Psychological Review· 1977Q1
Controlled and automatic human information processing: II. Perceptual learning, automatic attending and a general theory.
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Short summary
A two-process theory distinguishes between automatic detection and controlled search, demonstrating that learning categories improves controlled search, while automatic attention can disrupt controlled processing.
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Key points
- Automatic detection and controlled search represent distinct modes of human information processing.
- Learning categories improves performance in controlled search tasks.
- Automatic attention responses can interrupt controlled processing and attention focus.
- The theory proposes a general framework for human information processing based on these two modes.
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Abstract
The two-process theory of detection, search, and attention presented by Schneider and Shiffrin is tested and extended in a series of experiments. The studies demonstrate the qualitative difference between two modes of information processing: automatic detection and controlled search. They trace the course of the learning of automatic detection, of categories, and of automaticattention responses. They show the dependence of automatic detection on attending responses and demonstrate how such responses interrupt controlled processing and interfere with the focusing of attention. The learning of categories is shown to improve controlled search performance. A general framework for human information processing is proposed; the framework emphasizes the roles of automatic and controlled processing. The theory is compared to and contrasted with extant models of search and attention.
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