PSY 357- Final Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
asymmetries Correct Answers overblown by the media, not
absolute or unqiuely human
attention Correct Answers Limited: continued cognitive
processing can't occur for similar stimuli at the same time &
Selective: choices on which stimuli to process & which to not,
Ex; reading in noisy room
basics of latent semantic model Correct Answers More
important concepts are bigger, & in stronger connection the lines
are thicker, Ex: Alice is big b/c she's a central concept in "Alice
in Wonderland"
beast v virus Correct Answers Beast = enforce (higher levels of
this): associated with catching & imprisoning criminals,
increasing penalties v Virus = reform (higher levels): focuses on
root causes, treatment, social reform
Bias Correct Answers knowledge & beliefs distorts past,
present, & future memories
brain asymmetry lab Correct Answers left hemipshere: lang &
verbal abilities v right: nonverbal & spatial tasks, IV: left or
right visual field, DV: handedness
brain asymmetry lab results Correct Answers right visual field
has higher accuracy/advantages for right handers
, broca's aphasia Correct Answers "know what they want to say
but can't get it out", speech isn't fluent, comprehension intact
(SPEAKING)
Cell phone experiment #1 Correct Answers Results: probability
of missing a signal is higher for when talking on the phone while
driving, no difference btw hands free & hand held, less likely to
notice change blindness & slower to react when using phone
cell phone experiment #2 Correct Answers conditions: single
task, shadow task: repeat what they heard on phone, word
generation task: generate new words with last letter of word read
(convo); Results: driving errors were higher for difficult driving
courses & generating verbal responses
Cell phone experiment #3 Correct Answers Results: Phone
conversation impaired recognition memory for roadside
billboards: recognize fewer signs when talking on the phone,
driving on the phone is as dangerous as driving drunk
central executive Correct Answers allocation of more resources
of same brain area
Change detection Correct Answers not being able to detect an
object change in a scene
change detection lab results Correct Answers change detection
was less accurate & reactions were slower in flicker than no
flicker condition
asymmetries Correct Answers overblown by the media, not
absolute or unqiuely human
attention Correct Answers Limited: continued cognitive
processing can't occur for similar stimuli at the same time &
Selective: choices on which stimuli to process & which to not,
Ex; reading in noisy room
basics of latent semantic model Correct Answers More
important concepts are bigger, & in stronger connection the lines
are thicker, Ex: Alice is big b/c she's a central concept in "Alice
in Wonderland"
beast v virus Correct Answers Beast = enforce (higher levels of
this): associated with catching & imprisoning criminals,
increasing penalties v Virus = reform (higher levels): focuses on
root causes, treatment, social reform
Bias Correct Answers knowledge & beliefs distorts past,
present, & future memories
brain asymmetry lab Correct Answers left hemipshere: lang &
verbal abilities v right: nonverbal & spatial tasks, IV: left or
right visual field, DV: handedness
brain asymmetry lab results Correct Answers right visual field
has higher accuracy/advantages for right handers
, broca's aphasia Correct Answers "know what they want to say
but can't get it out", speech isn't fluent, comprehension intact
(SPEAKING)
Cell phone experiment #1 Correct Answers Results: probability
of missing a signal is higher for when talking on the phone while
driving, no difference btw hands free & hand held, less likely to
notice change blindness & slower to react when using phone
cell phone experiment #2 Correct Answers conditions: single
task, shadow task: repeat what they heard on phone, word
generation task: generate new words with last letter of word read
(convo); Results: driving errors were higher for difficult driving
courses & generating verbal responses
Cell phone experiment #3 Correct Answers Results: Phone
conversation impaired recognition memory for roadside
billboards: recognize fewer signs when talking on the phone,
driving on the phone is as dangerous as driving drunk
central executive Correct Answers allocation of more resources
of same brain area
Change detection Correct Answers not being able to detect an
object change in a scene
change detection lab results Correct Answers change detection
was less accurate & reactions were slower in flicker than no
flicker condition
