6. When a target can be found equally quickly irrespective of the number of distractors around it in a search array, this suggests that:
the array was processed in parallel
the array was processed using object-based attention
the array was processed serially
7. What is a ‘correlational hypothesis’?
A formal statement in which it is predicted that a specific change in one thing will produce a specific change in another thing
A formal statement in which it is predicted that a specific change in one thing will be associated with a specific change in another thing
A formal statement in which it is predicted that a specific change in one thing will either be associated with, or will produce, a specific change in another thing
8. Assessment of new implicit learning in patients with amnesia should:
involve tasks new to the patient and require recall of the learning episode
involve tasks new to the patient and not require recall of the learning episode
involve tasks familiar to the patient and not require recall of the learning episode
9. A lecturer conducts a numeric skills test on 50 students. He provides math's training to the 25 students who performed worst and following this, he tests these 25 students again to see whether their numerical skills have improved. What is a potential conf
non random assignment
regression towards mean
maturation
10. Jensen et al. (2011) propose the phenomenon of Change Blindness can occur due to:
all answers
a failure of encoding a post-change item
a failure of comparison
a failure to attend to a pre-change item
11. Dividing our attention by using a mobile phone has been shown to lead to poorer detection of stimuli in work conducted by:
Hyman only
both Patten et al. (2004) and Hyman et al. (2010)
Patten only
12. In the context of considering Filter models, the results of Lavie’s (1995) Perceptual Load experiments indicate
selection is influenced by task difficulty
Incorrect:
late selection when perceptual load is high
early selection when perceptual load is low
13. A researcher tests participants’ driving skills when they are sober, and the next day he tests them again in the same test after drinking alcohol. What would be a better design?
Including a further group of participants who are first tested in the alcohol condition and then tested in the sober condition the next day.
Including a further group of participants who are first tested after taking a placebo and then tested in the sober condition the next day.
Including a further group of participants who are tested after drinking alcohol on both the first and second day.
14. Which of the following best describes overt attention?
when external events cause shifts in attention
where we are looking
attention in peripheral vision
15. Identify the quantitative measurement
interval
nominal
ordinal
16. James took part in a study in which he had to make a judgment about each individual word in a list, and then later one of these words was presented and James was required to answer whether it had been part of the original list. Which judgment task would g
deciding whether the word fit in a sentence
deciding whether the word was in upper or lower case letters
there would be no influence of judgment task on later remembering
17. Sherif's studies of boys on a summer camp make a series of points about the formation of groups. In some of these studies the groups were formed in such a way as to break up existing friendship pairs. The ensuing group behaviour shows that:
cultural and personality differences are necessary for (and so can be the only reason for) the emergence of intergroup conflictt
cultural and personality differences are not necessary for (and so cannot be the only reason for) the emergence of intergroup conflict
interpersonal attraction is mediated by belief similarity
18. Following Orson Welles' radio presentation of the 'War of the Worlds', many people were convinced that a Martian invasion had taken place. ‘Cognitive' social psychologists have argued that the maintenance of this conviction in the period immediately afte
that people's interpretation of their environment is directed by their beliefs and expectations
the capacity of people to react with mindless panic
the power of the Id's irrationality
19. If a dog is given a biscuit when it rolls over on command, and this behaviour is displayed again, the biscuit is:
negative reinforcement
positive reinforcement
positive punishment
20. Is deception of research participants ethical?
No never
Yes, if it does not cause physical or psychological harm and participants are fully debriefed.
Yes, if the study cannot be conducted without deception.
