Attention Seekers: A Good Example Of Attention Seeker

Attention seekers are a good example of someone who is giving an emotional performance to attract others. Like the saying, go talk to them or grab their attention. An action has to be performed to get a response. This is known as overt orienting. However, daydream is not exactly a response, but it is a form of attention. A form of self-created attention to the thought process of something other than what is presently happening in front of them. This is known as covert orienting. Whatever you place your attention to changes to what the mind is forced on performing right at that second or time frame. This means that attention is selective on what is the focus of the individual. Like stated in question one Rorschach’s real face was seen long before

They remember a man holding a sign, but don’t remember the man’s face or the text on the sign. It is not until chapter six that the reader sees Rorschach’s face that they possibly realize ether right away or slowly figure out that the man at the beginning of the book and in chapter three is the same man. All the others identity is shown separate from their hero identity. Rorschach is the only one that has never been introduced outside of his hero identity, making him the mystery man till chapter six. The reason the reader slowly picks up on this is because the writer does a good job have using the psychological concept to create tension and the element of surprise. In the text book the psychological concept used is better explained, “Voluntary, or goal-directed, control over attention occurs when you purposely focus so that you can perform a task. Voluntary control reflects top-down processing because attention is guided by knowledge-based factors such as intention, beliefs, expectations, and motivation.”(pg. 132) Thus meaning the reader has a one track mind, no I’m joking. It just means the attention was controlled by what is provided to the reader by the