3). Pick one concept from the assigned reading, that we have not already discussed, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.
A concept from the reading I found interesting was selective attention. Trenholm states it as only listening to parts of the message (309). I always thought there was only such a thing was selective hearing but it is interesting to know that there is selective attention as well. There are times when I am watching television and I do not like what music is on even though I enjoy the whole show as a whole. I will usually change the channel because it does not interest me and find something else more appealing. My attention span seems to be limited mainly because I get bored easily. I think selection attention is focused on people who get bored easily and at times need some spark in their life because change is needed!
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ReplyDeleteI too find seletive attention interesting. Sometimes when I read articles on line or in the newspaper I will skim through the article until I find something interesting. The same goes for when I am watching the news. I will only pay attention to the stories that interest me. It is not that I am not listening to the rest of the program but, my full atention is kind of zoned out. In the information age it is a skill to be able to rummage through information and find what is important and what is not relevant. We are bogged down with a lot of advertising and worthless information it is difficult to have a worthy attention span. Sometimes selective attention is the only way to make it through the day.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post on selective attention. I have only heard of selective hearing before because my mom would always say my sister had it because she would only hear what was either convenient or what she wanted to hear. I did not know selective attention existed until i read it in the text. Now that I know what it is I believe that I have selective attention because I get bored easily and have a hard time sitting still when watching movies. I am picky at what i go watch at the movies because I cant sit still for very long without getting restless and same goes for reading magazines or the paper.
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