Question 1

Automatic processes are not open to introspection.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Vigilance tasks show that attention becomes disengaged after two hours.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Negative priming in attention is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a slowdown in the normal priming effect
B)  priming for emotionally negative information
C)  slower responses to a recently inhibited stimulus
D)  enhanced with late filter attention processesE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Controlled attention refers to forms of processing in which there is a deliberate voluntary allocation of mental effort or concentration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is an aspect of human facial expression that can direct our attention?

Accepted Answer

A)  eye gaze
B)  eyebrow lifting
C)  nasal flares
D)  chin wrinklingE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

In a shadowing task,when the participant follows the semantic content of the message across to the to-be-unattended channel,this is consistent with all but __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  early selection
B)  late selection
C)  multimodal model of attention
D)  Radvansky's pertinence modelE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Conscious processing,conscious awareness that a task is being performed,and (usually) conscious awareness of the outcome of that performance describe __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  implicit processing
B)  explicit processing
C)  input attention
D)  input processingE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

The loss of the ability to direct attention to one side of the visual world is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  inattention
B)  hemi-inhibition
C)  hemineglect
D)  attenuationE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Selective attention involves __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  only attending to salient objects
B)  having attention drawn to unexpected events
C)  a narrowing of the attentional spotlight
D)  selecting one stimulus over othersE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

__________ is the reflexive redirection of attention that orients you toward the unexpected stimulus so that you can devote deliberate attention to it if warranted.

Accepted Answer

A)  RAS
B)  Orienting reflex
C)  Psychological refractory period
D)  HabituationE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Which of the following factors does NOT influence the likelihood a person will mind wander?

Accepted Answer

A)  amount of residual attention
B)  personal concerns or anxieties
C)  low engagement in the current task
D)  low intelligenceE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 12

The mental attention-focusing mechanism that prepares you to encode stimulus information is called ___________ attention.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

For the metaphor of attention as a process,__________.

Accepted Answer

A)  attention is a limited capacity
B)  it is something that grows and develops over time
C)  attention serves to direct mental processing
D)  it is something that shifts and degrades over timeE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Attention capture occurs when there is some sufficient physical change in the environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Another way of describing Broadbent's filter theory of selective attention is:

Accepted Answer

A)  early selection
B)  middle selection
C)  late selection
D)  multimode modelE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

A slowdown in processing from an invalid attentional cue is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a cost
B)  inhibition
C)  a boost
D)  segmentationE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

If I had you perform a stem completion task but had you exclude words from a list that I had just given you,your results are likely to illustrate __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Stroop interference
B)  orienting reflex
C)  implicit memory
D)  spotlight attentionE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following terms is the least similar to the others?

Accepted Answer

A)  controlled
B)  implicit
C)  conscious
D)  explicitE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Which of the following terms is NOT a physiological response during an orienting reflex?

Accepted Answer

A)  change in heart rate
B)  respiration rate altered
C)  widening of audition
D)  pupil dilationE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT associated with Posner's spatial cueing task?

Accepted Answer

A)  facilitation
B)  valid trial
C)  encoding stimulus information
D)  All of the above are associated with Posner's spatial cueing task.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Exam 4: Attention

Which of the following terms is the least similar to the others?

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Conscious processing,conscious awareness that a task is being performed,and (usually) conscious awareness of the outcome of that performance describe __________.

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Which of the following is NOT associated with Posner's spatial cueing task?

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Automatic processes are not open to introspection.

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A slowdown in processing from an invalid attentional cue is called __________.

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In a shadowing task,when the participant follows the semantic content of the message across to the to-be-unattended channel,this is consistent with all but __________.

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The mental attention-focusing mechanism that prepares you to encode stimulus information is called ___________ attention.

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__________ is the reflexive redirection of attention that orients you toward the unexpected stimulus so that you can devote deliberate attention to it if warranted.

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Which of the following is an aspect of human facial expression that can direct our attention?

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The loss of the ability to direct attention to one side of the visual world is called __________.

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Another way of describing Broadbent's filter theory of selective attention is:

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For the metaphor of attention as a process,__________.

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If I had you perform a stem completion task but had you exclude words from a list that I had just given you,your results are likely to illustrate __________.

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Vigilance tasks show that attention becomes disengaged after two hours.

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Attention capture occurs when there is some sufficient physical change in the environment.

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Which of the following factors does NOT influence the likelihood a person will mind wander?

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Which of the following terms is NOT a physiological response during an orienting reflex?

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Negative priming in attention is __________.

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Selective attention involves __________.

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Controlled attention refers to forms of processing in which there is a deliberate voluntary allocation of mental effort or concentration.

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