Chapter 3

Chapter 3 is about attention and Consciousness. Attention can be divided into three kinds of attention processes, 1. Divided attention: where by clears that individuals get in problems when they need to focus on more than one object at the same time in question. 2. Selective attention which could be divided into 3 kinds: Dichotic listening where by individuals won't notice the background conversation but only focuses to the core conversation. The stroop effect, where by some people have difficulty to imitate recognizing ink color of the used color in printing ( so called Schizophrenia: psychological disorder characterized by severely disordered thoughts. quote by Grossberg,2000). Saccadic Eye Movements is the process of your brains letting your eyes moving as you read the text.
Consciousness: action that individuals take without thinking of what the cause will be.

I think this course is about learning individuals behaviour, and this chapter is explaining how individuals reaction towards attention is.

I am still not clear on the stroop effect. I tried the demonstration on second page of the book, and I also had difficulty to read part A, I needed time to see the color and what it was typed on the color, does that make me thinking disorderedly?

The proofs that the author gives for her explanation of attention and Consciousness definition seems to be trustable by so many research that has been done. I must say that I believe it as I questioned her explanation by doing the demonstration by my self and recognizing it while I am doing it.

It makes it important to me as it make me more aware of how actually people react in paying attention.

If I ever gone be teaching student, this will help me to get to know the level of attention of some student, which will help me to find a way to better teach those who need more attention.