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6. Why does the result found from type distinct searches weaken the claims made?

  • Because the two distributions fall on the same point on the x axis, conjunction/type distinct processes are not as independent as first thought
  • Because the two distributions fall on different points on the x axis, conjunction/type distinct processes are not as independent as first thought
  • This data is NOT evidence of guided search

7. Which test produces evidence indicative of parallel search?

  • Feature-search results (feature pop-out)
  • Conjunction search results (Serial self-terminating search)

8. Is guided search guided by bottom up or top down features?

  • Both
  • Neither
  • Bottom up
  • Top down

9. In the 'two attentional pathways and semantic guidance' model (Wolfe et al, 2011), What are the 3 stages?

  • Basic visual properties (low recovery effect) --> Selective pathway v.s non-selective pathway
  • Higher semantic information (high recovery effect) --> Selective pathway v.s non-selective pathway
  • Basic visual properties (high recovery effect) --> Selective pathway v.s non-selective pathway
  • Higher semantic information (low recovery effect) --> Selective pathway v.s non-selective pathway

10. Is it easier or harder to find a target if the non-targets are highly similar? (Non-target similarity)

  • Easier
  • Harder
  • No effect

11. Which of these is NOT correct of automatic processes?

  • Obligatory (uncontrolled)
  • Infinite capacity
  • Fast
  • "Processing without attention"
  • Not concious
  • Effortful
  • Practiced

12. What would we expect for type-distinct searches?

  • A NORMAL distribution of slope values
  • A BImodal distribution of slope values
  • A UNImodal distribution of slope values

13. What is actually found for type distinct searches?

  • A UNImodal distribution of slope values
  • A BImodal distribution of slope values
  • A NORMAL distribution of slope values

14. Which is faster?

  • Neither
  • Feature search
  • Conjunction search
  • Both

15. In which type of process does display size significantly affect RT?

  • Serial Search
  • Controlled
  • Parallel Search
  • Automatic

16. Which of these is NOT a conjunction in Feature Integration theory?

  • Unattended features (correctly conjoined)
  • Attended features (correctly conjoined)
  • Predicted features correctly conjoined (unless expectations violated)
  • Randomly conjoined features (illusory objects)

17. Which of these is NOT an element used to select/inform in semantic guidance?

  • Structure of the scene
  • Attributes of the target
  • Specific knowledge of the scene
  • General knowledge of the scene

18. In the 'two attentional pathways and semantic guidance' model (Wolfe et al, 2011), what does the non-selective pathway lead to?

  • Non-specific gist recovery
  • Selective bottleneck
  • Semantic guidanance
  • Recognition

19. What was found in a threat detection study by Tipples et al (2002)?

  • Aswell as threat 'pop-out', found an animal superiority effect for threat (not well controlled)
  • Only found threat pop out
  • Only found animal superiority effect
  • The study was poorly controlled, so much so that no conclusions could be drawn

20. What is the main premise of Feature Integration Theory (Treisman & Schmidt 1982)?

  • The attentional world is parsed into a collection of features in parallel, intergration of these features into categories then occurs
  • The attentional world is parsed into a collection of features serially, intergration of these features into categories then occurs