Discuss three types of attention.
What will be an ideal response?
(1) Selective attention involves focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant. An example of selective attention is the ability to focus on one voice among many in a crowded room or a noisy restaurant. (2) Divided attention involves concentrating on more than one activity at the same time. When the two competing tasks are reasonably easy, age differences among adults are minimal or nonexistent. However, the more difficult the competing tasks are, the less effectively older adults divide attention than younger adults. (3) Sustained attention is focused and extended engagement with an object, task, event, or some other aspect of the environment. Sometimes, sustained attention is referred to as vigilance. On tests of simple vigilance and sustained attention, older adults usually perform as well as younger adults. However, on complex vigilance tasks, older adults' performance usually drops.
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