Question 1

According to Kahneman,arousal affects the availability of mental resources for a task.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

When listening to a conversation,your attention is momentarily diverted when you hear your name spoken in a different conversation across the room.This is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) filter effect 
B) dichotic listening phenomenon 
C) cocktail party effect 
D) attenuation effect 
A) filter effect 
B) dichotic listening phenomenon 
C) cocktail party effect 
D) attenuation effect C

Question 3

The ______ theory of attention states that there is a very limited amount of information that can be attended to at one time;unattended information is blocked out.

Accepted Answer

A) filter 
B) attenuation 
C) schema 
D) cocktail party 
A) filter 
B) attenuation 
C) schema 
D) cocktail party A

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT true about distracted driving?

Accepted Answer

A) Having a passenger in the car results in less accident risk than driving alone. 
B) About one in six fatal vehicle accidents involves distracted driving. 
C) Most drivers who text only do so while at a stop sign or stop light. 
D) Seventy percent of undergraduates report sending text messages while driving. 
A) Having a passenger in the car results in less accident risk than driving alone. 
B) About one in six fatal vehicle accidents involves distracted driving. 
C) Most drivers who text only do so while at a stop sign or stop light. 
D) Seventy percent of undergraduates report sending text messages while driving.

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a controlled process,for most people?

Accepted Answer

A) driving 
B) reading 
C) playing a well-practiced video game 
D) sending a telegraph message 
A) driving 
B) reading 
C) playing a well-practiced video game 
D) sending a telegraph message

Question 6

Neuropsychological studies have indicated that patients with damage to the right parietal lobe ______.

Accepted Answer

A) cannot perceive objects on the left side of visual space 
B) do not pay attention to objects on the left side of visual space 
C) perceive and pay attention to objects on the left side of visual space,but cannot reproduce them in a drawing 
D) can neither perceive nor pay attention to objects on the left side of visual space 
A) cannot perceive objects on the left side of visual space 
B) do not pay attention to objects on the left side of visual space 
C) perceive and pay attention to objects on the left side of visual space,but cannot reproduce them in a drawing 
D) can neither perceive nor pay attention to objects on the left side of visual space

Question 7

Which of the following would NOT be a reasonable basis for filtering,according to Broadbent's model?

Accepted Answer

A) whether the message was coming from your right or your left side 
B) the pitch of the voice reading the message 
C) the loudness of the voice reading the message 
D) the language that the message was being read in 
A) whether the message was coming from your right or your left side 
B) the pitch of the voice reading the message 
C) the loudness of the voice reading the message 
D) the language that the message was being read in

Question 8

According to Treisman,people tend to process ______.

Accepted Answer

A) only to the level of physical characteristics 
B) only to the level of linguistic characteristics,separating it into words 
C) at a semantic level,analyzing for meaning most of the time 
D) only as much as is necessary to separate the attended from the unattended message 
A) only to the level of physical characteristics 
B) only to the level of linguistic characteristics,separating it into words 
C) at a semantic level,analyzing for meaning most of the time 
D) only as much as is necessary to separate the attended from the unattended message

Question 9

Dividing your attention between two tasks is easiest when ______.

Accepted Answer

A) you are learning the tasks for the first time 
B) the tasks are in the same modality 
C) one task has been practiced previously 
D) the tasks only engage one attention stream 
A) you are learning the tasks for the first time 
B) the tasks are in the same modality 
C) one task has been practiced previously 
D) the tasks only engage one attention stream

Question 10

In a ______ task,a person listens to an audiotape and hears two separate messages presented simultaneously to the left and right ears.

Accepted Answer

A) filter 
B) dichotic listening 
C) bionic listening 
D) sustained attention 
A) filter 
B) dichotic listening 
C) bionic listening 
D) sustained attention

Question 11

Mindful meditation's link to attention could best be described by ______.

Accepted Answer

A) its activation of the prefrontal cortex 
B) the fact that everything is quiet 
C) being nonjudgmental 
D) increasing an individual's optimism 
A) its activation of the prefrontal cortex 
B) the fact that everything is quiet 
C) being nonjudgmental 
D) increasing an individual's optimism

Question 12

Parts of the frontal,parietal,and subcortical lobes are involved in ______.

