PSYC 230 Midterm UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The ability to focus on one stimulus while filtering out another stimuli is called - CORRECT
ANSWER -cocktail party effect
The use of a machine that tracks the movement of one's eyes can help reveal the shifting of one's
- CORRECT ANSWER -overt attention
A person's attention can be influenced by the color or movement of an object in a scene that they
are viewing. This capturing of attention is related to - CORRECT ANSWER -stimulus
salience
Eye tracking software is used by researchers to determine where a person is looking. The
scanning of an image by shifting our attention from one fixation to another is referred to as -
CORRECT ANSWER -overt attention
The Stroop effect demonstrates people's inability to ignore the - CORRECT ANSWER -
meaning of words
Brain imaging has made it possible to - CORRECT ANSWER -determine which areas of
the brain are involved in different cognitive processes
Which of the following neuro methods measure blood flow in the brain by taking advantage of
the magnetic properties of hemoglobin? - CORRECT ANSWER -fMRI
Which researcher studied covert attention using a procedure called precueing? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Michael Posner
Which of the following statements supports localized function of the brain? - CORRECT
ANSWER -The prefrontal cortex of the brain is associated with decision-making
, While watching your friend's eyes as they look at an old class photo, you notice that their eyes
are making, rapid jerky movements. These are called - CORRECT ANSWER -saccadic
eye movements
The Gestalt psychologists believed that - CORRECT ANSWER -perception is affected by
experience, but built in principles can override experience
When different people look at images containing a scene, research has found that each person
may scan each scene differently. These differences in scanning are influencing by a person's -
CORRECT ANSWER -scene schemas
The idea that an object could be represented by the firing of a specialized neuron that responds
only to that object is called - CORRECT ANSWER -specificity coding
Which of the different ideas about object perception proposed that our estimate of the probability
of an outcome is determined by two factors? - CORRECT ANSWER -Bayesian inference
With the Stroop effect, you would expect to find the longest response times when the -
CORRECT ANSWER -color and name differed
Research on what might help to explain why a person who suffered from brain damage in a car
accident is having difficulties remembering the location of an object after some time has passed?
- CORRECT ANSWER -Landmark discrimination problem
Who developed the concept of the cognitive map? - CORRECT ANSWER -Tolman
In drawing conclusions about the relationship between imagery and perception, a notable
difference between them is that - CORRECT ANSWER -it is harder to manipulate mental
images than perceptual images
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The ability to focus on one stimulus while filtering out another stimuli is called - CORRECT
ANSWER -cocktail party effect
The use of a machine that tracks the movement of one's eyes can help reveal the shifting of one's
- CORRECT ANSWER -overt attention
A person's attention can be influenced by the color or movement of an object in a scene that they
are viewing. This capturing of attention is related to - CORRECT ANSWER -stimulus
salience
Eye tracking software is used by researchers to determine where a person is looking. The
scanning of an image by shifting our attention from one fixation to another is referred to as -
CORRECT ANSWER -overt attention
The Stroop effect demonstrates people's inability to ignore the - CORRECT ANSWER -
meaning of words
Brain imaging has made it possible to - CORRECT ANSWER -determine which areas of
the brain are involved in different cognitive processes
Which of the following neuro methods measure blood flow in the brain by taking advantage of
the magnetic properties of hemoglobin? - CORRECT ANSWER -fMRI
Which researcher studied covert attention using a procedure called precueing? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Michael Posner
Which of the following statements supports localized function of the brain? - CORRECT
ANSWER -The prefrontal cortex of the brain is associated with decision-making
, While watching your friend's eyes as they look at an old class photo, you notice that their eyes
are making, rapid jerky movements. These are called - CORRECT ANSWER -saccadic
eye movements
The Gestalt psychologists believed that - CORRECT ANSWER -perception is affected by
experience, but built in principles can override experience
When different people look at images containing a scene, research has found that each person
may scan each scene differently. These differences in scanning are influencing by a person's -
CORRECT ANSWER -scene schemas
The idea that an object could be represented by the firing of a specialized neuron that responds
only to that object is called - CORRECT ANSWER -specificity coding
Which of the different ideas about object perception proposed that our estimate of the probability
of an outcome is determined by two factors? - CORRECT ANSWER -Bayesian inference
With the Stroop effect, you would expect to find the longest response times when the -
CORRECT ANSWER -color and name differed
Research on what might help to explain why a person who suffered from brain damage in a car
accident is having difficulties remembering the location of an object after some time has passed?
- CORRECT ANSWER -Landmark discrimination problem
Who developed the concept of the cognitive map? - CORRECT ANSWER -Tolman
In drawing conclusions about the relationship between imagery and perception, a notable
difference between them is that - CORRECT ANSWER -it is harder to manipulate mental
images than perceptual images
