Answer 30 Questions

Answer 30 Questions

The Gibsonian approach to perception is known as:

Signal detection theory

Indirect perception

Direct perception

Psychophysics

 Studies of discourse comprehension typically suggest inferences:

Can lead to errors

Are needed to maintain continuity

Tend to be spontaneous

All of the above

In studies investigating discourse comprehension and memory, Sachs (1967) concluded which one of the following:

We remember syntactic information and quickly forget semantic information

We remember semantic information and quickly forget syntactic information

We remember grammatical structure only

We remember word order and quickly forget meaning

 Inferring that 'brother' is a male is known as:

An elaborative inference

A bridging inference

A logical inference

None of the above

What criticism of Broadbent's model of attention does Treisman's model resolve?

Both the 'cocktail party phenomenon' and the ability to switch channels

Coding in short term memory

The 'cocktail party phenomenon'

The ability to switch channels

Gregory's perceptual hypothesis of visual perception is known as:

Choose one answer.

An indirect approach

A direct approach

A Gestalt principle

Good continuation

In the Stroop test which of the following will result in the slowest response time?

Choose one answer.

A neutral word

A colour word e.g., yellow

A word in a foreign language

All of these

The fact that people tend to perceive complete objects, even when part of the object is not directly visible, is consistent with the Gestalt law of:

Choose one answer.

proximity

good continuation

similarity

closure

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When only incoming sensory information determines awareness of an object, you are primarily using:

Choose one answer.

Figure to ground processing

Bottom-up processing

Top-down processing

Opponent processing

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When you rely on experience and innate principles of organisation to guide your perception of an object, you are using:

Choose one answer.

top-down processing

opponent processing

figure-to-ground processing

bottom-up processing

Question11

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Julie struggles in college Spanish because her high school French comes out instead. This illustrates:

Choose one answer.

Retroactive interference

Decay theory

Proactive interference

None of the above

Question12

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Computational modelling tends to develop explanations for behaviour that are based on:

Choose one answer.

Linking observable behaviour with environmental stimuli

Information processing systems

Genetic mapping and biological processes

Unconscious motivation

Question13

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In the 1950's a new approach emerged in psychology that focused research on conscious experience and mental events.  The new approach was known as:

Choose one answer.

the humanistic revolution

the psychoanalytic revolution

the cognitive revolution

the behavioural revolution

Question14

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Katy was told to repeat the message in her right ear and to ignore the message in her left ear. The right ear message was “Mary had a little lamb, and heard the shattering glass”. The left ear message was “ Sam saw the cars collide, it's fleece was white as snow”. Based on Treisman's  model of attention, Katy probably said:

Choose one answer.

Randomly selected words from each message

“Mary had a little lamb, and heard ...