Exam 3: Perceptual Processes II: Attention and Consciousness

The bottleneck theory is inadequate in accounting for attention because

Suppose that a friend at your college says that she can multitask very effectively,even when two tasks are challenging.Based on the information in Chapter 3,you would conclude that

When you try the Stroop task,you need to say the name of the colors and inhibit your automatic tendency to read the words.This kind of search typically activates

Right now,you are moving your eyes as you read this question on your exam.The letters that you can see at any given moment-in between eye movements-would be called

Imagine that you need to meet someone at the airport.You would notice him more quickly if he had told you "Look for the only person wearing a hat" than if he told you,"Look for the only person not wearing a hat." This situation is most similar to

Psychologists have conducted studies in which the participants must detect a stimulus in a display of many other objects.According to this research,people usually detect

In the chaotic aftermath of a robbery,you see a tall thin man in a red shirt and a shorter man in a black jacket running from the scene of the crime.According to research on illusory conjunctions,it would not be surprising for you to later remember seeing

What is the function of saccadic eye movement?

Clinical psychologists have conducted research on the Stroop effect.This research shows that

Which of the following visual activities would be most likely to employ the orienting attention network?

Compared to a good reader,a poor reader is likely to

Suppose that you are looking at a jewelry counter containing dozens of red ruby pendants and one green emerald pendant.According to Anne Treisman's theory,if the emerald seems to jump out at you perceptually,

On a dichotic listening task,

Nisbett and Wilson examined people's consciousness about their higher mental processes.According to their research,

Your verbal reports about your cognitive processes are most likely to be accurate for which of the following tasks?

In making a saccadic eye movement in reading a sentence in English,you are most likely to move to

According to your textbook,consciousness refers to

Your awareness about both the surrounding world and your cognitive processes is called

Imagine that your friend Pete has an intense fear of spiders.If he tries the emotional Stroop test,he would be most likely to

The letters Q and O differ only in the presence or absence of a single feature.Based on research on visual search,you would find it