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Attention
Bhattacharya Chanu
End of the class we can understand:
 Meaning of attention
 Characteristics of attention
 Determinants of Attention
 Types of attention
 Degree and durations of attention
 Shifting and fluctuation of attention
 Distraction
 Inattention
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Definition
 Attention :
The process by which we orient
ourselves to some stimuli and
disregards others
 It is not simple awareness or consciousness
 Focus=
 Margin=
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Focus and Margin
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1. Characteristics of attention
It is a
 selective mantel activity
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2. Characteristics of attention
 It is not a fixed state of mind. Constantly shifting one objects to another, nature of
attention is shifting one to another .It is a continuous life long process.
7/10/2020BPTH
6
Characteristics of attention
 Motor Adjustment :We have to adjust motor and sense organs in attention process
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Determinants of Attention
 Nature –nature of the stimuli
 Intensity : loud sound, vibrant color, bright light , intense smell,
 Change in intensity quality : very long time if we hear something we lost attention like
breathing sound
 Movement: moving light attracts, toys with moving light attracts child
 Size :Large and tiny object attract
 Contrast
 Novelty : Newness of news etc. related COVID 19
 Repetition : ringing bell
 Well defined form of an object
 Location- headlines, front page, editorials , adds etc
 Isolation of stimulus: A person sitting alone, speaking very loudly
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Large and Tiny
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large
TINY
Determinants of Attention
 Examples
 Nature Picture compared to word like Cup and saucer
 Or
 Compare to Jingle
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Example of contrast
 Black and white
 Big and small
 A large stain on white shirt
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Tall
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Novelty
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Internal and subjective factors
 Interest :
 Habit and attitude
 Motives and organic state
 Emotions
 Past Experiences
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Examples: Interest
 Interest
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Motives and organic state
 Hungry focused at food
 Tried focused to sleep
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Past Experience leads us to be attentive in
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Types of attention
 Involuntary- attend against will, due to its attraction capacity, cannot ignore it
 Voluntary-deliberate or conscious effort to attend as like a boring lecture
 Habitual: we attend due to our feelings and habits, all clinical workers should keep
such type attention
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Degree and durations of attention
Attention span test- Amount of time a person can concentrate on a
task without becoming distracted.
3-5 minutes for children
20 minute for adult
8 seconds directly on one object
Tachistoscope – 4 -5 numbers or letters number of stimuli attended
at a single glance, if grouping remember more
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Degree of attention
 Attention passes going one part to other part of Stimulus
 One moment attended another moment not attended – it is fluctuation*
 Division of attention: Older adult have more division than a child
 This cases performance impaired
 Waning and waxing of attention
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Shifting and fluctuation of attention
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Distraction
Causes /Factors affecting :
 Emotion, anxiety, worry, lack of motivation, illness boredom
 Stopping destruction need lots of energy its causes fatigue.
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Alterations in attention
Inattention
 Abnormal arousal or hypervigilance
For Examples : diagnoses like
 PTSD
 Marihuana users
 ADHD
 Acquired brain injury
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Attention (Normal Psychology)

  • 2. End of the class we can understand:  Meaning of attention  Characteristics of attention  Determinants of Attention  Types of attention  Degree and durations of attention  Shifting and fluctuation of attention  Distraction  Inattention 7/10/2020BPTH 2
  • 3. Definition  Attention : The process by which we orient ourselves to some stimuli and disregards others  It is not simple awareness or consciousness  Focus=  Margin= 7/10/2020BPTH 3
  • 5. 1. Characteristics of attention It is a  selective mantel activity 7/10/2020BPTH 5
  • 6. 2. Characteristics of attention  It is not a fixed state of mind. Constantly shifting one objects to another, nature of attention is shifting one to another .It is a continuous life long process. 7/10/2020BPTH 6
  • 7. Characteristics of attention  Motor Adjustment :We have to adjust motor and sense organs in attention process 7/10/2020BPTH 7
  • 8. Determinants of Attention  Nature –nature of the stimuli  Intensity : loud sound, vibrant color, bright light , intense smell,  Change in intensity quality : very long time if we hear something we lost attention like breathing sound  Movement: moving light attracts, toys with moving light attracts child  Size :Large and tiny object attract  Contrast  Novelty : Newness of news etc. related COVID 19  Repetition : ringing bell  Well defined form of an object  Location- headlines, front page, editorials , adds etc  Isolation of stimulus: A person sitting alone, speaking very loudly 7/10/2020BPTH 8
  • 10. Determinants of Attention  Examples  Nature Picture compared to word like Cup and saucer  Or  Compare to Jingle 7/10/2020BPTH 10
  • 11. Example of contrast  Black and white  Big and small  A large stain on white shirt 7/10/2020BPTH 11
  • 14. Internal and subjective factors  Interest :  Habit and attitude  Motives and organic state  Emotions  Past Experiences 7/10/2020BPTH 14
  • 16. Motives and organic state  Hungry focused at food  Tried focused to sleep 7/10/2020BPTH 16
  • 17. Past Experience leads us to be attentive in 7/10/2020BPTH 17
  • 18. Types of attention  Involuntary- attend against will, due to its attraction capacity, cannot ignore it  Voluntary-deliberate or conscious effort to attend as like a boring lecture  Habitual: we attend due to our feelings and habits, all clinical workers should keep such type attention 7/10/2020BPTH 18
  • 19. Degree and durations of attention Attention span test- Amount of time a person can concentrate on a task without becoming distracted. 3-5 minutes for children 20 minute for adult 8 seconds directly on one object Tachistoscope – 4 -5 numbers or letters number of stimuli attended at a single glance, if grouping remember more 7/10/2020BPTH 19
  • 20. Degree of attention  Attention passes going one part to other part of Stimulus  One moment attended another moment not attended – it is fluctuation*  Division of attention: Older adult have more division than a child  This cases performance impaired  Waning and waxing of attention 7/10/2020BPTH 20
  • 21. Shifting and fluctuation of attention 7/10/2020BPTH 21
  • 22. Distraction Causes /Factors affecting :  Emotion, anxiety, worry, lack of motivation, illness boredom  Stopping destruction need lots of energy its causes fatigue. 7/10/2020BPTH 22
  • 23. Alterations in attention Inattention  Abnormal arousal or hypervigilance For Examples : diagnoses like  PTSD  Marihuana users  ADHD  Acquired brain injury 7/10/2020BPTH 23

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