Attention a very important topic in psychology

13. • Span of attention.
• The maximum amount of attention
that can be attended in period of the
time is called as span of attention.
• moller reported that span of attention
varies within the limit 7+ or minus(7+-2),
this is known as magic number.

14. • Attending to more than one act at a time is
known as division of attention in such situations
which will divide our attention towards more than
one act.
Ex: a tailor will be stitching clothes, and also
speakinga tailor will be stitching, the clothes and
also speaking to his customers. A nurse will be
observing the pulse of this patient and also on his
face to the customers.
• Attention has the attribute of being divided when
to stimuli require simultaneous focus.

15. • when our attention is concentrated on a particular
act, or stimulus, some other more powerful stimulus
may draw ,our attention and hold it to remain there for
some time, it may or may not return to the earlier
stimulus.
Ex: while reading a book our concentration will be on
the book. Meanwhile, if we listen to an attractive music,
sound or attention may be shifted towards that. Under
such circumstances physically, we may be reading the
book, but we may not follow the content.