Broadbent's model is called an early selection model because
a. the filter eliminates unattended information right at the beginning of the flow of information.
b. the filtering step occurs before the information enters the sensory store.
c. only a select set of environmental information enters the system.
d. incoming information is selected by the detector.
Question 2In the filter model of attention, the stages of information processing occur in which order?
a. Detector, filter, sensory store, short-term memory
b. Sensory store, filter, detector, short-term memory
c. Filter, detector, sensory store, short-term memory
d. Detector, sensory store, filter, short-term memory
Question 3Which theorist is responsible for proposing the idea of a filter model of attention?
a. Raymond Sanders
b. Donald Broadbent
c. Monica McGoldrick
d. Elizabeth Loftus
Question 4According to the filter model of attention, which of the following messages would likely by identified by the filter?
a. All messages selected by the filter
b. All messages within earshot
c. A message with an unfamiliar foreign accent
d. All sensory messages
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