Cognitive Psychology

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Undergrad PSYC105 Test sobre Cognitive Psychology, creado por Daniel Whiting el 04/11/2016.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
What are the characteristics of sensory memory? (3 answers)
Respuesta
  • Iconic memory
  • Fades rapidly
  • Huge amounts of information
  • Lasts about 20-30 seconds
  • Long term memory
  • Small amount of information

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
It is thought that short term memory can hold up to 9 plus or minus 2 pieces of information at a time.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
What are the parts of the multistore model of memory (Atkinson and Shiffrin)
Respuesta
  • Sensory memory, Working memory, Long term memory
  • Working memory, Sensory memory, Long term memory
  • Working memory, long term memory, sensory memory
  • Long term memory, sensory memory, short term memory

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
What are some characteristics of long term memory? (3 answers)
Respuesta
  • Large amounts of information
  • Accurate recall
  • Reconstructive
  • Lasts minutes to months
  • Can last years

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Items at the start of a list being able to be remembered easier is an example of the [blank_start]primacy[blank_end] effect. Items at the end of a list that are easier to remember is an example of the [blank_start]recency[blank_end] effect.
Respuesta
  • primacy
  • recency
  • recency
  • primacy

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
What are some things that increase successful memory encoding? (4 answers)
Respuesta
  • Deeper semantic meaning
  • Making information self relevant
  • Spacing
  • Elaboration
  • Magic memory pills
  • Memory cues

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Flashbulb memories are typically permanently accurate.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 8

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[blank_start]Anterograde[blank_end] amnesia is the inability to form new memories. [blank_start]Retrograde[blank_end] amnesia is where old memories are forgotten.
Respuesta
  • Anterograde
  • Retrograde
  • Retrograde
  • Anterograde

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
The general model of attention describes
Respuesta
  • sensory input --> selector --> working memory
  • sensory input --> attenuation --> working memory
  • sensory input --> filter --> working memory
  • sensory input --> working memory --> filter

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Broadbents' filter model describes attenuation of unattended stimuli
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
What are some of the features of Anne Treismans' Feature Integration Theory (FIT)? (3 answers)
Respuesta
  • Parallel processing of basic featues
  • Attention as a binding mechanism to bring together simple features
  • Binding as a slow and serial process
  • Binding as an instantaneous process
  • Pre-attention focuses on complex feature integration

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
We seem to have some sort of preattentive ability for semantics
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
What are the components of Treisman's attentuation theory?
Respuesta
  • Sensory store, Attenuating filter, Hierarchy of analysers, Working memory
  • Sensory store, Hierarchy of analysers,Attenuating filter, Working memory
  • Sensory store, Attenuating filter, Working memory
  • Sensory store, Working memory, Attenuating filter

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
Early selection involves filtering by physical characteristics and late selection can process semantics.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
What are the characteristics of the Capacity Theory of Attention? (3 answers)
Respuesta
  • Proposed by Kahneman
  • Proposed by Broadbent
  • Attention as mental effort
  • Task related attention and automatic attention
  • Attention acts like a spotlight

Pregunta 16

Pregunta
The spotlight and zoom lens models of attention explain non-spatial attention well but fail to adequately explain spatial attention.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 17

Pregunta
What are some examples of bottom up attention? (4 answers)
Respuesta
  • Flash of light
  • Loud noise
  • Quick movement
  • Someone calling out your name
  • Searching for keys on cluttered desk
  • Looking for your friend at the bar
  • Digging around for something in your bag

Pregunta 18

Pregunta
What are some examples of top-down attention? (3 answers)
Respuesta
  • Flash of light
  • Loud noises
  • Quick sudden movements
  • Looking for your keys in your room
  • Finding your friend at the bar
  • Doing a find a word

Pregunta 19

Pregunta
Not being able to see a giant gorilla walk through a bunch of people playing basketball is an example of change blindness.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 20

Pregunta
Spatial neglect from damage to a hemisphere of the brain results in what kind of attention issues?
Respuesta
  • Problems with attention to the opposite side of space to the damaged hemisphere
  • Problems with attention to the same side of space to the damaged hemisphere
  • General problems of attention in all areas of space
  • Inability to draw daisies properly

Pregunta 21

Pregunta
A person with Simultagnosia is only able to perceive one object at a time.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False
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