Exam 4: Attention and Consciousness

This theory characterizes our ability to detect a signal as one of four possible outcomes involving either detection or no detection and presence or absence of the stimuli.

Splitting your attentional resources between two or more different task is called

__________ refers to a main task for which we use our attention,in which we choose to attend to some stimuli and to ignore others.

__________ refers to the complex phenomenon of evaluating the environment and then filtering that information through the mind,with the awareness of doing so.

This model of selective attention suggests that most information is blocked out at the sensory level,but that highly salient messages are able to break through the attentional filter.

Which of the following answers indicate the pattern of results that Marcel (1983)found using primes that have two different meanings (e.g. ,palm: hand or tree)?

According to the __________ theory,the key factor affecting the relative ease or difficulty of visual searches is whether or not discrete features must be integrated.

According to signal-detection theory,__________ refer to one of the possible outcomes,in which we incorrectly fail to observe the presence of a signal.

Which of the following is true about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?

__________ refers to the process by which a person repeats a procedure so frequently that the procedure changes from being highly conscious and effortful to being relatively automatic and effortless.

Madden's (2007)research examining the impact of aging on visual search ability has found that:

A person with lesions in the visual cortex may report not being able to see information;however,if forced to answer about an item,the person can often correctly guess the location and orientation of various objects.This suggests that some processing of visual information occurs outside of conscious awareness and is called

Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences our ability to pay attention?

__________ refers to the phenomenon in which a change in a familiar stimulus prompts the perceiver to start noticing a new stimulus to which the perceiver had previously become accustomed.

__________ refers to a degree of physiological excitation,responsivity,and readiness for action relative to a baseline.

Mistakes are to controlled processes as ____________ are to automatic processes.