EXSS 380 -Practice Test Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
For a simple reaction time experiment, subjects must perform two different tasks in response to the
same stimulus. The first task (Task 1) involves flexing the elbow as quickly as possible. The second
task (Task 2) involves flexing the elbow as quickly as possible and then making contact with a
suspended tennis ball. For which task would we expect a longer reaction time?
A.Task 1
B. Task 2
C. Both should display the same reaction time - CORRECT ANSWER Task 2
A motor[ control researcher asks subjects to perform two tasks. The primary difference between the
two tasks is that one involves more "moving parts" than the other. Though the stimulus for each task
is identical, and the subjects are aware of the movement they are to perform, the researcher notices
that the reaction time increased as the number of movement parts increased. What stage of
information processing is most likely influenced by this experiment?
A. Stimulus Identification
B.Response Selection
C.Response Programming - CORRECT ANSWER c.Response Programming
According to Hick's Law, which of the following experimental conditions produces the shortest
reaction time?
A.Press a key when you see a light
B.Press a key when you see a blue light (go/no go reaction time sets)
C.Press the right key for a blue light and the left key for the read light (choice reaction time tests) -
CORRECT ANSWER a.Press a key when you see a light
____ refers to cue that trigger recall of prior exposures.
A.Priming
B.Declarative Encoding
C.Parallel Processing
D.Proprioception - CORRECT ANSWER a.Priming
, If multiple sensory inputs are processed simultaneously, they are said to be processed in
A.Serial
B.Parallel
C.Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER b.Parallel
In which of the following scenarios would we expect the longest reaction time?
A.Choice reaction time with 3 stimulus-response alternatives
B.A single visual stimulus with a single response
C.Direct finger vibration under 6 fingers with a single response
D.Choice reaction time with 5 stimulus-response alternatives - CORRECT ANSWER d.Choice
reaction time with 5 stimulus-response alternatives
7. Being able to remember that you cut your hand because you were using a dull knife to cut a
Macintosh apple for an apple pie you were making last fall is best described as _____
A.Trace Memory
B.Temporal
C.Active Memory Retrieval
D.Short Term Interval Memo - CORRECT ANSWER c.Active Memory Retrieval
Joint position sense refers to ____
A.Kinesthesia
B.Somatosensation
C.Audition
D.Proprioception - CORRECT ANSWER d.Proprioception
All are examples of declarative memory except ___
A.Remembering your locker combination
B.Knowing that the rubber on the pitcher mound is 60'6'' from home plate
C.How to move your hand to sign your name with a pencil
D.Knowing the word for "house" in Spanish - CORRECT ANSWER c.How to move your hand
to sign your name with a pencil
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
For a simple reaction time experiment, subjects must perform two different tasks in response to the
same stimulus. The first task (Task 1) involves flexing the elbow as quickly as possible. The second
task (Task 2) involves flexing the elbow as quickly as possible and then making contact with a
suspended tennis ball. For which task would we expect a longer reaction time?
A.Task 1
B. Task 2
C. Both should display the same reaction time - CORRECT ANSWER Task 2
A motor[ control researcher asks subjects to perform two tasks. The primary difference between the
two tasks is that one involves more "moving parts" than the other. Though the stimulus for each task
is identical, and the subjects are aware of the movement they are to perform, the researcher notices
that the reaction time increased as the number of movement parts increased. What stage of
information processing is most likely influenced by this experiment?
A. Stimulus Identification
B.Response Selection
C.Response Programming - CORRECT ANSWER c.Response Programming
According to Hick's Law, which of the following experimental conditions produces the shortest
reaction time?
A.Press a key when you see a light
B.Press a key when you see a blue light (go/no go reaction time sets)
C.Press the right key for a blue light and the left key for the read light (choice reaction time tests) -
CORRECT ANSWER a.Press a key when you see a light
____ refers to cue that trigger recall of prior exposures.
A.Priming
B.Declarative Encoding
C.Parallel Processing
D.Proprioception - CORRECT ANSWER a.Priming
, If multiple sensory inputs are processed simultaneously, they are said to be processed in
A.Serial
B.Parallel
C.Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER b.Parallel
In which of the following scenarios would we expect the longest reaction time?
A.Choice reaction time with 3 stimulus-response alternatives
B.A single visual stimulus with a single response
C.Direct finger vibration under 6 fingers with a single response
D.Choice reaction time with 5 stimulus-response alternatives - CORRECT ANSWER d.Choice
reaction time with 5 stimulus-response alternatives
7. Being able to remember that you cut your hand because you were using a dull knife to cut a
Macintosh apple for an apple pie you were making last fall is best described as _____
A.Trace Memory
B.Temporal
C.Active Memory Retrieval
D.Short Term Interval Memo - CORRECT ANSWER c.Active Memory Retrieval
Joint position sense refers to ____
A.Kinesthesia
B.Somatosensation
C.Audition
D.Proprioception - CORRECT ANSWER d.Proprioception
All are examples of declarative memory except ___
A.Remembering your locker combination
B.Knowing that the rubber on the pitcher mound is 60'6'' from home plate
C.How to move your hand to sign your name with a pencil
D.Knowing the word for "house" in Spanish - CORRECT ANSWER c.How to move your hand
to sign your name with a pencil