Accepted Answer

A) disengaging attention from where it was previously focused 
B) implementing attention when a person has already decided where to focus 
C) refocusing attention to a new stimulus 
D) generating top-down instructions to the visual system 
A) disengaging attention from where it was previously focused 
B) implementing attention when a person has already decided where to focus 
C) refocusing attention to a new stimulus 
D) generating top-down instructions to the visual system

Question 13

Sensory neglect (also called hemineglect)occurs when patients suffer damage to the ______ lobe.

Accepted Answer

A) occipital 
B) frontal 
C) parietal 
D) temporal 
A) occipital 
B) frontal 
C) parietal 
D) temporal

Question 14

In Kahneman's model of attention,allocation of mental resources is affected by preferences for certain kinds of tasks over others.These preferences are known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) enduring dispositions 
B) arousal states 
C) momentary intentions 
D) late selection preferences 
A) enduring dispositions 
B) arousal states 
C) momentary intentions 
D) late selection preferences

Question 15

In Treisman's experiments on feature integration,the number of distracters did not matter when participants were asked to spot ______.

Accepted Answer

A) an S among Ts and Xs 
B) a green X among green Os and pink Xs 
C) a pink T among blue Ts and pink Xs 
D) a blue T among blue Xs and green Ts 
A) an S among Ts and Xs 
B) a green X among green Os and pink Xs 
C) a pink T among blue Ts and pink Xs 
D) a blue T among blue Xs and green Ts

Question 16

What types of information have lowered thresholds,according to Treisman's attenuation theory?

Accepted Answer

Some words have permanently lo

Question 17

Who would you expect to be least affected by the Stroop effect?

Accepted Answer

A) a 5-year-old 
B) a teenager 
C) a college student 
D) a 40-year-old 
A) a 5-year-old 
B) a teenager 
C) a college student 
D) a 40-year-old

Question 18

Wood and Cowan switched a passage in participants' unattended ear to backward speech and reported that performance in shadowing the other ear ______.

Accepted Answer

A) was unaffected for all participants 
B) included more errors for all participants during the time that the backward message was being played 
C) included more errors for only the participants who did not notice the backward message 
D) included more errors that peaked 10 to 20 seconds after the backward message began,for those that did notice the message 
A) was unaffected for all participants 
B) included more errors for all participants during the time that the backward message was being played 
C) included more errors for only the participants who did not notice the backward message 
D) included more errors that peaked 10 to 20 seconds after the backward message began,for those that did notice the message

Question 19

Based on Treisman's Feature Integration theory,which combination of experimental conditions should produce the longest reaction times?

Accepted Answer

A) asking participants to identify a single feature with many items in the display 
B) asking participants to identify a single feature with few items in the display 
C) asking participants to identify a combination of features with many items in the display 
D) asking participants to identify a combination of features with few items in the display 
A) asking participants to identify a single feature with many items in the display 
B) asking participants to identify a single feature with few items in the display 
C) asking participants to identify a combination of features with many items in the display 
D) asking participants to identify a combination of features with few items in the display

Question 20

In their classic Feature Integration findings,Treisman and Gelade (1980)found that feature searches (searches involving primitive single features such as color)were ______ and affected ______ by the number of distractors than conjunction searches (searches involving combinations of features).

Accepted Answer

A) slower;more 
B) slower;less 
C) faster;more 
D) faster;less 
A) slower;more 
B) slower;less 
C) faster;more 
D) faster;less

According to Kahneman,arousal affects the availability of mental resources for a task.

When listening to a conversation,your attention is momentarily diverted when you hear your name spoken in a different conversation across the room.This is an example of ______.

The ______ theory of attention states that there is a very limited amount of information that can be attended to at one time;unattended information is blocked out.

Which of the following is NOT true about distracted driving?

Which of the following is an example of a controlled process,for most people?

Neuropsychological studies have indicated that patients with damage to the right parietal lobe ______.

Which of the following would NOT be a reasonable basis for filtering,according to Broadbent's model?

