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Is attention a limited resource? Why or why not? What mechanisms do you use to protect your attention resources? What role do schemas play in attention?

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The solution discusses what attention is and how it affects our interactions and learning. The effect schemas have on attention and how to enhance attention in the education setting is also discussed. The text contains 268 words.

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Attention is a limited resource. People can only attend to a limited or small amount of information at a time. Some examples are: You go to a noisy restaurant with a friend and begin a conversation. You are having no trouble following the conversation until someone at the next table begins to talk about a movie you want to see. Your attention moves to that conversation and you lose focus on what your friend is saying. ...

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