6. What is the rationale behind a priming experiment??
A briefly presented stimulus which is unable to be reported facilitates the report of an identical/semantically related stimulus
Positive words should ALWAYS be unconciously processed first
When stimulus are presented in sequence to the same location, a second target is not always detected;
Negative words should ALWAYS be unconciously processed first
7. What is a boundary condition?
Emotion does not affect stimulus onset, but does affect more complex processes of perception and search
Emotion affects both stimulus onset and complex processes of perception and search
Emotion affects neither stimulus onset nor complex processes of perception and search
None of the above
8. Which task would you use to measure attentional capture?
Gabor patches
Emotional stroop task
Attentional blink
Target onset detection task
9. What is the ideal finding in a typical priming experiment?
No concious report of the prime. Significantly better report of the second word if semantically related to the prime > unrelated, indicating unconscious processing
Concious report of the prime. Significantly better report of the second word if semantically unrelated to the prime > related, indicating unconscious processing
Concious report of the prime. Significantly better report of the second word if semantically related to the prime > unrelated, indicating unconscious processing
No concious report of the prime. Significantly better report of the second word if semantically unrelated to the prime > related, indicating unconscious processing
10. In the emotional stroop task, negative words like 'cancer' can;
Speed up reaction times
Cause LESS interference than neutral words
Cause MORE interference than neutral words
Decrease arousal
11. When stimulus are presented in sequence to the same location, a second target is not always detected;
All of the above
The emotional encoding activates the amygdala
This is called attentional blink
The emotional properties of the second missed target are processed even though not conciously reported
12. What is/are the main area(s) in the attention-orienting system?
Temporo-parietal junctionn and ventral frontal cortex
Temporo-parietal junction
Ventral frontal cortex
Amygdala
13. How do binocular rivalry tasks work?
People have a colour dominance in which colour is seen first, red or green. Can control which stimuli participant is consciously aware of using filters on each eye.
Because of scotomas resulting from lesions to the PVC, there is no awareness of visual stimuli in the lesioned location.
14. Through which stimuli can you test the effects of emotion on contrast sensitivity?
Gabor patches
Attentional Blink
Emotional stroop
Rorschach inkblot test
15. Which of these do attentional blink task findings NOT suggest?
The amygdala is important for emotional word processing
High level semantic processes such as word recognition take place unconciously in a rapid sequence
Low level perceptual processes can influence attentional blink
The emotional content of unconscious words facilitates concious detection
16. What is a standard finding in target onset detection tasks?
A faster reaction time to detect a target onset when it is cued, the cue shifts attention to the SAME side of space
A faster reaction time to detect a target onset when it is cued, the cue shifts attention to a DIFFERENT side of space
A slower reaction time to detect a target onset when it is cued, the cue shifts attention to the SAME side of space
A slower reaction time to detect a target onset when it is cued, the cue shifts attention to a DIFFERENT side of space
17. In Anderson & Phelps (2001), what was the main finding for the bilateral amygdala damage group?
No difference between emotional and neutral stimuli
Reduced attentional blink effects when target 2 is emotional
18. In studies of blindsight pps, what was found re; amygdala activation?
Amygdala discriminates emotions of faces even if in scotoma i.e below concious processing
Amygdala cannot discriminate emotions of faces in scotoma
Amygdala active when stimulus in sighted visual areas but not in scotoma
19. Which task is used to demonstrate biasing effects of anxiety on perception?
Attentional Blink
Mood manipulation
Dot-probe task
Gabor patches
20. In Anderson & Phelps (2001), what was the main finding for the control participants?
Reduced attentional blink effects when target 2 is emotional
No difference between emotional and neutral stimuli