According to the question, Timmy is exhibiting what is called controlled processing.
Controlled processing involves paying attention, and to make deliberate effort to achieve a desired result.
Controlled processing is deliberately carried out while we are very conscious of what we are doing or what we do. That is to say, when individual think about what is going on and draw conclusions or make decisions.
It shows such individual is in control of the processes. For instance, an individual have to pay utmost attention to what they are doing when they first learned how to drive a car.
They put conscious effort to know where the brake is, how to apply the break, where the car gear is, how to apply the gear, where the accelerator is and how to apply it and so on. Such individual deliberately and consciously pay attention to the process and put extra effort to learning how to drive a car.
The first time a person learn how to ride a bicycle, writing job letter or answering interview questions are all other examples of controlled processing.
From the question, Timmy didn’t ignore his mum’s call intentionally; he was only paying attention to what he was doing at that time.
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KEYWORDS:
- controlled processing
- conscious effort
- paying attention
