Types of attention in about 50/words
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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
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.