Answer to Question #216674 in Psychology for AON

Question

As our mind is constantly bombarded with information, it becomes overwhelming and impossible to process all the information, so our brain naturally filters out the information it thinks is not important or relevant at that time. Bounded awareness sometimes makes humans to pay attention to information that is not that relevant at that time, resulting in focus failure, Discuss with real time examples

Answer 1

Bounded awareness helps the mind focus on real time situations. For instance, when hungry but in a playing field, the mind filters out the option to play and focuses on the idea of wanting to find food. Not that playing is bad, but at that very moment, food is of importance than playing