According to Treisman,people tend to process ______.

Dividing your attention between two tasks is easiest when ______.

In a ______ task,a person listens to an audiotape and hears two separate messages presented simultaneously to the left and right ears.

Mindful meditation's link to attention could best be described by ______.

Parts of the frontal,parietal,and subcortical lobes are involved in ______.

Sensory neglect (also called hemineglect)occurs when patients suffer damage to the ______ lobe.

In Kahneman's model of attention,allocation of mental resources is affected by preferences for certain kinds of tasks over others.These preferences are known as ______.

In Treisman's experiments on feature integration,the number of distracters did not matter when participants were asked to spot ______.

What types of information have lowered thresholds,according to Treisman's attenuation theory?

Who would you expect to be least affected by the Stroop effect?

Wood and Cowan switched a passage in participants' unattended ear to backward speech and reported that performance in shadowing the other ear ______.

Based on Treisman's Feature Integration theory,which combination of experimental conditions should produce the longest reaction times?

In their classic Feature Integration findings,Treisman and Gelade (1980)found that feature searches (searches involving primitive single features such as color)were and affected by the number of distractors than conjunction searches (searches involving combinations of features).

Cognitive Psychology: History, methods, and Paradigms

The Brain: an Overview of Structure and Function

Perception: Recognizing Patterns and Objects

Working Memory: Forming and Using New Memory Traces

Retrieving Memories From Long-Term Storage

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Knowledge Representation: Storing and Organizing

Visual Imagery and Spatial Cognition

Language

Thinking and Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Cognitive Development Through Adolescence

Individual Differences in Cognition

Cognition in Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Exam 4: Attention: Deploying Cognitive Resources

According to Kahneman,arousal affects the availability of mental resources for a task.

When listening to a conversation,your attention is momentarily diverted when you hear your name spoken in a different conversation across the room.This is an example of ______.

The ______ theory of attention states that there is a very limited amount of information that can be attended to at one time;unattended information is blocked out.

Which of the following is NOT true about distracted driving?

Which of the following is an example of a controlled process,for most people?

Neuropsychological studies have indicated that patients with damage to the right parietal lobe ______.

Which of the following would NOT be a reasonable basis for filtering,according to Broadbent's model?

According to Treisman,people tend to process ______.

Dividing your attention between two tasks is easiest when ______.

In a ______ task,a person listens to an audiotape and hears two separate messages presented simultaneously to the left and right ears.

Mindful meditation's link to attention could best be described by ______.

Parts of the frontal,parietal,and subcortical lobes are involved in ______.

Sensory neglect (also called hemineglect)occurs when patients suffer damage to the ______ lobe.

In Kahneman's model of attention,allocation of mental resources is affected by preferences for certain kinds of tasks over others.These preferences are known as ______.

In Treisman's experiments on feature integration,the number of distracters did not matter when participants were asked to spot ______.

What types of information have lowered thresholds,according to Treisman's attenuation theory?

Who would you expect to be least affected by the Stroop effect?

Wood and Cowan switched a passage in participants' unattended ear to backward speech and reported that performance in shadowing the other ear ______.

Based on Treisman's Feature Integration theory,which combination of experimental conditions should produce the longest reaction times?

In their classic Feature Integration findings,Treisman and Gelade (1980)found that feature searches (searches involving primitive single features such as color)were ______ and affected ______ by the number of distractors than conjunction searches (searches involving combinations of features).

Cognitive Psychology: History, methods, and Paradigms

The Brain: an Overview of Structure and Function

Perception: Recognizing Patterns and Objects

Working Memory: Forming and Using New Memory Traces

Retrieving Memories From Long-Term Storage

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Knowledge Representation: Storing and Organizing

Visual Imagery and Spatial Cognition

Language

Thinking and Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Cognitive Development Through Adolescence

Individual Differences in Cognition

Cognition in Cross-Cultural Perspective

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In their classic Feature Integration findings,Treisman and Gelade (1980)found that feature searches (searches involving primitive single features such as color)were and affected by the number of distractors than conjunction searches (searches involving combinations of features).