COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY WK 2 LECTURE (2)

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Which theory is based on Broadbent’s filter model but suggests that there is a different mechanism for filtering?
Treisman's Attentuation Theory
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Which theory suggested that the mechanism for filtering was an “all or nothing filter”?
Broadbent's Filter Theory
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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
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Lizzie was waiting at a bus stop & was joined by two neighbours behind her. Lizzie heard them whispering – she wasn’t sure what was said but was certain she heard her name. How would Treisman explain this?
Important words have a lower threshold for recognition & make it past the filter
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Deutsch & Deutsch (1963) and Norman (1968) are examples of what:
Late Selection Models
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Which model suggests that ALL information is fully analysed for meaning then selection by a filter takes place?
Late Selection Models
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What term refers to the weight of relative importance of incoming stimuli? E.g. Moray’s 1959 findings
Pertinence value
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Mackay (1973) found that unattended messages can influence participant's understanding of the meaning of ambiguous sentences. Which model does his findings support?
Late Selection Models
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According to Neiser (1976), how do we process unwanted material?
We never acquire it in the first place
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According to Shapiro, Raymond & Arnell (1994), how long does the attentional blink last for in typical university students?
0.5 seconds
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How do experimenters’ study attentional blink?
Using “rapid serial visual presentation” (RASVP) in a lab
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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
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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?
Repetition blindness
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Repetition blindness not only causes observers to miss words or letters, but it can also cause observers to:
Create illusory words
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In Posner’s paradigm, visual attention resembles a:
Spotlight
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