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6. What does a valid cue do in the cueing paradigm (Posner, 1980)?

  • Indicates the physical characteristics of the target
  • Indicates the speed that the target will appear
  • Indicates the location a target will appear in
  • Indicates a location where the target will not appear

7. What were participants asked to categorise in LaBerge's (1983) unfocused condition?

  • Last letter of the word
  • Middle letter of the word
  • The whole word
  • First letter of the word

8. What does an invalid cue do in the cueing paradigm (Posner, 1980)?

  • Indicates a location where the target will not appear
  • Indicates the location a target will appear in
  • Indicates the physical characteristics of the target
  • Indicates the speed that the target will appear

9. What does the zoom lens model of visual attention suggest?

  • Attention enhances the efficiency of detection of events within its beam
  • The window of attention can be increased and decreased with task demands
  • Can conserve cognitive resources by avoiding attending to irrelevant regions of visual space
  • Attention selects from objects themselves, rather than potentially empty regions of space

10. What does the multiple spotlight model of visual attention suggest?

  • Attention selects from objects themselves, rather than potentially empty regions of space
  • Attention enhances the efficiency of detection of events within its beam
  • Can conserve cognitive resources by avoiding attending to irrelevant regions of visual space
  • The window of attention can be increased and decreased with task demands