Question 1

Stroop interference lessens when participants are ______.

Accepted Answer

A) better readers 
B) given more practice at naming colors 
C) girls rather than boys 
D) encouraged to focus carefully 
A) better readers 
B) given more practice at naming colors 
C) girls rather than boys 
D) encouraged to focus carefully

Question 2

Attentional capture is a voluntary process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A patient with hemineglect may fail to wash one side of her face,or may eat from only one side of the plate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT an expected consequence of the attention hypothesis of automatization?

Accepted Answer

A) Attention is needed to learn from practice. 
B) Attention determines what is remembered. 
C) Attentional learning is specific to tasks and stimuli. 
D) Attention is only useful for tests of performance. 
A) Attention is needed to learn from practice. 
B) Attention determines what is remembered. 
C) Attentional learning is specific to tasks and stimuli. 
D) Attention is only useful for tests of performance.

Question 5

Greater effort or concentration results in better performance on ______.

Accepted Answer

A) all tasks 
B) tasks that require resource-limited processing 
C) tasks that are data-limited 
D) tasks that require vigilance 
A) all tasks 
B) tasks that require resource-limited processing 
C) tasks that are data-limited 
D) tasks that require vigilance

Question 6

Glancing out your window,you notice a woman in a blue coat walking with a child in a red coat.Later,you recall seeing a child in a blue coat.You have fallen victim to the phenomenon known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) the Stroop effect 
B) illusory conjunction 
C) automatic processing 
D) the bottleneck effect 
A) the Stroop effect 
B) illusory conjunction 
C) automatic processing 
D) the bottleneck effect

Question 7

Broadbent believed that you might be able to attend to two messages at once if ______.

Accepted Answer

A) you were concentrating very hard 
B) both messages contained little information 
C) both messages were important to you 
D) there was no background noise in the room 
A) you were concentrating very hard 
B) both messages contained little information 
C) both messages were important to you 
D) there was no background noise in the room

Question 8

In a study of inattentional blindness,Daniel Simons and colleagues presented an unexpected event,such as a woman with an umbrella crossing the room from left to right,to a group of participants who were trying to monitor the number of passes that a particular basketball team made in a film.When questioned later about "anything unexpected" that happened in the film,______.

Accepted Answer

A) almost all participants noticed the woman with the umbrella 
B) only participants with an easier pass-monitoring task noticed the woman 
C) only participants with a more difficult pass-counting task noticed the woman 
D) only about half of participants noticed the woman 
A) almost all participants noticed the woman with the umbrella 
B) only participants with an easier pass-monitoring task noticed the woman 
C) only participants with a more difficult pass-counting task noticed the woman 
D) only about half of participants noticed the woman

Question 9

As a cognitive process,attention would NOT be affected by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) practice 
B) the task 
C) color 
D) intent 
A) practice 
B) the task 
C) color 
D) intent

Question 10

Which of the following factors does NOT influence the allocation of mental resources in Kahneman's capacity model?

Accepted Answer

A) the state of arousal 
B) the difficulty of the task 
C) enduring dispositions 
D) the lateness of selection 
A) the state of arousal 
B) the difficulty of the task 
C) enduring dispositions 
D) the lateness of selection

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a component of automatic processing?

Accepted Answer

A) processing that occurs without attention 
B) processing that is not subject to error 
C) processing that occurs outside of conscious awareness 
D) processing that does not interfere with other cognitive functions 
A) processing that occurs without attention 
B) processing that is not subject to error 
C) processing that occurs outside of conscious awareness 
D) processing that does not interfere with other cognitive functions

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of attentional capture?

Accepted Answer

A) The sudden appearance of a stimulus from outside of your visual field distracts you. 
B) You are able to more quickly identify colors,shapes,and orientation than complex objects. 
C) You require fewer attentional resources to complete a task the more you practice it. 
D) It is difficult for you to focus on more than one complicated task at a time. 
A) The sudden appearance of a stimulus from outside of your visual field distracts you. 
B) You are able to more quickly identify colors,shapes,and orientation than complex objects. 
C) You require fewer attentional resources to complete a task the more you practice it. 
D) It is difficult for you to focus on more than one complicated task at a time.

Question 13

Studies of inattentional blindness have shown that only 44% of people paying attention to a counting task will notice a person in a gorilla suit walking through the room.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Results from dichotic listening studies indicate that,while a person is shadowing one message,he/she notices which of the following features of the unattended message?

Accepted Answer

A) whether it is speech or simply noise 
B) whether it is spoken in English or Japanese 
C) multiple repetitions of the same words 
D) both the fact that it is speech and the language that is being spoken 
A) whether it is speech or simply noise 
B) whether it is spoken in English or Japanese 
C) multiple repetitions of the same words 
D) both the fact that it is speech and the language that is being spoken

Question 15

Cognitive psychologists use all of the following as criteria for determining whether an activity is automatic EXCEPT whether it ______.

