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- a person's thoughts shift from external towards inward self -
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mind wandering
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- a single letter is more rapidly and accurately recognized when it appears in a meaningful
word than when alone or in a string of meaningless letters -
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word superiority effect
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- ability to discern between information bearing patterns which we call "stimulus" and
random patterns that distract from information called "noise"
- used when psychologists want to examine decision making under certain conditions -
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signal detection theory
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, Quiz_________________?
- as distractors increase, ability to detect target pattern decreases
- more evidence is required to make a decision about whether target was present -
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know the results of signal detection experiment
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- attempt to eliminate thoughts, ideas, and images related to an undesirable stimulus
- very difficult
- most famous study: white bear study -
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thought suppression
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- attempts to generate computer models that stimulate cognitive processes -
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artificial intelligence
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- attempts to take human limitations into account
- must show same number and type of errors as humans -
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computer stimulation
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, Quiz_________________?
- attention when a task focuses on conflict
- stroop task
- mostly top-down processing
- important for academics and learning new ideas -
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executive attention network
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- attentional demands due to cell phone use interferes with performance
- not phone but the conversation -
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Strayer and Johnston's stimulated driving study
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- B.F. Skinner
- precise definition that specifies exactly how a researcher will conceptualize and measure a
concept -
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operational definition
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- backwards saccadic eye movements
- 15-25% of all movements are regressive
- typically an indiction of comprehension difficulty -
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Quiz_________________?
- a person's thoughts shift from external towards inward self -
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mind wandering
Quiz_________________?
- a single letter is more rapidly and accurately recognized when it appears in a meaningful
word than when alone or in a string of meaningless letters -
Answers✅
word superiority effect
Quiz_________________?
- ability to discern between information bearing patterns which we call "stimulus" and
random patterns that distract from information called "noise"
- used when psychologists want to examine decision making under certain conditions -
Answers✅
signal detection theory
1
, Quiz_________________?
- as distractors increase, ability to detect target pattern decreases
- more evidence is required to make a decision about whether target was present -
Answers✅
know the results of signal detection experiment
Quiz_________________?
- attempt to eliminate thoughts, ideas, and images related to an undesirable stimulus
- very difficult
- most famous study: white bear study -
Answers✅
thought suppression
Quiz_________________?
- attempts to generate computer models that stimulate cognitive processes -
Answers✅
artificial intelligence
Quiz_________________?
- attempts to take human limitations into account
- must show same number and type of errors as humans -
Answers✅
computer stimulation
2
, Quiz_________________?
- attention when a task focuses on conflict
- stroop task
- mostly top-down processing
- important for academics and learning new ideas -
Answers✅
executive attention network
Quiz_________________?
- attentional demands due to cell phone use interferes with performance
- not phone but the conversation -
Answers✅
Strayer and Johnston's stimulated driving study
Quiz_________________?
- B.F. Skinner
- precise definition that specifies exactly how a researcher will conceptualize and measure a
concept -
Answers✅
operational definition
Quiz_________________?
- backwards saccadic eye movements
- 15-25% of all movements are regressive
- typically an indiction of comprehension difficulty -
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