COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY WK 2 LECTURE & READING

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1. Lizzie glances over at Kayleigh’s phone as she is scrolling through Instagram. Lizzie spotted something as she quickly thumbs past it. She can close her eyes & visualise the item very briefly. What is this an example of?

  • Semantic memory
  • Iconic memory
  • Episodic memory
  • Echoic memory
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2. What was the first flowchart model of human processing?

  • Deutsch & Deutsch's Processing Theory
  • Marozeau's Top Down Theory
  • Broadbent's filter model
  • Treisman's attenuation model

3. Donald is at the doctors. He hears a patient’s name called out in the waiting room but is unable to remember it a few seconds later. What is this an example of?

  • Episodic memory
  • Echoic memory
  • Iconic memory
  • Semantic memory

4. The focus of attention is determined by three components. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

  • A selective filter
  • An attenuation device
  • A channel of limited capacity
  • A detector

5. Colin Cherry's conclusion that unattended information receives practically no processing was supported by:

  • Moray (1959)
  • Broadbent (1958)
  • Deutsch & Deutsch (1963)
  • Treisman (1960)
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