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According to Johnston and Heinz's multimode theory, selection of one stimulus over others can take place at which stage(s) of processing?
AOnly at the final stage where representations enter consciousness
BOnly at the earliest sensory stage of representation building
CAt any one of three stages: sensory, semantic, or fully conscious
DOnly after deliberate verbal rehearsal of competing stimuli
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. At any one of three stages: sensory, semantic, or fully conscious
1. The chapter describes multimode theory as proposing a flexible attentional system.
2. Stage one builds sensory representations such as visual images.
3. Stage two builds semantic representations such as names of objects.
4. Stage three is where the sensory and semantic representations enter consciousness.
5. Selection can happen at any of these three stages depending on processing effort.
6. Hence multimode theory permits selection at any one of three stages.
_Source: NCERT Class 11 Psychology Ch 4 "Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual Processes", p. 65, Theories of Selective Attention_
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