Selective Attention | Definition & Examples

James Henderson, FBST, BSN on Instagram: "What is often called ‘distraction’ refers more to an ‘awareness’ than an attention deficit. Whether learners are redirecting from a cued behavior they have no intention of expressing (due to a variety of anthropomorphisms as ‘boredom,’ ‘coping’ or certain ‘regulatory mechanisms,’) or whether they orienting toward a stimulus of an intensity overshadowing the offered cue, it allows for understanding & communication. ‘Distraction,’ defined as ‘anything that