The Gestalt approach argues that psychological phenomena can be understood only when viewed as organized, structures wholes and not broken down into primitive perceptual elements. The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Nurture and nature. Children under 12. Next Slide E. Attentional Processes 1.
Attention is a complex process, combining a state of focused awareness with a readiness to respond.
Can choose to attend. Distraction occurs when interfering demands prevent perception from being focused on relevant stimuli. Preattentive processing is an early stage of processing that operates on sensory inputs before we attend to them. Radio in background. Favorite song comes on.