Question 1

The attentuation theory can explain why you notice your name but not other words in an unattended channel.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

When a message that is being shadowed shifts from the attended ear to the unattended ear, listeners

Accepted Answer

A) stopped shadowing 
B) continued shadowing the message 
C) switched to a new message 
D) imagined hearing their names 
A) stopped shadowing 
B) continued shadowing the message 
C) switched to a new message 
D) imagined hearing their names B

Question 3

Capacity theories attempt to explain all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) the distinction between verbal versus spatial information processing
A 
B) the mental effort aspect of attention 
C) how attention acts to select or block out the processing of some stimuli and allows the processing of others and at what point this occurs 
D) the degree of attentional resources demanded by a task 
A) the distinction between verbal versus spatial information processing
A 
B) the mental effort aspect of attention 
C) how attention acts to select or block out the processing of some stimuli and allows the processing of others and at what point this occurs 
D) the degree of attentional resources demanded by a task C

Question 4

The __________________network monitors for conflicts among thoughts, feelings, and responses and resolves such conflicts by inhibiting inappropriate mental representations and activating appropriate ones.

Accepted Answer

A) alerting 
B) orienting 
C) executive attention 
D) default 
A) alerting 
B) orienting 
C) executive attention 
D) default

Question 5

Subliminal perception seems to work by influencing

Accepted Answer

A) top down processing 
B) emotions 
C) explicit memory 
D) semantic comprehension 
A) top down processing 
B) emotions 
C) explicit memory 
D) semantic comprehension

Question 6

The pulvinar thalamic nucleus is not the only control mechanism for attention in the human brain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Explain why talking on a cell phone while driving in heavy traffic is dangerous based on findings from the research on human attention.Is listening to the radio more or less distracting than carrying on a conversation? Why?

Accepted Answer

Talking on a cell phone while driving in

Question 8

Which of the following shape the allocation of attention on capacity?

Accepted Answer

A) momentary intentions 
B) evaluations of current demands 
C) enduring dispositions 
D) all of the above 
A) momentary intentions 
B) evaluations of current demands 
C) enduring dispositions 
D) all of the above

Question 9

When two tasks both require a speeded response to two separate stimuli, the second response is slowed as the second stimulus is presented closer in time to the first stimulus.This phenomenon is related to

Accepted Answer

A) the orienting network 
B) the central bottleneck 
C) the blind spot 
D) subliminal perception 
A) the orienting network 
B) the central bottleneck 
C) the blind spot 
D) subliminal perception

Question 10

The ____________________network aligns attention with a signal in the visual field, either overtly through eye movements or covertly without any eye movement.

Accepted Answer

A) alerting 
B) orienting 
C) executive attention 
D) default 
A) alerting 
B) orienting 
C) executive attention 
D) default

Question 11

At times, highly pertinent messages, such as one's name, can be heard on the unattended channel in a shadowing task.This supports

Accepted Answer

A) feature integration theory 
B) attenuation theory 
C) early selection theory 
D) prototype theory 
A) feature integration theory 
B) attenuation theory 
C) early selection theory 
D) prototype theory

Question 12

Which theory of attention draws a distinction between auditory and visual tasks?

Accepted Answer

A) early selection 
B) late selection 
C) attenuation 
D) multiple capacity 
A) early selection 
B) late selection 
C) attenuation 
D) multiple capacity

Question 13

Spatial neglect refers to the failure to attend to all areas of the visual field.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Because subliminal, unattended information avoids conscious defense mechanisms, it is stored well in long-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) this is false 
B) this is true only for highly emotional material 
C) this is true only for people who easily repress information 
D) this is true only for highly hypnotizable people 
A) this is false 
B) this is true only for highly emotional material 
C) this is true only for people who easily repress information 
D) this is true only for highly hypnotizable people

Question 15

Conjunction search is more difficult than pop-out search.This finding supports the theory called

Accepted Answer

A) late selection 
B) multiple capacity 
C) feature integration 
D) central bottleneck 
A) late selection 
B) multiple capacity 
C) feature integration 
D) central bottleneck

Question 16

In Cherry's shadowing experiments, subjects noticed changes in physical or sensory features rather than semantic features in the unattended ear.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Schneider and Shiffrin asked people to look for letters or numbers in their study of automatic processing.The study demonstrated that

Accepted Answer

A) the amount of time that the stimuli were exposed did not influence 
B) in the consistent mapping tasks, people were just as fast in searching for four items as one 
C) on controlled processing tasks, people looked for all four targets simultaneously 
D) none of the above 
A) the amount of time that the stimuli were exposed did not influence 
B) in the consistent mapping tasks, people were just as fast in searching for four items as one 
C) on controlled processing tasks, people looked for all four targets simultaneously 
D) none of the above

Question 18

Which of the following is most likely to be an automatic process?

