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Undergrad PSYC105 Quiz on Cognitive Psychology, created by Daniel Whiting on 04/11/2016.

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Cognitive Psychology

Question 1 of 21

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What are the characteristics of sensory memory? (3 answers)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Iconic memory

  • Fades rapidly

  • Huge amounts of information

  • Lasts about 20-30 seconds

  • Long term memory

  • Small amount of information

Explanation

Question 2 of 21

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 21

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What are the parts of the multistore model of memory (Atkinson and Shiffrin)

Select one of the following:

  • 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

Explanation

Question 4 of 21

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What are some characteristics of long term memory? (3 answers)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Large amounts of information

  • Accurate recall

  • Reconstructive

  • Lasts minutes to months

  • Can last years

Explanation

Question 5 of 21

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Items at the start of a list being able to be remembered easier is an example of the ( primacy, recency ) effect.

Items at the end of a list that are easier to remember is an example of the ( recency, primacy ) effect.

Explanation

Question 6 of 21

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What are some things that increase successful memory encoding? (4 answers)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Deeper semantic meaning

  • Making information self relevant

  • Spacing

  • Elaboration

  • Magic memory pills

  • Memory cues

Explanation

Question 7 of 21

1

Flashbulb memories are typically permanently accurate.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 21

1

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

( Anterograde, Retrograde ) amnesia is the inability to form new memories.

( Retrograde, Anterograde ) amnesia is where old memories are forgotten.

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Question 9 of 21

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The general model of attention describes

Select one of the following:

  • sensory input --> selector --> working memory

  • sensory input --> attenuation --> working memory

  • sensory input --> filter --> working memory

  • sensory input --> working memory --> filter

Explanation

Question 10 of 21

1

Broadbents' filter model describes attenuation of unattended stimuli

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 21

1

What are some of the features of Anne Treismans' Feature Integration Theory (FIT)? (3 answers)

Select one or more of the following:

  • 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

Explanation

Question 12 of 21

1

We seem to have some sort of preattentive ability for semantics

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 21

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What are the components of Treisman's attentuation theory?

Select one of the following:

  • 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

Explanation

Question 14 of 21

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Early selection involves filtering by physical characteristics and late selection can process semantics.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 21

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What are the characteristics of the Capacity Theory of Attention? (3 answers)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Proposed by Kahneman

  • Proposed by Broadbent

  • Attention as mental effort

  • Task related attention and automatic attention

  • Attention acts like a spotlight

Explanation

Question 16 of 21

1

The spotlight and zoom lens models of attention explain non-spatial attention well but fail to adequately explain spatial attention.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 21

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What are some examples of bottom up attention? (4 answers)

Select one or more of the following:

  • 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

Explanation

Question 18 of 21

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What are some examples of top-down attention? (3 answers)

Select one or more of the following:

  • 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

Explanation

Question 19 of 21

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 21

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Spatial neglect from damage to a hemisphere of the brain results in what kind of attention issues?

Select one of the following:

  • 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

Explanation

Question 21 of 21

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A person with Simultagnosia is only able to perceive one object at a time.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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