PSY 201 Exam 3 - University of Oregon
Questions With Correct Answers
Divided Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The ability to pay attention
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to, or carry out, two or more different tasks simultaneously; One can
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also monitor (to a certain extent) unattended stimuli and use them as a
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basis for shifting attention
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Selective Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The ability to focus on one
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message and ignore all others.
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Overt Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Shifting of attention by moving
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the eyes. Contrasts with Covert attention.
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Covert Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Occurs when attention is
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shifted without moving the eyes, commonly referred to as seeing
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something "out of the corner of one's eye." Contrasts with Overt
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attention.
Stimulus-driven Capture (Reflexive) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the process
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by which certain stimuli capture our attention automatically.
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, Goal-directed Selection (Voluntary) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-voluntarily
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choose object to attend to.
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Stroop Interference Effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An effect originally
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studied by J. R. Stroop, using a task in which a person is instructed to
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respond to one aspect of a stimulus, such as the color of ink that a word
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is printed in, and ignore another aspect, such as what the word spells.
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The Stroop effect refers to the fact that people find this task difficult
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when the ink color differs from what the word spells.
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Cell Phones and Driving - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Talking on cell phones
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(hands free or not) while driving is as dangerous as driving while
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intoxicated due to inattention to the driving task (attention is divided).
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-Drunk Driving => drive more aggressively.
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-Cell Phone Driving => Slower reactions times + greater chance of
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getting into an accident.
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-Why are cellphones different than talking to someone in the car?
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Because an in-car conversation will vary naturally with the demands of
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driving.
Treisman's Feature Integration Theory of Attention - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--We automatically identify certain "primitive"features in | | | | | |
the environment (e.g., color, orientation, shape, motion). We analyze
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different features independently of each other.
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-Identifying an object based on one unique feature is fast.
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Questions With Correct Answers
Divided Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The ability to pay attention
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to, or carry out, two or more different tasks simultaneously; One can
| | | | | | | | | | | |
also monitor (to a certain extent) unattended stimuli and use them as a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
basis for shifting attention
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Selective Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The ability to focus on one
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message and ignore all others.
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Overt Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Shifting of attention by moving
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the eyes. Contrasts with Covert attention.
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Covert Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Occurs when attention is
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shifted without moving the eyes, commonly referred to as seeing
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something "out of the corner of one's eye." Contrasts with Overt
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attention.
Stimulus-driven Capture (Reflexive) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the process
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by which certain stimuli capture our attention automatically.
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, Goal-directed Selection (Voluntary) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-voluntarily
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choose object to attend to.
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Stroop Interference Effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An effect originally
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studied by J. R. Stroop, using a task in which a person is instructed to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
respond to one aspect of a stimulus, such as the color of ink that a word
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
is printed in, and ignore another aspect, such as what the word spells.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
The Stroop effect refers to the fact that people find this task difficult
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when the ink color differs from what the word spells.
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Cell Phones and Driving - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Talking on cell phones
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(hands free or not) while driving is as dangerous as driving while
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intoxicated due to inattention to the driving task (attention is divided).
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-Drunk Driving => drive more aggressively.
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-Cell Phone Driving => Slower reactions times + greater chance of
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getting into an accident.
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-Why are cellphones different than talking to someone in the car?
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Because an in-car conversation will vary naturally with the demands of
| | | | | | | | | | |
driving.
Treisman's Feature Integration Theory of Attention - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--We automatically identify certain "primitive"features in | | | | | |
the environment (e.g., color, orientation, shape, motion). We analyze
| | | | | | | | |
different features independently of each other.
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-Identifying an object based on one unique feature is fast.
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