Accepted Answer

A) pattern recognition of familiar stimuli 
B) problem solving with everyday problems 
C) pattern recognition of novel stimuli 
D) problem solving with ill-defined problems 
A) pattern recognition of familiar stimuli 
B) problem solving with everyday problems 
C) pattern recognition of novel stimuli 
D) problem solving with ill-defined problems

Question 19

Which of the following theories always predicts that memory for unattended information should be nonexistent?

Accepted Answer

A) attenuation theory 
B) early selection filter 
C) late selection filter 
D) decay 
A) attenuation theory 
B) early selection filter 
C) late selection filter 
D) decay

Question 20

The difficulty you experience in recalling words presented while simultaneously calculating mental multiplication problems illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A) the limited capacity of short-term memory 
B) the limited capacity of attention 
C) the awareness gradient of attention 
D) automaticity of attention 
A) the limited capacity of short-term memory 
B) the limited capacity of attention 
C) the awareness gradient of attention 
D) automaticity of attention

The attentuation theory can explain why you notice your name but not other words in an unattended channel.

When a message that is being shadowed shifts from the attended ear to the unattended ear, listeners

Capacity theories attempt to explain all of the following except:

The __________________network monitors for conflicts among thoughts, feelings, and responses and resolves such conflicts by inhibiting inappropriate mental representations and activating appropriate ones.

Subliminal perception seems to work by influencing

The pulvinar thalamic nucleus is not the only control mechanism for attention in the human brain.

Explain why talking on a cell phone while driving in heavy traffic is dangerous based on findings from the research on human attention.Is listening to the radio more or less distracting than carrying on a conversation? Why?

Which of the following shape the allocation of attention on capacity?

When two tasks both require a speeded response to two separate stimuli, the second response is slowed as the second stimulus is presented closer in time to the first stimulus.This phenomenon is related to

The ____________________network aligns attention with a signal in the visual field, either overtly through eye movements or covertly without any eye movement.

At times, highly pertinent messages, such as one's name, can be heard on the unattended channel in a shadowing task.This supports

Which theory of attention draws a distinction between auditory and visual tasks?

Spatial neglect refers to the failure to attend to all areas of the visual field.

Because subliminal, unattended information avoids conscious defense mechanisms, it is stored well in long-term memory.

Conjunction search is more difficult than pop-out search.This finding supports the theory called

In Cherry's shadowing experiments, subjects noticed changes in physical or sensory features rather than semantic features in the unattended ear.

Schneider and Shiffrin asked people to look for letters or numbers in their study of automatic processing.The study demonstrated that

Which of the following is most likely to be an automatic process?

Which of the following theories always predicts that memory for unattended information should be nonexistent?

The difficulty you experience in recalling words presented while simultaneously calculating mental multiplication problems illustrates:

Introduction

Perception

Memory Systems

Remembering Events

Memory Distortions

Imagery and Knowledge Representation

Language

Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Filters

Exam 3: Attention

The attentuation theory can explain why you notice your name but not other words in an unattended channel.

When a message that is being shadowed shifts from the attended ear to the unattended ear, listeners

Capacity theories attempt to explain all of the following except:

The __________________network monitors for conflicts among thoughts, feelings, and responses and resolves such conflicts by inhibiting inappropriate mental representations and activating appropriate ones.

Subliminal perception seems to work by influencing

The pulvinar thalamic nucleus is not the only control mechanism for attention in the human brain.

Explain why talking on a cell phone while driving in heavy traffic is dangerous based on findings from the research on human attention.Is listening to the radio more or less distracting than carrying on a conversation? Why?

Which of the following shape the allocation of attention on capacity?

When two tasks both require a speeded response to two separate stimuli, the second response is slowed as the second stimulus is presented closer in time to the first stimulus.This phenomenon is related to

The ____________________network aligns attention with a signal in the visual field, either overtly through eye movements or covertly without any eye movement.

At times, highly pertinent messages, such as one's name, can be heard on the unattended channel in a shadowing task.This supports

Which theory of attention draws a distinction between auditory and visual tasks?

Spatial neglect refers to the failure to attend to all areas of the visual field.

Because subliminal, unattended information avoids conscious defense mechanisms, it is stored well in long-term memory.

Conjunction search is more difficult than pop-out search.This finding supports the theory called

In Cherry's shadowing experiments, subjects noticed changes in physical or sensory features rather than semantic features in the unattended ear.

Schneider and Shiffrin asked people to look for letters or numbers in their study of automatic processing.The study demonstrated that

Which of the following is most likely to be an automatic process?

Which of the following theories always predicts that memory for unattended information should be nonexistent?

The difficulty you experience in recalling words presented while simultaneously calculating mental multiplication problems illustrates:

Introduction

Perception

Memory Systems

Remembering Events

Memory Distortions

Imagery and Knowledge Representation

Language

Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Filters