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6. How do experimenters’ study attentional blink?

  • Using a stroop task
  • Using “rapid serial visual presentation” (RASVP) in a lab
  • Using a naturalistic observation
  • Using self-report measures

7. Mackay (1973) found that unattended messages can influence participant's understanding of the meaning of ambiguous sentences. Which model does his findings support?

  • Dependent Selection Models
  • Late Selection Models
  • Independent Selection Models
  • Early Selection Models

8. What term refers to the weight of relative importance of incoming stimuli? E.g. Moray’s 1959 findings

  • Interpretation value
  • Pertinence value
  • Shadowing
  • Accommodation

9. According to Shapiro, Raymond & Arnell (1994), how long does the attentional blink last for in typical university students?

  • 0.5 seconds
  • 5 seconds
  • 30 seconds
  • 1 minute

10. A series of letters & numbers flash on the screen in a rapid sequence. Lizzie is asked to look for a pair of items (e.g. 2 & 7) & press a button when she spots them. She fails to see “7” when it occurs soon after “2” What is this an example of?

  • Attentional blink
  • Repetition blindness
  • Attenuation
  • Accommodation

11. According to Treisman, which of the following factors can affect attenuation?

  • The level of alertness
  • All three
  • The personal significance of the message
  • The content of the message

12. In Posner’s paradigm, visual attention resembles a:

  • Satellite dish
  • Tablet
  • Spotlight
  • Remote control

13. According to Treisman, which of the following words would have the lowest threshold:

  • Your own name
  • Turtle
  • Beach
  • Hurricane

14. Which types of model argued that ALL the stimuli are sent for further processing?

  • Dependent Selection Models
  • Late Selection Models
  • Independent Selection Models
  • Early Selection Models

15. Repetition blindness not only causes observers to miss words or letters, but it can also cause observers to:

  • None of these
  • Create illusory words
  • Get frustrated with the experimenter
  • Perform an attentional blink

16. Deutsch & Deutsch (1963) and Norman (1968) are examples of what:

  • Late Selection Models
  • Early Selection Models
  • Independent Selection Models
  • Dependent Selection Models

17. Lizzie finished her essay & proofread it multiple times before submitting it. When Ian returned her paper, she realises she had repeated the words "the the" in a sentence. Marks were deducted over this simple error. What is this an example of?

  • Accommodation
  • Attentional blink
  • Repetition blindness
  • Attenuation

18. Which of the following is the CORRECT order of BROADBENT’S FILTER MODEL?

  • Input stimuli – sensory register – selective filter – limited capacity processor – response processes
  • Input stimuli – attenuating filter – selective filter – response processes
  • Input stimuli & LTM – unconscious semantic analysis – response processes
  • None of these

19. Lizzie tells Sarah that in Treisman’s Attenuation Theory, the selection of messages is based only on physical characteristics. Is this true or false?

  • False
  • True

20. Treisman’s model is based on Broadbent’s Filter Model but proposes a different mechanism for filtering. Which of the following is that?

  • A gradual working attenuator
  • An "all or nothing" filter
  • A semantic encoding hub
  • A fast working motor