Study Guide 2 PSY 322 Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Attention Correct Answer: The act of noticing an entity in our physical or mental
reality. We become aware of those objects at the expense of other objects.
Broadbent's filter model Correct Answer: The output of the detector is sent to
short-term memory which holds information for 10-15 seconds and transfers the
information into long-term memory which holds them indefinitely
Sensory Memory Correct Answer: holds all of the incoming information for a
fraction of a second and then transfers all of it to the filter
Filter Correct Answer: identifies the message based on physical characteristics
and lets only this attended message pass through to the detector in the next
stage.
Detector Correct Answer: process the information from the attended message
to determine higher-level characteristics of the message, such as its meaning.
Only the important information can be let through the filter
Treisman's model Correct Answer: Suggests that unattended information is
weakened but can still be processed to some extent, especially in terms of its
semantic content. Allows for more flexibility in the processing of unattended
stimuli
Early selection attention model Correct Answer: Filters information before
conscious awareness
Late selection attention model Correct Answer: Filters information after
conscious awareness
, Cognitive capacity Correct Answer: Integration of two streams of information in
working memory
Negative priming Correct Answer: Ignoring a stimulus makes it harder to attend
to it later
Inhibition of return Correct Answer: Selective attention phenomenon related to
decreased neural activity for unattended stimuli
Voluntary attention Correct Answer: Consciously focused attention on an object
of interest
Involuntary attention Correct Answer: Stimulus-driven attention captured by the
stimulus
Reinforcement of attention Correct Answer: Increase in neural activity for
attended stimulus
Inhibition of attention Correct Answer: Decrease in neural activity for
unattended stimuli
Blindsight Correct Answer: Ability to respond to stimuli without conscious
perception
Dorsal simultagnosia Correct Answer: Inability to attend to more than one
object at a time
Hemispatial neglect Correct Answer: Inability to attend to information in the
contralateral visual field
Change blindness Correct Answer: Deficiency in noticing objects
Representational failure hypothesis Correct Answer: Inability to notice objects
not relevant to attention
100% Correct Answers
Attention Correct Answer: The act of noticing an entity in our physical or mental
reality. We become aware of those objects at the expense of other objects.
Broadbent's filter model Correct Answer: The output of the detector is sent to
short-term memory which holds information for 10-15 seconds and transfers the
information into long-term memory which holds them indefinitely
Sensory Memory Correct Answer: holds all of the incoming information for a
fraction of a second and then transfers all of it to the filter
Filter Correct Answer: identifies the message based on physical characteristics
and lets only this attended message pass through to the detector in the next
stage.
Detector Correct Answer: process the information from the attended message
to determine higher-level characteristics of the message, such as its meaning.
Only the important information can be let through the filter
Treisman's model Correct Answer: Suggests that unattended information is
weakened but can still be processed to some extent, especially in terms of its
semantic content. Allows for more flexibility in the processing of unattended
stimuli
Early selection attention model Correct Answer: Filters information before
conscious awareness
Late selection attention model Correct Answer: Filters information after
conscious awareness
, Cognitive capacity Correct Answer: Integration of two streams of information in
working memory
Negative priming Correct Answer: Ignoring a stimulus makes it harder to attend
to it later
Inhibition of return Correct Answer: Selective attention phenomenon related to
decreased neural activity for unattended stimuli
Voluntary attention Correct Answer: Consciously focused attention on an object
of interest
Involuntary attention Correct Answer: Stimulus-driven attention captured by the
stimulus
Reinforcement of attention Correct Answer: Increase in neural activity for
attended stimulus
Inhibition of attention Correct Answer: Decrease in neural activity for
unattended stimuli
Blindsight Correct Answer: Ability to respond to stimuli without conscious
perception
Dorsal simultagnosia Correct Answer: Inability to attend to more than one
object at a time
Hemispatial neglect Correct Answer: Inability to attend to information in the
contralateral visual field
Change blindness Correct Answer: Deficiency in noticing objects
Representational failure hypothesis Correct Answer: Inability to notice objects
not relevant to attention
