[12.28.2024] Updated content, AnKing-MCAT/AnKingMed, ID 2721709

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Hey hey @SoundlessEcho, thank you for the suggestion. :slight_smile:

I’m not opposed to improving on this card, though the suggested edit is likely too drastic of a departure from the existing card to be approved as-is. Completely changing the substance of the clozes is likely to be disruptive to current users, and not amenable to such formative change.

The original card, which could certainly use some clarification, seemingly hews from the same page you linked: “…Broadbent’s early selection theory. Broadbent’s idea was that all the information in your environment goes into your sensory register, which briefly registers or stores all the sensory input you get.” That seems, at least, the likeliest source for the original phrasing of the card.

Granted, this could be clarified a bit, and I’m open to finding a way to incorporate more clarity though the existing suggestion can’t be pushed through as-is.

There may likely be a happy middle-ground, something along the lines of:

{{c1::Broadbent’s early selection theory::… theory}} states that all {{c2::sensory}} information enters {{c3::a short-term sensory register}}, which {{c3::temporarily holds information before it starts to decay or is filtered}}.

If we can find a healthy middle-ground that allows for improvement of the card without overly disrupting the original architecture, I’m happy to find a way to rework the card (hopefully to everyone’s benefit). Let me know your thoughts

Thanks for bringing that up! I understand that the video mentions “…Broadbent’s early selection theory. Broadbent’s idea was that all the information in your environment goes into your sensory register, which briefly registers or stores all the sensory input you get.," but if you watch the whole video, that information is not what differentiates the model from others. Later models that built off Broadbent’s theory maintained that aspect.

The three different theories are as follows:

  1. Broadbent’s early selection theory: after reaching the sensory registrar, information goes through a filter and then to perceptual processes
  2. Deutsch & Deutsch’s late selection theory: after reaching the sensory registrar, all information goes through perceptual processes first and then goes through a selective filter
  3. Treisman’s attenuation theory: after reaching sensory registrar, instead of going through a filter, the information is attenuated (or weakened), prior going through perceptual processes.

As you can see, the suggested middle ground emphasizes a point that is common to all three models (the fact that information is temporaily held), and does not get to differing part of the Broadbent’s early selection theory.

If emphasizing the definition will be too disruptive, perhaps this can be a middle ground:

{{c1::Broadbent’s early selection theory::… theory}} states that all {{c2::sensory}} information enters {{c3::a short-term sensory register}}, which {{c3::temporarily holds information before unattended information is filtered out}}.

And in the extra we can include “Information is decided to be filtered out based on physical conditions (tone, pitch, etc.)”

For sure I think it’s notable that the card doesn’t really mention the selective filtration. It’s an important point and the card would definitely benefit from its inclusion, imo

Also, just for clarity (for both current and future reference): it’s not necessarily that emphasizing the definition is, itself, disruptive; it’s more just sort of the knuckle of deck maintenance in that you’re very rarely working with a card from scratch, and so huge departures from an existing card’s phrasing or structure can be tough to approve.

Because there are 10k+ subscribers it sort of forces upon editing an awareness that drastic changes can be/are disruptive to existing users (who might, say, be in their 3rd month of studying and have seen this card 100’s of times only to have it changed some idle Tuesday, etc.). It’s just one of those things where finding the appropriate modifications requires a light touch of trying to improve the card without actively tripping up folks who have seen it before (admittedly, not always the simplest task). It’s a living document, at the end of the day

Sometimes this means compromising, or trying to meet in the middle, sometimes it requires scratching your head for multiple days, and sometimes it means putting a couple of heads together and drafting up a few ideas until you land at a happy medium. :slight_smile: At the same time, this is also fundamentally the process that makes the deck incrementally better, which adds up significantly over time.

I think the the phrasing you have there is great, and I agree that adding a little additional nuance to the Extra field is the ideal move there (specific details are often prone to making the text of a card longer, or more onerous, and frequently it’s best-practice to include them in the Extra field).

I think we have a winner, imo; if you want to either edit the existing suggestion or put in a new one I think it looks/sounds great. :slight_smile:

done :slight_smile:

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