Exam 3: Mechanisms of Attention

In their investigation of cognitive errors in individuals suffering from work burnout,Van Der Linden,Keisjers,Eling,and Van Schaijk (2005)found that burnout sufferers had ______ rates of cognitive failures relative to those not suffering from burnout;in addition,metacognitive questionnaires indicated that burnout sufferers had ____ metacognitive awareness regarding their error rates.

Besner et al.presented participants with color words in which only one letter was in a color that conflicted with the color of the word (e.g. ,the word "red" with the "e" in blue).What happened to the Stroop Effect in this case?

The notion of capacity as limiting attention has been criticized for being circular in nature.This means

The major independent variable of interest in studies of visual search is

Logan's (1988)instance-based view of automaticity is that as a task becomes automatic,

I grab the cell phone and try to use it to turn up the volume on the TV.What kind of action slip is this?

McIntyre (2008)investigated methods to improve visual searches while driving.What was his recommendation?

Drews,Pasupathi,and Strayer (2008)investigated the impact of cell phone and in-person conversations at the operational,tactical,and strategic levels of driving performance.They found

Which of the following is an example of a search asymmetry?

In cases of visual search where targets are rarely present,