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1. In Treisman's study, the Czech text in the unattended channel was read with an English accent. How many participants detected this characteristic?
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2. How did Broadbent not account for his findings?
- All information from both channels is attended and processed semantically
- This filter prevents overloading the limited capacity of the mechanism which processes input for meaning
- Two stimuli presented at the same time gain access in parallel to a sensory buffer
- The sensory buffer is the point at which stimuli is filtered
3. Findings from the shadowing task show that...
- ...participants hear nothing from the unattended channel
- ...participants hear little from the unattended channel
- ...participants hear little from the attended channel
- ...participants hear a lot from the unattended channel
4. Who suggested that the bottleneck occurs early in the system?
- Cherry
- Treisman
- Broadbent
- Deutsch and Deutsch
5. What does Treisman's attenuation theory not entail?
- The meaning is extracted after the attenuation process
- One of the inputs is allowed through the filter based on its physical characteristics
- The filter is an attenuator which reduces the impact of the unattended channel
- The filter distinguishes information on physical differences
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