Question

You are trying to concentrate during an examination but you get distracted by the sound of another student tapping her pencil on her desk. Which of the following stages of the information processing model are you in?:
1) Selective attention/comprehension
2) Encoding and simplification
3) Storage and retention
4) Retrieval and response
5) Recognition

Answer 1

Answer:1) Selective attention/comprehension.

Explanation: Information processing model is a model developed by cognitive psychologist to describe how humans manage Information,this model sees the human mind as a computer,it states that the human mind receives Information,stores and analyse it on a later time.

Selective attention is a concept in Psychology which describes the various steps or processes put in place to avoid unimportant, unnecessary and unwanted Information or Communication and focus fully on a selected Information or Communication.