COGNITIVE SCIENCE EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS. ALL
EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(ALREADY GRADED A+) (2024 UPDATE)
Shadowing - ANSWER- a ___________ task is where you are - having participants recite
auditory input instantaneously
Dichotic - ANSWER- a ___________ listening task is where you have two sets of audio input
into either ear- attended and unattended channel is what you focus on and do not, respectively
Change blindness - ANSWER- ___________ ____________ is the inability to see changes to
a scene even if they happen right in front of you (door/ person swap experiment (p. 149)
Stimulus - ANSWER- the _____________-based priming effect in attentional studies is a -
Priming effect caused by stimulus that you experience frequently or recently.
Expectation - ANSWER- __________-based priming effect in attentional studies is where you
deliberately prime detectors for inputs you think are upcoming so that you're ready for those inputs
when they arrive. You don't do this for things you aren't interested in and you cant do it for things
you can't anticipate.
Domain specific - ANSWER- __________-____________ task resources is shown by Cell
phone ringing experiment, the "cocktail party" effect.
Executive - ANSWER- functions of _________ control are - Controls voluntary actions
(inhibition) Set goals and priorities, choose strategies & controls sequence of cognitive processes.
, Stroop - ANSWER- ___________ interference talks about a "mental reflex" where participants
are told to yell the color of text of the words BUT the words are also colors ("Blue" is in red) and
they give automatic responses that aren't governed by the mind's control mechanisms.
Practice - ANSWER- the _____________ effect states that - If a task is more practiced the less
mental resources it uses or it needs those resources less frequently. Less need for control --> using
less resources.
Visual agnosia - ANSWER- ___________ ___________ is a condition where patients seem
able to see an object's shape, color and position, but they cannot put these elements together to
perceive the intact object.
Agnosia - ANSWER- __________ is a condition where These patients are able to see but are
unable to link what they see to their basic visual knowledge.
Single cell - ANSWER- _________ _______ recording is a technique used to observe changes
in voltage or current in a single neuron. Although it is a classical in vitro method, it is also possible
to register a neuron in a living animal
Fovea - ANSWER- the _________ is a small depression in the retina of the eye where visual
acuity is highest. The center of the field of vision is focused in this region, where retinal cones are
particularly concentrated. Full of cones, no rods.
Phineas Gage - ANSWER- he had a metal rod stuck in his frontal lobe and his behavior went
from mellow personality to a temperamental one
Cortical blindness - ANSWER- patient H.M was impaired with what?
EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(ALREADY GRADED A+) (2024 UPDATE)
Shadowing - ANSWER- a ___________ task is where you are - having participants recite
auditory input instantaneously
Dichotic - ANSWER- a ___________ listening task is where you have two sets of audio input
into either ear- attended and unattended channel is what you focus on and do not, respectively
Change blindness - ANSWER- ___________ ____________ is the inability to see changes to
a scene even if they happen right in front of you (door/ person swap experiment (p. 149)
Stimulus - ANSWER- the _____________-based priming effect in attentional studies is a -
Priming effect caused by stimulus that you experience frequently or recently.
Expectation - ANSWER- __________-based priming effect in attentional studies is where you
deliberately prime detectors for inputs you think are upcoming so that you're ready for those inputs
when they arrive. You don't do this for things you aren't interested in and you cant do it for things
you can't anticipate.
Domain specific - ANSWER- __________-____________ task resources is shown by Cell
phone ringing experiment, the "cocktail party" effect.
Executive - ANSWER- functions of _________ control are - Controls voluntary actions
(inhibition) Set goals and priorities, choose strategies & controls sequence of cognitive processes.
, Stroop - ANSWER- ___________ interference talks about a "mental reflex" where participants
are told to yell the color of text of the words BUT the words are also colors ("Blue" is in red) and
they give automatic responses that aren't governed by the mind's control mechanisms.
Practice - ANSWER- the _____________ effect states that - If a task is more practiced the less
mental resources it uses or it needs those resources less frequently. Less need for control --> using
less resources.
Visual agnosia - ANSWER- ___________ ___________ is a condition where patients seem
able to see an object's shape, color and position, but they cannot put these elements together to
perceive the intact object.
Agnosia - ANSWER- __________ is a condition where These patients are able to see but are
unable to link what they see to their basic visual knowledge.
Single cell - ANSWER- _________ _______ recording is a technique used to observe changes
in voltage or current in a single neuron. Although it is a classical in vitro method, it is also possible
to register a neuron in a living animal
Fovea - ANSWER- the _________ is a small depression in the retina of the eye where visual
acuity is highest. The center of the field of vision is focused in this region, where retinal cones are
particularly concentrated. Full of cones, no rods.
Phineas Gage - ANSWER- he had a metal rod stuck in his frontal lobe and his behavior went
from mellow personality to a temperamental one
Cortical blindness - ANSWER- patient H.M was impaired with what?
