Thursday, March 25, 2010
question #2
I have had selective attention when I recently purchased my Siberian Husky. Ever since I’ve had a dog, I’ve been noticing other dogs that are around my neighborhood. Now that I own a pet, I also enjoy listening my other friend’s stories about their pets. It’s an unusual feeling when I actually realized that reading about selective attention. Another example is my relationship with my girlfriend. When we were going through some rough times, she had said some hurtful things about many of my bad habits. The day after I started to try to look for her bad habits and point them out to her. While our relationship was going well, I had never noticed her habits until I started intentionally looking for and pointing out her bad habits. I never realized that until I was thinking about it during this blog. Next time I’ll catch myself so I won’t do it again. Thanks comm 141!
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Your post caught my attention. I have been looking for a post to comment on and then I found yours. You commented on your Siberian husky. I also have one. Does this mean I had selective attention?
ReplyDeleteYour example made me think of selective attention in another way. Since you did not own a dog before, you didn’t pay attention to conversations that included the topic. I have had a similar situation. When I had my son, I started to pay attention to many things that I had not before. It opened up a new aspect in my life. I was talking to other mothers about what they did in certain situations, what they thought of a particular brand, funny stories of their children, and so forth. I had never thought this would have been an example of selective attention until this week’s reading.