Exam 3: Perceptual Processes II: Attention and Consciousness

Suppose that you are sitting in a classroom,trying to follow your professor's lecture while trying to ignore a loud conversation out in the hallway.This situation most closely resembles

Which of the following is considered to be the best current explanation of the visual condition called "blindsight"?

The Stroop effect is related to selective attention because

Imagine that you are searching your room for a specific textbook.Which portion of the cortex would be most active during this search?

Research on dichotic listening shows that

Suppose that Susan is taking the Stroop test,and the first item shows the word "red," printed in blue ink.According to your textbook,one reason that she will have trouble reporting the ink color (blue)for this item is that

Which of the following students provides the best summary of the research about using a cell phone and paying attention while driving?

Suppose that researchers show you one blue X surrounded by 25 red Xs.According to the discussion of visual search,you would locate that blue X

Suppose that you are searching a list of college I.D.numbers to determine what grade you received in an exam.The system in your brain that is most involved in this search is the

According to the research on saccadic eye movements,

Research by Anne Treisman has demonstrated that

Suppose that Jessica has a phobic disorder,a fear of snakes.A clinical psychologist gives her the appropriate version of an emotional Stroop task.Jessica would be likely to:

The phrase "ironic effects of mental control" means that

A man is being tested in a cognitive psychology laboratory.If he has blindsight,he will

Imagine that you have been on a strict diet for several weeks.No matter how hard you try,you can't avoid thinking about chocolate chip cookies and lemon meringue pie.You are having difficulty with

Imagine that you are listening to a friend complaining about a course assignment,but you are simultaneously trying to read the newspaper.This is an example of

Which of the following would be least interested in the topic of attention?

Suppose that you are looking for a dark-colored car in a row of parked cars.Among them,11 are light colored and one is dark colored.The dark-colored car seems to pop out.In this example,

Suppose that you are searching for a set of square-shaped,red earrings on a jewelry counter that has four kinds of earrings: square blue,square red,round blue,and round red.If Treisman's research on attention applies to this task,

Saccadic movements are