Question 1

In the MacLeod and Dunbar study of geometric shapes and colors,the authors discovered that:

Accepted Answer

A)  shape naming has little in common with color naming and does not respond to practice. 
B)  with practice,shape naming becomes more automatic than color naming. 
C)  practice improves shape naming,but it remains a controlled process. 
D)  practice influences speed of shape naming but does not produce the Stroop effect. 
A)  shape naming has little in common with color naming and does not respond to practice. 
B)  with practice,shape naming becomes more automatic than color naming. 
C)  practice improves shape naming,but it remains a controlled process. 
D)  practice influences speed of shape naming but does not produce the Stroop effect.

Question 2

Damage to the prefrontal regions results in deficits of:

Accepted Answer

A)  executive control. 
B)  motor control. 
C)  motor attention. 
D)  perceptual attention. 
A)  executive control. 
B)  motor control. 
C)  motor attention. 
D)  perceptual attention.

Question 3

Unilateral visual neglect is due to damage to this lobe of the brain.

Accepted Answer

A)  frontal 
B)  parietal 
C)  occipital 
D)  temporal 
A)  frontal 
B)  parietal 
C)  occipital 
D)  temporal

Question 4

Which statement concerning divided-attention (e.g. ,shadowing)experiments is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Subjects use meaning as a criterion for shadowing,even when the message switches from ear to ear. 
B)  Subjects often cannot recall anything about the content of the unattended message. 
C)  The process of shadowing one message is automatic for most subjects. 
D)  All the information from an attended message can be processed. 
A)  Subjects use meaning as a criterion for shadowing,even when the message switches from ear to ear. 
B)  Subjects often cannot recall anything about the content of the unattended message. 
C)  The process of shadowing one message is automatic for most subjects. 
D)  All the information from an attended message can be processed.

Question 5

Patients with damage to the prefrontal regions of the brain are:

Accepted Answer

A)  much better at the Stroop task than individuals without this damage. 
B)  somewhat better at the Stroop task than individuals without this damage. 
C)  similar in Stroop task performance to individuals without this damage. 
D)  much worse at the Stroop task than individuals without this damage. 
A)  much better at the Stroop task than individuals without this damage. 
B)  somewhat better at the Stroop task than individuals without this damage. 
C)  similar in Stroop task performance to individuals without this damage. 
D)  much worse at the Stroop task than individuals without this damage.

Question 6

What is the term used by cognitive psychologists studying perception to describe the difficulty in explaining the fact that individuals are able to remember the proper combination of features of stimuli that they have seen previously?

Accepted Answer

A)  conjunction mystery 
B)  perceptual combination riddle 
C)  binding problem 
D)  feature/configural conundrum 
A)  conjunction mystery 
B)  perceptual combination riddle 
C)  binding problem 
D)  feature/configural conundrum

Question 7

The phenomenon of illusory conjunction refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  reports of strong sensory illusions in complex figures. 
B)  the tendency to report combinations of features that had not appeared together in the original display. 
C)  a combination of sensory illusions based on distorted features in the original display. 
D)  the impression that stimuli in the nonattended field have features in common with the attended stimuli. 
A)  reports of strong sensory illusions in complex figures. 
B)  the tendency to report combinations of features that had not appeared together in the original display. 
C)  a combination of sensory illusions based on distorted features in the original display. 
D)  the impression that stimuli in the nonattended field have features in common with the attended stimuli.

Question 8

Damage to the parietal lobe can result in which neuropsychological disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  apraxia 
B)  aphasia 
C)  unilateral neglect 
D)  achomatopsia 
A)  apraxia 
B)  aphasia 
C)  unilateral neglect 
D)  achomatopsia

Question 9

Compare and contrast Broadbent's filter model and Treisman's attenuation model.

Accepted Answer

Similarities: Both are considered early-

Question 10

How is endogenous control different from exogenous control? Give one example of each.

Accepted Answer

Endogenous control is goal-directed (usu

Question 11

Triesman and Geffen compared the attenuation theory with the late-selection theory.They asked subjects to indicate when they heard a target word,but the word could occur either in the shadowed or unattended ear.Their results suggest that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the attenuation theory is supported since most subjects detected the shadowed,but not the unattended,target words. 
B)  the late-selection theory is more accurate since subjects detected the targets equally often in both ears. 
C)  the attenuation theory must be inaccurate since subjects detected more unattended than attended targets. 
D)  both the attenuation and late-selection theories do an equally good job of explaining attention. 
A)  the attenuation theory is supported since most subjects detected the shadowed,but not the unattended,target words. 
B)  the late-selection theory is more accurate since subjects detected the targets equally often in both ears. 
C)  the attenuation theory must be inaccurate since subjects detected more unattended than attended targets. 
D)  both the attenuation and late-selection theories do an equally good job of explaining attention.

Question 12

Patients with parietal lobe injury generally have difficulty disengaging attention from visual information:

Accepted Answer

A)  presented to the undamaged side. 
B)  presented to the damaged side. 
C)  only if several other lower brain areas are also damaged. 
D)  only if other crucial higher brain centers are also damaged. 
A)  presented to the undamaged side. 
B)  presented to the damaged side. 
C)  only if several other lower brain areas are also damaged. 
D)  only if other crucial higher brain centers are also damaged.

Question 13

Research presenting simultaneous visual and auditory stimuli to subjects suggests that subjects:

Accepted Answer

A)  can process multiple perceptual modalities at once. 
B)  cannot process multiple perceptual modalities at once. 
C)  can process automatically. 
D)  can process multiple perceptual modalities but rarely do so. 
A)  can process multiple perceptual modalities at once. 
B)  cannot process multiple perceptual modalities at once. 
C)  can process automatically. 
D)  can process multiple perceptual modalities but rarely do so.

