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Chapter 8 - the psychology of attention p.332 IP (Donald Broadbent…
Chapter 8 - the psychology of attention p.332 IP
Donald Broadbent
Cognitive psychologist
Beginnings of experimental psychology
conducted dichotic listening experiments
Created the framework of cognitive psychology
USA - Psychology dominated by behaviourism
Broadbent developed a theoretical model of attention- Limited capacity model of attention
Information processing model- like a computer p. 334 IP
Senses...to the brain
Model encouraged others to test it
Limited capacity channel
A channel through which filtered and attended to info passes through for further processing - such as stotage in memory (it is limited)
He was in the RAF which sparked his interest in psychology
He also worked with the navy - looked at the effects of noise on performance
Influenced by Sir Fredrick Bartlet
Belief that psychology should address real life problems
And theories should come from research
Studied Craiks manuscripts which comapred human processing to computers
Broadbents Influences :silhouettes: