Question 1

Being able to name the colors of various symbols illustrates _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Change blindness 
B)  Inattentional blindness 
C)  The Stroop Effect 
D)  The Simon Effect 
A)  Change blindness 
B)  Inattentional blindness 
C)  The Stroop Effect 
D)  The Simon Effect C

Question 2

Noticing a red flower among a field of purple flowers illustrates _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  The attention capture phenomenon 
B)  The cocktail party effect 
C)  The bottleneck of attention 
D)  A shadowing task 
A)  The attention capture phenomenon 
B)  The cocktail party effect 
C)  The bottleneck of attention 
D)  A shadowing task A

Question 3

Evidenced by Treisman's filter model of attention, cognitive processes go through revision when new results suggest that the original model is not right.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Interference in response due to inconsistency between the response and the stimulus is known as the Stroop Effect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The spotlight theory of attention assumes that our attention is similar to a spotlight in that it focuses on one thing at a time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In Treisman's feature integration theory, it is hypothesized that people perceive stimuli as a whole rather than as a combination of features.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

An example of a conjunction target would be

Accepted Answer

A)  A green square among red squares 
B)  A yellow circle among green squares 
C)  A black circle among black triangles 
D)  A purple triangle among blue triangles 
A)  A green square among red squares 
B)  A yellow circle among green squares 
C)  A black circle among black triangles 
D)  A purple triangle among blue triangles

Question 8

You are participating in an experiment in which you are told to locate the letter "T" among a field of digits. This is an example of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  A consistent mapping condition 
B)  A varied mapping condition 
C)  The dual-task method 
D)  The Stroop Effect 
A)  A consistent mapping condition 
B)  A varied mapping condition 
C)  The dual-task method 
D)  The Stroop Effect

Question 9

Discuss the Stroop Effect. How does this relate to our everyday attentional processing? Propose a variation of the Stroop Effect, and discuss how you would carry out an experiment to test it.

Accepted Answer

Students should first describe the findi

Question 10

Participants in Simons & Chabris' (1999) study did not notice when a gorilla walked across a scene. This illustrates _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  inattentional blindness 
B)  color blindness 
C)  the Simon effect 
D)  visual blindness 
A)  inattentional blindness 
B)  color blindness 
C)  the Simon effect 
D)  visual blindness

Question 11

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the notion that our attention is like a spotlight?

Accepted Answer

A)  A woman baking cookies while holding her child and talking with her friend on the phone 
B)  Tony's focus on his video game 
C)  A professor noting the students coming into class late while giving a lecture 
D)  A student studying for an exam while browsing social media 
A)  A woman baking cookies while holding her child and talking with her friend on the phone 
B)  Tony's focus on his video game 
C)  A professor noting the students coming into class late while giving a lecture 
D)  A student studying for an exam while browsing social media

Question 12

Perhaps one of the most important ways to turn a controlled task into an automatic one is _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  practice 
B)  to stop worrying about it 
C)  only try it once 
D)  try different ways of completing it 
A)  practice 
B)  to stop worrying about it 
C)  only try it once 
D)  try different ways of completing it

Question 13

Letter targets and number distractors in Schneider & Shiffrin's (1977) task is an example of a _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  varied mapping condition 
B)  consistent mapping condition 
A)  varied mapping condition 
B)  consistent mapping condition

Question 14

Not noticing that your mother changed the curtains in your family room is an example of change blindness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT an analogy your textbook uses to describe attention?

Accepted Answer

A)  A filter of information 
B)  A key fitting into a lock 
C)  A spotlight focused on an aspect of the environment 
D)  A glue that binds the features of the environment together 
A)  A filter of information 
B)  A key fitting into a lock 
C)  A spotlight focused on an aspect of the environment 
D)  A glue that binds the features of the environment together

Question 16

According to Treisman's dictionary unit, the lower the threshold of information, _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  The more likely you are to become confused 
B)  The less likely the information is attended to 
C)  The more likely the information is attended to 
D)  The less likely you are to understand the meaning 
A)  The more likely you are to become confused 
B)  The less likely the information is attended to 
C)  The more likely the information is attended to 
D)  The less likely you are to understand the meaning

Question 17

You are a senior in college, and you have driven to school at least 3 days a week for the past 4 years. You know your way to and from school well. This is an example of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Automatic processing 
B)  Controlled processing 
C)  The Simon Effect 
D)  Voluntary processing 
A)  Automatic processing 
B)  Controlled processing 
C)  The Simon Effect 
D)  Voluntary processing

Question 18

In Stroop's study[ok?](1935) on automatic processing in attention, he found that participants took less time to name colors when the word and color were _____, and more time when they were _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Congruent; incongruent 
B)  Incongruent; congruent 
A)  Congruent; incongruent 
B)  Incongruent; congruent

Question 19

The two mechanisms hypothesized to underlie the Simon effect are _____ and _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  The theory of unconscious inference; the attentional-movement hypothesis 
B)  The attentional-movement hypothesis; the referential-coding hypothesis 
C)  The computational approach; the referential-coding hypothesis 
D)  Sensation; perception 
A)  The theory of unconscious inference; the attentional-movement hypothesis 
B)  The attentional-movement hypothesis; the referential-coding hypothesis 
C)  The computational approach; the referential-coding hypothesis 
D)  Sensation; perception

Question 20

Letter targets and distractors in Schneider & Shiffrin's (1977) task is an example of a _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Varied mapping condition 
B)  Consistent mapping condition 
A)  Varied mapping condition 
B)  Consistent mapping condition

Being able to name the colors of various symbols illustrates _____.

Noticing a red flower among a field of purple flowers illustrates _____.

Evidenced by Treisman's filter model of attention, cognitive processes go through revision when new results suggest that the original model is not right.

Interference in response due to inconsistency between the response and the stimulus is known as the Stroop Effect.

The spotlight theory of attention assumes that our attention is similar to a spotlight in that it focuses on one thing at a time.

In Treisman's feature integration theory, it is hypothesized that people perceive stimuli as a whole rather than as a combination of features.

An example of a conjunction target would be

You are participating in an experiment in which you are told to locate the letter "T" among a field of digits. This is an example of _____.

Discuss the Stroop Effect. How does this relate to our everyday attentional processing? Propose a variation of the Stroop Effect, and discuss how you would carry out an experiment to test it.

Participants in Simons & Chabris' (1999) study did not notice when a gorilla walked across a scene. This illustrates _____.

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the notion that our attention is like a spotlight?

Perhaps one of the most important ways to turn a controlled task into an automatic one is _____.

Letter targets and number distractors in Schneider & Shiffrin's (1977) task is an example of a _____.

Not noticing that your mother changed the curtains in your family room is an example of change blindness.

Which of the following is NOT an analogy your textbook uses to describe attention?

According to Treisman's dictionary unit, the lower the threshold of information, _____.

You are a senior in college, and you have driven to school at least 3 days a week for the past 4 years. You know your way to and from school well. This is an example of _____.

In Stroop's study[ok?](1935) on automatic processing in attention, he found that participants took less time to name colors when the word and color were _, and more time when they were _.

The two mechanisms hypothesized to underlie the Simon effect are _ and _.

Letter targets and distractors in Schneider & Shiffrin's (1977) task is an example of a _____.

Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Neuroscience

Perception

Memory Structures and Processes

Long-Term Memory: Influences on Retrieval

Memory Errors

Imagery

Language

Concepts and Knowledge

Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Filters

Exam 4: Attention

Being able to name the colors of various symbols illustrates _____.

Noticing a red flower among a field of purple flowers illustrates _____.

Evidenced by Treisman's filter model of attention, cognitive processes go through revision when new results suggest that the original model is not right.

Interference in response due to inconsistency between the response and the stimulus is known as the Stroop Effect.

The spotlight theory of attention assumes that our attention is similar to a spotlight in that it focuses on one thing at a time.

In Treisman's feature integration theory, it is hypothesized that people perceive stimuli as a whole rather than as a combination of features.

An example of a conjunction target would be

You are participating in an experiment in which you are told to locate the letter "T" among a field of digits. This is an example of _____.

Discuss the Stroop Effect. How does this relate to our everyday attentional processing? Propose a variation of the Stroop Effect, and discuss how you would carry out an experiment to test it.

Participants in Simons & Chabris' (1999) study did not notice when a gorilla walked across a scene. This illustrates _____.

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the notion that our attention is like a spotlight?

Perhaps one of the most important ways to turn a controlled task into an automatic one is _____.

Letter targets and number distractors in Schneider & Shiffrin's (1977) task is an example of a _____.

Not noticing that your mother changed the curtains in your family room is an example of change blindness.

Which of the following is NOT an analogy your textbook uses to describe attention?

According to Treisman's dictionary unit, the lower the threshold of information, _____.

You are a senior in college, and you have driven to school at least 3 days a week for the past 4 years. You know your way to and from school well. This is an example of _____.

In Stroop's study[ok?](1935) on automatic processing in attention, he found that participants took less time to name colors when the word and color were _____, and more time when they were _____.

The two mechanisms hypothesized to underlie the Simon effect are _____ and _____.

Letter targets and distractors in Schneider & Shiffrin's (1977) task is an example of a _____.

Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Neuroscience

Perception

Memory Structures and Processes

Long-Term Memory: Influences on Retrieval

Memory Errors

Imagery

Language

Concepts and Knowledge

Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Filters

In Stroop's study[ok?](1935) on automatic processing in attention, he found that participants took less time to name colors when the word and color were _, and more time when they were _.

The two mechanisms hypothesized to underlie the Simon effect are _ and _.