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Attention and Perception
As I considered myself a subject in each experiments, the findings surprised me. My performance in Stroop effect was particularly surprising. The task seems relatively easy while learning about its requirements and prerequisites, however, after experimenting that such is not quite the case. Naming the colors shown on each word name was entirely different when the word name was a color name in itself. The same was the case in other experiments as well. For instance, the situation of Muller Lyer was remarkably unique for me as I never thought myself to be someone who would perform inaptly on a task so simple as putting a finger in the middle of plain lines with arrows. I could henceforth easily configure how the findings for simulated driving effects in the article by Strayer and Johnston in “Driven to distraction: dual-Task studies of simulated driving and conversing on a cellular telephone” were particularly apt as I myself experienced the impact of dual tasks and lowering of performance. This was particularly the case when task complexity was enhanced. The results of each experiment or procedure apply to real-life experiences and settings which is particularly clear after evaluating the peer reviewed article in view. The article shows how there is no particular impact of listening to a tape recorded book or a radio broadcast or a hands-free cell phone on performance but when the conversations become unconstrained and driving becomes more complex, the rate of cognitive performance was subject to slower reactions and an imminent deficit in performance. The performance on the experiments at hands, further informed me that while facing several stimuli for a response at the same time, we as humans tend to selectively perceive which stimulus requires most attention and react accordingly. For instance, when at a dilemma of saving a child from cutting his hands with a sharp object or picking a call, the person would selectively address the stimulus to save the child first.
References
Strayer, D. L., & Johnston, W. A. (2001). Driven to distraction: Dual-task studies of simulated driving and conversing on a cellular telephone. Psychological science, 12(6), 462-466.
Judd, C. H. (1905). The Muller-Lyer illusion. The Psychological Review: Monograph Supplements.
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