One time I was searching for my bag after ballet. I was so sure that I left it one of the studios which I did. On my way back to the studio to get my bag, I passed a bench that had all of my stuff on it, but of course I did not pay it any mind. When I went back to the studio, it was empty. The custodian was mopping it out and I was worried that he threw it away. So I asked him for it and he brought me to the bench which I passed earlier. When you are focused on doing what you have to do , your mind is focused on that one objective.

Labor day I spent it hanging out with some friends. For the first 30 mins I observed them using their phones. I calculated who picked it up the most times and then realized why was this important to me so I decided to tell them about my observation then began observing them again after I told them. After telling them I realized that they noticed my every move after words. They looked at me as I jotted each observation down and by the second half of the hour I realized that they used they’re phones less. This observation to me was important because it shows that humans do not realize what others around them are doing unless you point it out. This observation reminds me of the video we saw in class and how mostly everyone missed the person in a costume walking towards the middle of the scene. These two observations relate because it proves how humans can be deceived by their eyes when told to complete one specific task or not told at all.

Reference

Who: My friends

when: Monday

where: my Friends house

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Attention can make one focus on one thing and distract them from their surroundings. For example, I’ve personally experienced this. This happened in June. I was on my way home, meanwhile I was in an argument with my friend through text. I was very focused on the conversation. As I got into the bus I took a quick glimpse to see if there were seats available. As soon as I get in a spot on the bus I receive a text from my father. It read, “look at the back of the bus.” I quickly turned my head and see my father sitting down. I didn’t notice him at all as I was focused on the argument I had with my friend.

A negative focus experience that I’ve had came this past April while watching the show Game of Thrones. I was focused on the goal of watching all 5 seasons before season 6 premiered. I had 50 episodes to watch (10 episode per season) in about two and a half weeks. while i accomplished my goal while rushing at times and focusing on the story line of the obvious main characters, there were things that my brain couldn’t catch on to. Until almost the end of season 5 i thought two completely different characters were the same person. Gendry and podrick are two different characters in Game of Thrones with obvious different names but for some strange reason it took me way too long to figure that out. Maybe i was focusing so much on the bigger characters that my brain didn’t care enough to separate this two smaller side characters or maybe i should of started the show with a open mind and not rushed through it.

Who: Personal experience

When: April 2016 while watching Game of thrones

Where: In my apartment watching on my phone

Attention  means  application  of  the  mind  to  an  object  or  thought.  Also  attention  means  noticing  something  or  a  special  consideration  for  something .  therefore  attention in  psychology  can  be  referred  to as  a  person  concentrating  on  a  feature  in  ones  environment  in  exclusion  of  other  things  . But  surprisingly  peoples  mind do  not  pay  much  attention  to good  things  or  things  that  go  well  rather  they  paid   more  attention to things  that  do  not  go  well  or things  that  are  bad. So  we can  conclude  from  here  that  human  minds  filter  out  things  that they  are   less  worried  about  . Furthermore,  our  minds  tends  to  focus  more  on  what  we  are  worried  about  and  making  us  ignore  other  things  around  us.  Well  we  can  further  explain  this  using  my  personal  experience. I  had to meet with my  English  professor  few  weeks  ago.  I checked  her  office  hours  and  realized  she  would  be  leaving  the  office  in  two  minutes.  It  was compulsory  that  I meet  with  her  that  day,  so  I  decided  to  catch  up  with  her  before  she  leaves  the  office.  I  was  so  worried  about  meeting  her  at  the  office  that  I  didn’t  imagine  I   could   meet  her  on  my  way.  About  45  feet’s  to  her   office my  professor  passed   by  me  and  I  didn’t  notice  her  instead  I walked  faster  towards  her  office .  On  getting  to  her office  I  was  told  she  just  left  the  office  about  a minute  ago.  At  that  moment  I  had  a  flashback and a feeling  that  I  saw  her  but  I  wasn’t  paying  attention  to  other  things  around  me  while  I  walked  to  her  office.  I  didn’t   notice  her  even  though  she  was  very  obvious  and  I desperately  wanted  to  see  her,  yet it  seems  funny  to  me  that  my  eyes  saw  her  but  my  mind  ignored  her.  Well this  observation  can  be  explained  in  psychology.  It  is  termed  INATTENTIONAL  BLINDNESS.

Who:  this  is  my  personal  experience

When:  It happened  to  be  while  I was  taking  summer  classes  July/august  2016

Why:  The  homework  assigned  to  me  by  my  English  professor ( Olga Chajet)  was  due  on  the  day  of  the  incident  and  I  had  to  submit  my  homework  to  her  to  avoid  the  penalty

A personal experience in which I have gone through where I lack Observation and attention was at work. I was in my supervisor office on her computer entering documents into a database system, where at the office she has two giant windows where you can clearly see right through them to whomever is passing in the hallway. While, I was on the computer my Clinical director and CEO of the company pass right by the office windows and wave through the window to my supervisor who was behind the computer of me. When I turn to my supervisor to ask her why she was waving she told me whom just pass by I didn’t see anyone pass by I said. Then, I realize was so focus on entering the data into the system that I was aware of what just happened right in front of my face.

Reference:

Who: Me and My Supervisor

When: August 30^th

Where: In Brooklyn, on the 5^th floor at a Non-Profit Organization.

I’ve experienced how people’s attention and focus can be altered and sometimes not be focused at all. I believe it mainly depends on what your mind is focused on and where your mentality is at the moment. My friends were actually an example to this statement about 5 days ago their classes ended at the same time as mine so we agreed to meet each other after classes and i gave them a specific location of where to meet up. I gave them specific directions and they both walked past me and didn’t even recognize me , i even walked behind them and they still didn’t realize i was there . Both of my friends we’re so focused on the location given they weren’t attentive to their surroundings. I’ve experienced myself as well it actually happened today which reminded me that i had to write this but instead of a person it was an object. I was walking on to the train and I turned to me left and recognized there wasn’t a seat towards the corner only one parallel to it and when i sat down on the other side of the train i looked to my left and where i thought there was no seat there was actually a single seat. I put an image of two seats in my head and that’s what I expected to see so when i looked in that direction i didn’t see two seats so I disregarded the fact that there could potentially be one seat.

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