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| Selective attention: in psychology, selective attention is the process of focusing on a particular object, task, or thought while simultaneously ignoring irrelevant or distracting information. It is essential for information processing, memory, and decision-making. See also Information processing, Memory, Decision-making processes, Problem solving, Relevance._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Gerald Matthews on Selective Attention - Dictionary of Arguments
Corr I 412 Selective Attention/cognitive psychology/memory/Matthews: Work on attentional bias has also been extended to the investigation of memory bias. Would a trait-anxious individual encode threat-related stimuli more readily than someone low in anxiety? Early studies of personality and cognitive bias suggested that depression related to memory bias (perhaps because depressives tend to ruminate and elaborate on negative events) but anxiety related only to selective attention bias (Williams, Watts, MacLeod and Mathews 1997)(1). More recent work provides a more nuanced picture. As in other research areas, careful attention to underlying processes is the key to obtaining reliable results. One of the paradigms frequently used is incidental learning. If trait-anxious individuals are vulnerable to memory bias, they should show enhanced recognition of threatening words, but, typically, no such bias effect has been found (Williams et al. 1997)(1). Vs: However, Russo, Whittuck, Roberson et al. (2006)(3) argued that the recognition test lacks sufficient sensitivity to pick up what may be modest biases in memory. >Anxiety/Matthews. 1. Williams, J. M. G., Watts, F. N., MacLeod, C. and Mathews, A. 1997. Cognitive psychology and emotional disorders, 2nd edn. Chichester: Wiley 3. Russo, R., Whittuck, D., Roberson, D., Dutton, K., Georgiou, G. and Fox, E. 2006. Mood-congruent free recall bias in anxious individuals is not a consequence of response bias, Memory 14: 393–9 Gerald Matthews, „ Personality and performance: cognitive processes and models“, in: Corr, Ph. J. & Matthews, G. (eds.) 2009. The Cambridge handbook of Personality Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Matthews, Gerald Corr I Philip J. Corr Gerald Matthews The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology New York 2009 Corr II Philip J. Corr (Ed.) Personality and Individual Differences - Revisiting the classical studies Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne 2018 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-29