Question 1

Indicate 3 possible bigrams of the string VTTVM.

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Question 2

What does the word 'gaze-contingent' mean in relation to the gaze-contingent crowding paradigm?

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Question 3

Which of the following statements regarding the process dissociation procedure is ACCURATE?

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A)  In exclusion tests, conscious and unconscious perception act in opposition. 
B)  In exclusion tests, conscious and unconscious perception act in concert. 
C)  In inclusion tests, conscious and unconscious perception act in opposition. 
D)  In both exclusion and inclusion tests, conscious and unconscious perception act in opposition.

Question 4

Report an example of social priming.

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Question 5

Which of the following conditions BEST describes a patient that can see an object with no corresponding conscious visual experience?

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A)  Split-brain 
B)  Amnesia 
C)  Blindsight 
D)  Visual agnosia

Question 6

An objective threshold corresponds to the actual performance expressed in error rates.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In Perruchet's (1985) experiment on unconscious conditioning, the longer the run of a tone followed by a puff, the less people said they expected a puff on the next trial, although they strongly blinked.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A conscious brain is 'complex' because it has:

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A)  high levels of integration and differentiation. 
B)  high levels of integration, but not necessarily differentiation. 
C)  high levels of differentiation, but not necessarily integration. 
D)  high levels of flexibility.

Question 9

Consciousness is:

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A)  only a certain type of subjective experience. 
B)  any kind of subjective experience. 
C)  any kind of visual experience. 
D)  only a certain type of visual experience.

Question 10

Which of the following statements regarding brain activation of conscious and unconscious words is ACCURATE?

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A)  Only conscious words activate the right fusiform area. 
B)  Only conscious words activate the left fusiform area. 
C)  Both conscious and unconscious words activate the right fusiform area. 
D)  Both conscious and unconscious words activate the left fusiform area.

Question 11

On the continuum indicating the functions of consciousness, what is on the extreme left end?

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A)  The unconscious is dumb 
B)  Unconscious knowledge is weak conscious knowledge 
C)  The unconscious does not exist 
D)  The all-powerful unconscious: consciousness is powerless

Question 12

When conscious and unconscious perception are balanced in terms of objective performance, so that only the conscious experience differs, Lau and Passingham (2006) found that conscious perception is associated with specific activation of the left __________ cortex.

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Question 13

According to social psychologists, a(n) __________ is a positive or negative evaluation.

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A)  explanation 
B)  emotion 
C)  attitude 
D)  intention

Question 14

Which of the following is a synonym of 'unconscious memory'?

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A)  Priming 
B)  Explicit memory 
C)  Implicit memory 
D)  Procedural memory

Exam 6: Consciousness: Conscious Versus Unconscious Processes