Question

Jim is walking down a quiet street. Suddenly, he hears a noise which captures his attention. As he begins attending to this noise, he turns his body toward the noise, to maximize the flow of sensory information. What term is used to describe Jim’s actions ?

• A. Overt orienting
• B. Exogenous attention
• C. Covert orienting
• D. Endogenous attention

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Overt orienting

• During overt orienting, a person turns all or part of the body to alter or maximize the sensory impact of an event.
• Exogenous attention is driven by bottom-up or external events, i.e. pop-out.
• Endogenous attention is driven by top–down or internal events, i.e. the cocktail effect.
• Covert orienting is the act of bringing the spotlight of attention on an object or event without body or eye movement.