Automatic processing

Automatic processing happens subconsciously without our attention. Think about the instance when you lock your home door without thinking about it.

Seems related to System 1.

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References

Goldstein, Cognitive Psychology (p. 108).

Real-life experiences are filled with examples of automatic processing because there are many things that we have been practising for years. For example, have you ever wondered, after leaving home, whether you had locked the door and returned to find that you had? Locking the door has, for many people, become such an automatic response that they do it without paying attention.

Backlinks

• Talking while driving is dangerous when the other person can not observe the traffic situation
  • Once trained, driving utilises Automatic processing, which is why we can talk at the same time.
• The ability to divide attention can be achieved with practise
  • When a particular task is well-practised, the amount of load it takes in our head reduces as it becomes automatic. Automatic processing. This allows us to divide our attention.