Question

1. multiple choice 10 points

______ is the process of focusing your cognitive resources on one particular stimulus or source of information while ignoring all others in the environment.
vision
attention
distraction
knowledge

1. matching 10 points

there are 2 main kinds of attention, bottom - up (stimulus) and top - down (voluntary). match the following to best explain the differences between them.
example of top - down
example of bottom - up
bottom - up attention
top - down attention

1. multiple choice 10 points

the first thing you need to do is ________. your brain cant actually do two things at once.
look up how to focus on social media sites
watch tv
stop multi - tasking
take a break

Explanation:

Question 1

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Vision: Relates to sight, not focusing cognitive resources. Eliminate.
• Attention: By definition, attention is the process of focusing cognitive resources on one stimulus while ignoring others. This matches the description.
• Distraction: Is the opposite, it diverts attention. Eliminate.
• Knowledge: Is information acquired, not a focusing process. Eliminate.

Analyze each option:

• look up how to focus on social media sites: Not relevant to the idea that the brain can't do two things at once. Eliminate.
• watch TV: Watching TV is a single activity, but the context is about not doing two things at once. This option doesn't address that. Eliminate.
• stop multi - tasking: Since the brain can't do two things at once, the first step is to stop trying to multi - task (doing multiple things simultaneously). This makes sense.
• take a break: Taking a break is not related to the idea of the brain's inability to multi - task. Eliminate.

Answer:

B. Attention

Question 2

(Note: Since the dropdown options for matching are not visible, we'll explain the concepts. Bottom - up attention is driven by external stimuli (e.g., a loud noise automatically drawing your attention). Top - down attention is voluntary, driven by goals/intentions (e.g., focusing on a textbook to study). So:

• example of top - down: Something like "Focusing on a book to study (voluntary, goal - directed)".
• example of bottom - up: Something like "A sudden loud bang drawing your attention (stimulus - driven)".
• bottom - up attention: Driven by external stimuli, involuntary response to stimuli.
• top - down attention: Driven by internal goals/volition, voluntary focus.

But since the actual options are not provided, we can't complete the matching. However, the key is to use the definitions of bottom - up (stimulus - driven) and top - down (voluntary) attention to match.

Question 3