PYC3703
Assignment
01
Unique Number: 614936
Answers & Page Reference Numbers
, QUESTION 1 (Page 4.)
Donders was interested in determining how long it takes for a person to make a decision. he
determined this by measuring ______ how long it takes to respond to presentation of a
stimulus.
1. cognition
2. reaction time
3. processing time
4. analytical ability
QUESTION 2 (Page 13)
The field that studies how to make machines behave in ways that are intelligent if a human
were so behaving is known as _______.
1. cognitive psychology.
2. behaviourism.
3. artificial intelligence.
4. flow diagramming.
QUESTION 3 (Page 13)
Cherry’s (1953) experiment in which participants listen to two messages simultaneously, one
in each ear, found that?
1. people can focus on one message and ignore the other one.
2. people can focus on the message they were repeating.
3. people take in very little information about the ignored message.
4. even deaf individuals process auditory information, even on a non-conscious level.
QUESTION 4
The scene of a human sitting at a computer terminal, responding to stimuli flashed on the
computer screen, would most likely be described as depicting a(n) ______ experiment.
1. information processing
2. analytic introspection
3. operant conditioning
4. behaviourist
Assignment
01
Unique Number: 614936
Answers & Page Reference Numbers
, QUESTION 1 (Page 4.)
Donders was interested in determining how long it takes for a person to make a decision. he
determined this by measuring ______ how long it takes to respond to presentation of a
stimulus.
1. cognition
2. reaction time
3. processing time
4. analytical ability
QUESTION 2 (Page 13)
The field that studies how to make machines behave in ways that are intelligent if a human
were so behaving is known as _______.
1. cognitive psychology.
2. behaviourism.
3. artificial intelligence.
4. flow diagramming.
QUESTION 3 (Page 13)
Cherry’s (1953) experiment in which participants listen to two messages simultaneously, one
in each ear, found that?
1. people can focus on one message and ignore the other one.
2. people can focus on the message they were repeating.
3. people take in very little information about the ignored message.
4. even deaf individuals process auditory information, even on a non-conscious level.
QUESTION 4
The scene of a human sitting at a computer terminal, responding to stimuli flashed on the
computer screen, would most likely be described as depicting a(n) ______ experiment.
1. information processing
2. analytic introspection
3. operant conditioning
4. behaviourist
