Question 1

Research participants picked one of two photos of female faces as more attractive.When researchers cleverly switched the photos,participants readily explained why they preferred the face they had actually rejected.Their behavior illustrated

Accepted Answer

A)  the cocktail party effect. 
B)  choice blindness. 
C)  popout. 
D)  blindsight.

Question 2

Attention to her long-term educational goals enables Alicia to avoid thoughtlessly skipping difficult class assignments.This best illustrates the adaptive value of

Accepted Answer

A)  change blindness. 
B)  consciousness. 
C)  the cocktail party effect. 
D)  popout.

Question 3

Most psychologists define consciousness as

Accepted Answer

A)  our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment. 
B)  mental processes. 
C)  observations of behavior. 
D)  waking awareness and altered states of observation.

Question 4

A person is able to accurately point to the current location of certain moving objects that she is unable to consciously see.This best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  inattentional blindness. 
B)  popout. 
C)  selective attention. 
D)  blindsight.

Question 5

The simultaneous processing of information at both conscious and unconscious levels is called

Accepted Answer

A)  the cocktail party effect. 
B)  the popout phenomenon. 
C)  dual processing. 
D)  selective attention.

Question 6

Memory expert Eric Kandel has suggested that roughly ________ percent of what we do is unconscious.

Accepted Answer

A)  40 to 60 
B)  50 
C)  70 to 80 
D)  80 to 90

Question 7

Corolina was not aware of what her mother was telling her while she was focused on a phone voice message from a friend.Her experience best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  dual processing. 
B)  the cocktail party effect. 
C)  popout. 
D)  blindsight.

Question 8

You suddenly become conscious that your own nose is in your line of vision when this is pointed out to you.This best illustrates the impact of

Accepted Answer

A)  popout. 
B)  change blindness. 
C)  blindsight. 
D)  selective attention.

Question 9

The experience of popout illustrates that some stimuli almost inevitably trigger

Accepted Answer

A)  blindsight. 
B)  change blindness. 
C)  selective attention. 
D)  choice blindness.

Question 10

Simultaneously assessing the taste,texture,and temperature of food in your mouth best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  blindsight. 
B)  popout. 
C)  parallel processing. 
D)  the cocktail party effect.

Question 11

Felix was so preoccupied with his girlfriend's good looks that he failed to perceive any of her less admirable characteristics.This best illustrates an unfortunate consequence of

Accepted Answer

A)  sequential processing. 
B)  selective attention. 
C)  blindsight. 
D)  change blindness.

Question 12

Many research participants who were focused on repeating a spoken list of words failed to notice a change in the identity of the person reciting the words.This best illustrated

Accepted Answer

A)  change deafness. 
B)  dual processing. 
C)  the cocktail party effect. 
D)  the popout phenomenon.

Question 13

Prior to the twentieth century,psychology was considered to be the study of

Accepted Answer

A)  observable behavior. 
B)  evolutionary change. 
C)  states of consciousness. 
D)  parallel processing.

Question 14

Stacey is in the library trying to study for her psychology class.While sitting at the table reading her text,her five senses are taking in ________ bits of information per second.

Accepted Answer

A)  1,000 
B)  11,000 
C)  101,000 
D)  11,000,000

Question 15

Compared with parallel processing,sequential processing tends to be ________ conscious and better for solving ________ problems.

Accepted Answer

A)  less;novel 
B)  more;familiar 
C)  less;familiar 
D)  more;novel

Question 16

June's correct solution to a novel arithmetic problem was simultaneously facilitated by unconscious inferences and the conscious application of mathematical principles.This best illustrates the value of

Accepted Answer

A)  the popout phenomenon. 
B)  a biopsychosocial approach. 
C)  dual processing. 
D)  behaviorism.

Question 17

While conversing with a hotel desk clerk,Aaron momentarily turned around to pick up his suitcase.When he turned back and resumed his conversation,he failed to notice that he was now speaking with a different desk agent.His failure best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  change blindness. 
B)  parallel processing. 
C)  popout. 
D)  blindsight.

Question 18

Crashes and near-crashes have been observed to ________ when teen drivers are reaching for a cell phone and to ________ when they are dialing a cell phone.

Accepted Answer

A)  neither increase nor decrease;neither increase nor decrease 
B)  neither increase nor decrease;increase 
C)  increase;neither increase nor decrease 
D)  increase;increase

Question 19

The ability to focus his attention on his arm and shoulder movements during his golf swings enabled Jason to learn more effective skills for both chip shots and putting.This best illustrates the value of

Accepted Answer

A)  the cocktail party effect. 
B)  blindsight. 
C)  popout. 
D)  consciousness.

Question 20

Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere is called

Accepted Answer

A)  blindsight. 
B)  parallel processing. 
C)  the cocktail party effect. 
D)  inattentional blindness.

Exam 7: Environmental Influences on Behavior, and Reflections on Nature and Nurture