Sensory, Attentional And Perceptual Processes

Question

What is ‘Filter Theory’? Briefly explain.

Answer

Filter Theory was developed by Broadbent (1956). According to this theory, many stimuli simultaneously enter our receptors creating a kind of‘bottleneck’ situation. Moving through the short-term memory system, they enter the selective filter, which allows only one stimulus to pass through for higher levels of processing. Other stimuli are screened out at that moment of time. Thus, we become aware of only that stimulus, which gets access through the selective filter.

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