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- Created by: hollyyyt
- Created on: 11-01-16 17:25
1. An important principle of signal detection theory is that detection of any stimulus requires that we discriminate between _______ and ________
- Signal; noise
- Noise; silence
- Signal; response bias
- Response bias; noise
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2. Bottom-up processing is to_____as top-down processing is to______
- Data driven; context driven
- Context driven; data driven
- Parallel processing; serial processing
- Visual perception; pattern recognition
3. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that
- Language can determine thought
- Our perceptions shape our thoughts and beliefs
- Colour perception is culture dependent
- Language is culture-dependent
4. According to the "resource sharing model" of Daneman and Carpenter, all except which of the following statements are true?
- The reading span task measures how flexibly we can allocate mental resources to the processing and storage of material
- Poor readers show poorer working memory performance on the reading span task than good readers
- Reading ability has no effect on the amount of "cognitive space" available for performing the memory component of the reading span test
- If a person is a good reader, reading sentences for their truthfulness uses up very few cognitive resources
5. The systematic study of the relation between the physical characteristics of stimuli and the sensations they produce is called
- Psychophysics
- Perceptual psychology
- Signal detection
- Sensory psychology
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