PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -For example, one person might selectively attend to stimuli related to food (particularly food that is perceived to be particularly delicious). Sexual stimuli might be particularly distracting for another person; fashion-related stimuli might capture another person’s attention.

Detailed explanation-2: -A selective attention example is having a conversation with someone in a crowded, public space. One chooses to focus on what the friend is saying rather than every single noise present in the background. This ability is a phenomenon known as the cocktail party effect.

Detailed explanation-3: -Selective attention refers to the processes that allow an individual to select and focus on particular input for further processing while simultaneously suppressing irrelevant or distracting information.

Detailed explanation-4: -Selective visual attention describes the tendency of visual processing to be confined largely to stimuli that are relevant to behavior. It is among the most fundamental of cognitive functions, particularly in humans and other primates for whom vision is the dominant sense.