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- Created on: 31-12-15 12:15
1. What is selective attention?
- The ability to discriminate and direct attention to different stimuli
- A result of processing resources
- The ability to divide attention
- The ability to recall info from unattended channels
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2. Which of these is NOT a component of the filter model? (Broadbent, 1958)
- A rehearsal mechanism
- Limited capacity channel
- Short term store
- Long term store
- Selective filter (channel selective)
3. Was there a decrease in performance when pps had to switch between modalities in which the stimuli were presented? (Broadbent 1956)
- Yes, alternating between modalities created a performance decrement
- No, alternating between modalities did not create a performance decrement in spoken tasks
- Yes, alternating etween modalities created a performance decrement but only when it was visual-written
- No, alternating between modalities did not create a performance decrement
4. What is the main premise of Kahnemans capacity model?
- Resource allocation is only due to bottom-up processes
- Any task demands capacity from the limited mental pool, relative to the persons experience
- Stimuli independently use up a set amount of resources
- Any task demands capacity from the unlimited mental pool, relative to the persons experience
5. What was the finding of Gray & Wedderburn (1960) in a split-span procedure?
- Subjects did not group any items
- Subjects grouped items for recall on the basis of meaning
- Subjects grouped items for recall on the basis of physical properties
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