PSYC 3400-Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
attention correct answers -monitoring events occurring
externally and internally
-focusing and ignoring
- take in - filter - perception
attenuation gateway theory correct answers -the message
proceeds only as far as is necessary to identify the attended
message
-all info reaches sensory memory
-unattended info is attenuated [certain keywords processed for
meaning]
-all info can influence a response [attended info is strongly
processed for meaning and unattended is attenuated]
-neuro studies support this account
-selection of unattended info is relevant
automaticity correct answers -activity completed with very little
attention or effort
-happens after extensive practice
-ex. reading
bartlett correct answers -naturalistic psychology research
-schema [schemata]: generalized knowledge about events and
situations based on past experience
-schema influences memory: add info which fits, forget info
which does not
basic characteristics of attention correct answers -limited
capacity
, -flexibility
-voluntary control
behaviorism correct answers -study of behavior
-behaviors are the observable responses to observable and
controllable stimuli
-consciousness = unobservable -> untestable
-replace the mind as a topic of study with the study of directly
observable behavior
binocular cues [2 eyes] correct answers -retinal disparity:
images from the 2 eyes differ
-convergence: eyes move inward to focus on near objects
[outward for farther away]
blindsight correct answers -patient D.B. can't "see" in the right
visual field but...
-can grab objects in the right visual field
-knows the movement of objects in that field
-can't say what the object is
-separate brain regions handle "what" and "where" parts of
vision
broca's aphasia correct answers -trouble with speech production
-comprehension usually fine
challenges to early selection correct answers 1. meaningful
dichotic listening
-what meaning do people pick up from the unattended channel?
-powerful, highly salient messages break through [name, curse
words]
attention correct answers -monitoring events occurring
externally and internally
-focusing and ignoring
- take in - filter - perception
attenuation gateway theory correct answers -the message
proceeds only as far as is necessary to identify the attended
message
-all info reaches sensory memory
-unattended info is attenuated [certain keywords processed for
meaning]
-all info can influence a response [attended info is strongly
processed for meaning and unattended is attenuated]
-neuro studies support this account
-selection of unattended info is relevant
automaticity correct answers -activity completed with very little
attention or effort
-happens after extensive practice
-ex. reading
bartlett correct answers -naturalistic psychology research
-schema [schemata]: generalized knowledge about events and
situations based on past experience
-schema influences memory: add info which fits, forget info
which does not
basic characteristics of attention correct answers -limited
capacity
, -flexibility
-voluntary control
behaviorism correct answers -study of behavior
-behaviors are the observable responses to observable and
controllable stimuli
-consciousness = unobservable -> untestable
-replace the mind as a topic of study with the study of directly
observable behavior
binocular cues [2 eyes] correct answers -retinal disparity:
images from the 2 eyes differ
-convergence: eyes move inward to focus on near objects
[outward for farther away]
blindsight correct answers -patient D.B. can't "see" in the right
visual field but...
-can grab objects in the right visual field
-knows the movement of objects in that field
-can't say what the object is
-separate brain regions handle "what" and "where" parts of
vision
broca's aphasia correct answers -trouble with speech production
-comprehension usually fine
challenges to early selection correct answers 1. meaningful
dichotic listening
-what meaning do people pick up from the unattended channel?
-powerful, highly salient messages break through [name, curse
words]