Accepted Answer

A) occurs intentionally 
B) gives rise to conscious awareness 
C) interferes with other activities 
D) requires mental filtering 
A) occurs intentionally 
B) gives rise to conscious awareness 
C) interferes with other activities 
D) requires mental filtering

Question 16

The phenomenon of attentional capture ______.

Accepted Answer

A) primarily depends upon the perceiver's goals 
B) is driven almost entirely by the properties of the stimulus 
C) can be overridden by top-down processes under certain circumstances 
D) is driven by the stimulus but can be overridden by top-down processes 
A) primarily depends upon the perceiver's goals 
B) is driven almost entirely by the properties of the stimulus 
C) can be overridden by top-down processes under certain circumstances 
D) is driven by the stimulus but can be overridden by top-down processes

Question 17

About 3%-5% of school-aged children suffer from ADHD.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Conway and colleagues discovered that research participants who detect their own names in an unattended message are likely to have ______.

Accepted Answer

A) lower working memory spans than those who do not 
B) higher working memory spans than those who do not 
C) lower IQ scores than those who do not 
D) higher IQ scores than those who do not 
A) lower working memory spans than those who do not 
B) higher working memory spans than those who do not 
C) lower IQ scores than those who do not 
D) higher IQ scores than those who do not

Question 19

Research suggests that talking on a cell phone while driving ______.

Accepted Answer

A) does not cause errors or slow reaction time 
B) does not slow reaction time any more than does listening to the radio 
C) causes significantly more errors and slows reaction time significantly more than listening to the radio. 
D) does not impair driving as long as the driver is using a "hands-free" telephone 
A) does not cause errors or slow reaction time 
B) does not slow reaction time any more than does listening to the radio 
C) causes significantly more errors and slows reaction time significantly more than listening to the radio. 
D) does not impair driving as long as the driver is using a "hands-free" telephone

Question 20

Why would talking to a passenger not be as bad as talking on a cell phone while driving?

Accepted Answer

Passengers can see the road conditions j

Stroop interference lessens when participants are ______.

Attentional capture is a voluntary process.

A patient with hemineglect may fail to wash one side of her face,or may eat from only one side of the plate.

Which of the following is NOT an expected consequence of the attention hypothesis of automatization?

Greater effort or concentration results in better performance on ______.

Glancing out your window,you notice a woman in a blue coat walking with a child in a red coat.Later,you recall seeing a child in a blue coat.You have fallen victim to the phenomenon known as ______.

Broadbent believed that you might be able to attend to two messages at once if ______.

As a cognitive process,attention would NOT be affected by which of the following?

Which of the following factors does NOT influence the allocation of mental resources in Kahneman's capacity model?

Which of the following is NOT a component of automatic processing?

Which of the following is an example of attentional capture?

Studies of inattentional blindness have shown that only 44% of people paying attention to a counting task will notice a person in a gorilla suit walking through the room.

Results from dichotic listening studies indicate that,while a person is shadowing one message,he/she notices which of the following features of the unattended message?

Cognitive psychologists use all of the following as criteria for determining whether an activity is automatic EXCEPT whether it ______.

The phenomenon of attentional capture ______.

About 3%-5% of school-aged children suffer from ADHD.

Conway and colleagues discovered that research participants who detect their own names in an unattended message are likely to have ______.

Research suggests that talking on a cell phone while driving ______.

Why would talking to a passenger not be as bad as talking on a cell phone while driving?

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

Stroop interference lessens when participants are ______.

Attentional capture is a voluntary process.

A patient with hemineglect may fail to wash one side of her face,or may eat from only one side of the plate.

Which of the following is NOT an expected consequence of the attention hypothesis of automatization?

Greater effort or concentration results in better performance on ______.

Glancing out your window,you notice a woman in a blue coat walking with a child in a red coat.Later,you recall seeing a child in a blue coat.You have fallen victim to the phenomenon known as ______.

Broadbent believed that you might be able to attend to two messages at once if ______.

As a cognitive process,attention would NOT be affected by which of the following?

Which of the following factors does NOT influence the allocation of mental resources in Kahneman's capacity model?

Which of the following is NOT a component of automatic processing?

Which of the following is an example of attentional capture?

Studies of inattentional blindness have shown that only 44% of people paying attention to a counting task will notice a person in a gorilla suit walking through the room.

Results from dichotic listening studies indicate that,while a person is shadowing one message,he/she notices which of the following features of the unattended message?

Cognitive psychologists use all of the following as criteria for determining whether an activity is automatic EXCEPT whether it ______.

The phenomenon of attentional capture ______.

About 3%-5% of school-aged children suffer from ADHD.

Conway and colleagues discovered that research participants who detect their own names in an unattended message are likely to have ______.

Research suggests that talking on a cell phone while driving ______.

Why would talking to a passenger not be as bad as talking on a cell phone while driving?

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

Filters