How people focus their attention -- Quiz

People will pay attention to only one thing and ignore everything else as long as you give them specific instructions to do so, and the task doesn't take too long.

What can you use to draw attention to what's important and keep people from filtering information? Check all that apply.

Having people perform a series of steps over and over again will not help the action to become automatic.

If you're designing a product or application where people need to notice an event that rarely occurs, use a [blank_start]strong signal[blank_end] to get their attention when it does.

How long will you attain most people's attention?

Realize that people will probably only pay attention to [blank_start]salient cues.[blank_end]

People can multitask.

What sounds can you use to get people's attention? [blank_start]Foghorn[blank_end], [blank_start]Regular Horn[blank_end], [blank_start]Whistle[blank_end], [blank_start]Siren[blank_end], [blank_start]Bell[blank_end], [blank_start]Buzzer[blank_end], [blank_start]Chimes[blank_end] or [blank_start]Gong[blank_end].

If you're standing at a high point in total darkness you can see a candle from [blank_start]30 miles[blank_end] away. If you're in a very quiet room, you can hear a watch ticking [blank_start]20 miles[blank_end] away. You can smell a drop of perfume in about [blank_start]800 square feet[blank_end] of space. You can feel a [blank_start]human hair[blank_end] on your skin. You can taste a teaspoon of sugar in [blank_start]two[blank_end] gallons of water.