selectivity of attention

improves markedly around 6 and 9 years of age. Children are able to pay

deliberate attention to relevant aspects while ignoring other information.

d) Alternating attention: Being able to shift focus of attention between objects

having different cognitive requirements. Example children of sixth grade in

judging whether pairs of stimuli are the same or different. They quickly

shift their basis of judgement form size to shape to color when asked to

do so.

e) Divided attention: Ability to pay attention and respond simultaneously to

multiple tasks or multiple task demands.