" How much do you know about Meaning of Attention."

                                         By :- Aditya Rothe.

We continuously sense many stimuli from our surrounding through our sense organs. However, we do not become aware of all of them at one particular time. We focus and become aware of only few stimuli from them. Therefore, attention is considered as the selective process.

Meaning and Definition of Attention

" Attention is the process of focusing on one or few objects, persons or situations from among many from the field of awareness."

                                   OR

" Attention is the mental process of bringing few stimuli into the center of awareness out of many stimuli present."

Factor Affecting Attention

1. Intensity of stimulus

2. Size of stimulus

3. Repetition of stimulus

4. Movement of stimulus

This is are some of the objective factor affecting attention. Similarly,

Interest, motives, mindset, attitudes,etc. are some of the subjective factor affecting attention.

Aspects of Attention

There are various types of aspects of attention. some of them are as follows:

1. Span of attention:-

Span of attention can be described as the total number of stimuli they we can become clearly aware of in a single glance.

The factor like age, intelligence,practice, experience, habits, etc. May affect the span of attention.

2. Distraction of attention:-

Many external factors such as intensity, size, movement etc. May distract attention.

For Example:- while studying ,your attention may get suddenly distracted due to a film song played in a high volume by your family members. Sometimes internal factors like disturbed physically or psychological state,lack of interest.

3. Division of Attention:-

We observe people doing two things simultaneously,like reading newspaper while eating, or knitting while watching TV. Etc.

4. Fluctuation of Attention:-

Attention keeps oscillating like the pendulum of the clock. We cannot pay attention to a single stimulus for a long period of time. Our attention shifts towards other stimulus for a fraction of time and comes back to the original stimulus. This is known as fluctuation of attention. 

The factor like fatigue,low interest, attractiveness of other stimulus,etc. may lead to fluctuation of attention.