Question 14

If we have looked at a particular region of space,we find it harder to return our attention to that region of space.This phenomenon is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  inhibition of return. 
B)  cue utilization. 
C)  object-based attention. 
D)  stimulus onset asynchrony (SO
A) . 
A)  inhibition of return. 
B)  cue utilization. 
C)  object-based attention. 
D)  stimulus onset asynchrony (SO
A) .

Question 15

The task that requires subjects to name the color in which a word is printed is called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Sperling paradigm. 
B)  LaBerge task. 
C)  Stroop task. 
D)  Schneider task. 
A)  Sperling paradigm. 
B)  LaBerge task. 
C)  Stroop task. 
D)  Schneider task.

Question 16

Broadbent's filter theory is BEST described as a late-selection theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In a study,subjects listened to two different sentences played at the same time in opposite ears.In the right ear,the subjects heard,"Jack went shopping for some fruit in the grocery store" in a woman's voice;in the left ear,the subjects heard,"Sally jumped up from her seat to get the phone call" in a man's voice.The subjects were asked to repeat what they heard in the left ear.When asked about the message in the right ear,all the subjects could remember was that the message was in a woman's voice.Therefore,researchers conclude that,although both messages were perceived,subjects were not able to attend to both messages.This is evidence:

Accepted Answer

A)  of a deficit in attention. 
B)  supporting a central bottleneck. 
C)  supporting automaticity 
D)  of the binding problem. 
A)  of a deficit in attention. 
B)  supporting a central bottleneck. 
C)  supporting automaticity 
D)  of the binding problem.

Question 18

In a visual array,subjects must identify the location of the target letter O.This should be EASIEST when the distracters are:

Accepted Answer

A)  C's and G's. 
B)  C's and I's. 
C)  G's and X's. 
D)  I's and X's. 
A)  C's and G's. 
B)  C's and I's. 
C)  G's and X's. 
D)  I's and X's.

Question 19

The strong tendency for words to command processing is known as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  MacLeod phenomenon. 
B)  Stroop effect. 
C)  Sperling effect. 
D)  Underwood process. 
A)  MacLeod phenomenon. 
B)  Stroop effect. 
C)  Sperling effect. 
D)  Underwood process.

Question 20

The fovea registers a large part of the visual field.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

In the MacLeod and Dunbar study of geometric shapes and colors,the authors discovered that:

Damage to the prefrontal regions results in deficits of:

Unilateral visual neglect is due to damage to this lobe of the brain.

Which statement concerning divided-attention (e.g. ,shadowing)experiments is NOT true?

Patients with damage to the prefrontal regions of the brain are:

What is the term used by cognitive psychologists studying perception to describe the difficulty in explaining the fact that individuals are able to remember the proper combination of features of stimuli that they have seen previously?

The phenomenon of illusory conjunction refers to:

Damage to the parietal lobe can result in which neuropsychological disorder?

Compare and contrast Broadbent's filter model and Treisman's attenuation model.

How is endogenous control different from exogenous control? Give one example of each.

Triesman and Geffen compared the attenuation theory with the late-selection theory.They asked subjects to indicate when they heard a target word,but the word could occur either in the shadowed or unattended ear.Their results suggest that:

Patients with parietal lobe injury generally have difficulty disengaging attention from visual information:

Research presenting simultaneous visual and auditory stimuli to subjects suggests that subjects:

If we have looked at a particular region of space,we find it harder to return our attention to that region of space.This phenomenon is called:

The task that requires subjects to name the color in which a word is printed is called the:

Broadbent's filter theory is BEST described as a late-selection theory.

In a visual array,subjects must identify the location of the target letter O.This should be EASIEST when the distracters are:

The strong tendency for words to command processing is known as the:

The fovea registers a large part of the visual field.

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Exam 3: Attention and Performance

In the MacLeod and Dunbar study of geometric shapes and colors,the authors discovered that:

Damage to the prefrontal regions results in deficits of:

Unilateral visual neglect is due to damage to this lobe of the brain.

Which statement concerning divided-attention (e.g. ,shadowing)experiments is NOT true?

Patients with damage to the prefrontal regions of the brain are:

What is the term used by cognitive psychologists studying perception to describe the difficulty in explaining the fact that individuals are able to remember the proper combination of features of stimuli that they have seen previously?

The phenomenon of illusory conjunction refers to:

Damage to the parietal lobe can result in which neuropsychological disorder?

Compare and contrast Broadbent's filter model and Treisman's attenuation model.

How is endogenous control different from exogenous control? Give one example of each.

Triesman and Geffen compared the attenuation theory with the late-selection theory.They asked subjects to indicate when they heard a target word,but the word could occur either in the shadowed or unattended ear.Their results suggest that:

Patients with parietal lobe injury generally have difficulty disengaging attention from visual information:

Research presenting simultaneous visual and auditory stimuli to subjects suggests that subjects:

If we have looked at a particular region of space,we find it harder to return our attention to that region of space.This phenomenon is called:

The task that requires subjects to name the color in which a word is printed is called the:

Broadbent's filter theory is BEST described as a late-selection theory.

In a visual array,subjects must identify the location of the target letter O.This should be EASIEST when the distracters are:

The strong tendency for words to command processing is known as the:

The fovea registers a large part of the visual field.

The Science of Cognition

Perception

Mental Imagery

Representation of Knowledge

Human Memory: Encoding and Storage

Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval

Problem Solving

Expertise

Reasoning

Decision Making

Language Structure

Language Comprehension

Individual Differences in Cognition

Filters