PSY 201- EXAM 3 University of Oregon || with 100% Errorless Answers.

Divided Attention correct answers People can also divide their attention and deal with a great deal of high level information concurrently Stroop interference effect correct answers An example of a perceptual skill that has become automatic (to the point of being obligatory 0 with practice→ reading Cell phones and driving correct answers Talking on cell phones (hand free or not) while driving is as dangerous as driving while intoxicated due to inattention to the driving task (attention is divided) Trainman's Feature Integration Theory of Attention correct answers We automatically identify certain "primitive" features in the environment (e.g. color,orientation,shape,motion) We analyze different features independently of each other. Feature (parallel) visual searches correct answers If one object among several objects is made up of an unique feature (e.g. a white "T" amongst black "T's"), we can find it easily because it "pops out" Conjunction (serial) visual searches correct answers (e.g. a white "T" amongst black "T's" and white "L's") we must use serial visual search to find it-i.e. Attend to each object in the display individually until the target object is found Illusory Conjunctions correct answers If overload subject's attention (e.g. by briefly flashing a display), get errors in feature combinations Change Blindness correct answers (only detect changes in attended items) Neisser Experiment: Attended to 3 black-shirted (vs. 3 white-shirted) players; woman with white umbrella walks through scene and is not noticed by 80% of subjects Physiological basis of attention correct answers Attention can enhance the processing of (and neural activity for) a specific type of stimulus or the location of a stimulus Functional fMRI studies correct answers different regions of cortex are activated by faces vs. places Fusiform face area (FFA) correct answers is specialized for facial recognition Parahippocampal place area (PPA) correct answers that responds more strongly to visual scenes (e.g. images of landscapes or cityscapes) than to other visual stimuli Learning correct answers (behaviorists view)