Question 1

The automatic, unconscious processing of information that has some impact on subsequent behavior is called

Accepted Answer

A) controlled perception 
B) pattern recognition 
C) supraliminal perception 
D) subliminal perception 
A) controlled perception 
B) pattern recognition 
C) supraliminal perception 
D) subliminal perception

Question 2

One study of subliminal perception presented statements from one of five categories on an auditory tape that was played backwards.Listeners tried to identify which of the five categories applied to each statement.Results showed they were correct approximately ___ percent of the time.

Accepted Answer

A) 0 
B) 20 
C) 50 
D) 80 
A) 0 
B) 20 
C) 50 
D) 80

Question 3

Suppose, during a dichotic listening task, you were attending to the sentence, "I saw the fork," while in the unattended ear you heard a list of food names (e.g., salad, steak, baked potato).How would you interpret the word fork? Would your interpretation differ if instead of food names you heard in the unattended ear "and I chose the path less traveled..." (a line from a poem by Robert Frost).Explain your answer in terms of theories of attention.

Accepted Answer

In the first scenario, where the unatten

Question 4

A breakdown in the orienting network of attention is the likely cause of a disorder called

Accepted Answer

A) inattentional blindness 
B) change blindness 
C) spatial neglect 
D) associative agnosia 
A) inattentional blindness 
B) change blindness 
C) spatial neglect 
D) associative agnosia

Question 5

A breakdown in the system of engaging, moving, and reading out the current focus of attention can cause a disorder called:

Accepted Answer

A) blindsight 
B) aphasia 
C) apraxia 
D) spatial neglect 
A) blindsight 
B) aphasia 
C) apraxia 
D) spatial neglect

Question 6

Processing the frequency of occurrence of stimuli is probably best viewed as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) priming process 
B) controlled process 
C) automatic process 
D) none of the above 
A) priming process 
B) controlled process 
C) automatic process 
D) none of the above

The automatic, unconscious processing of information that has some impact on subsequent behavior is called

One study of subliminal perception presented statements from one of five categories on an auditory tape that was played backwards.Listeners tried to identify which of the five categories applied to each statement.Results showed they were correct approximately ___ percent of the time.

A breakdown in the orienting network of attention is the likely cause of a disorder called

A breakdown in the system of engaging, moving, and reading out the current focus of attention can cause a disorder called:

Processing the frequency of occurrence of stimuli is probably best viewed as a(n)

Introduction

Perception

Memory Systems

Remembering Events

Memory Distortions

Imagery and Knowledge Representation

Language

Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Filters

Exam 3: Attention

The automatic, unconscious processing of information that has some impact on subsequent behavior is called

One study of subliminal perception presented statements from one of five categories on an auditory tape that was played backwards.Listeners tried to identify which of the five categories applied to each statement.Results showed they were correct approximately ___ percent of the time.

A breakdown in the orienting network of attention is the likely cause of a disorder called

A breakdown in the system of engaging, moving, and reading out the current focus of attention can cause a disorder called:

Processing the frequency of occurrence of stimuli is probably best viewed as a(n)

Introduction

Perception

Memory Systems

Remembering Events

Memory Distortions

Imagery and Knowledge Representation

Language

Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Filters