6. What was the name of Broadbent's (1958) theory?
Filter Processing Theory
Attenuation Theory
Early Selection Theory
Selective Attention Theory
7. What is divided attention also known as?
Covert-tasking
Attenuation
Multitasking
Multiprogramming
8. What developmental disorder is characterised by an attention deficit, hyperactivity and impulsivity?
Encropresis
ADHD
Rumination disorder
Attachment disorder
9. Neglect patients ignore information in their affected side of the visual field when other information is presented in their good side. What is this an example of?
Bottom Up Processing
Extinction
Top Down Processing
Attenuation
10. In Posner's paradigm, what does visual attention resemble?
A fixed street light
A spotlight
A lava lamp
A burning fire
11. Lizzie does two tasks shortly after each other (task 1 & 2). She finds out that the shorter the time interval between stimulus one & two, the longer her response time is in task 2. What is this effect called?
Psychological Attenuation Period Effect (PAD)
Psychological Refractory Period Effect (PRP)
Psychological Controlled Period Effect (PCD)
Psychological Automatic Period Effect (PAD)
12. Which of the following statements about Treisman's theory is NOT true?
The nature of the attenuation process has never been precisely specified
Treisman's theory fails to overcome the Cocktail Party Effect
Treisman's model does not explain how exactly semantic analysis works
Treisman's theory overcomes some of the problems associated with Broadbent's Filter Model
13. What is the definition of divided attention?
A situation where people need to combine two or more senses at one time to attend to a task
A situation where two tasks are performed at the same time
A situation where people repeat word for word one auditory message whilst a second auditory message is presented
A situation where people try to attend to one source of information whilst ignoring other stimuli
14. Lizzie is listening to a podcast whilst driving. What is this an example of?
Divided attention
Covert attention
Selective attention
Shadowing
15. Which of the following is a serious limitation of automatic processes?
Automatic processes have a limited capacity
Automatic processes are inflexible
Automatic processes require a lot of mental effort
Automatic processes can only be used at certain times of day
16. A ________ involves simultaneously sending one message (a 3-digit number) to a person's right ear and a different message (a different 3-digit number) to their left ear
Dichotic Listening Task
Monaural Listening Task
Filter Processing Task
Binaural Listening Task
17. What is the definition of selective attention?
A situation in which people try to attend to one source of information whilst ignoring other stimuli
A situation where people need to combine two or more senses at one time to attend to a task
A situation where two task are performed at the same time
A situation where people repeat word for word one auditory message whilst a second auditory message is presented
18. Steven Pinker (1997) argued that we need to consider three issues when trying to understand consciousness. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
Access to information
Self knowledge
Gender effects
Sentience (subject experience/awareness)
19. What was the name of Treisman's (1964) theory?
Attenuation Theory
Filter Processing Theory
Selective Attention Theory
Early Selection Theory
20. Who developed the first paradigm to study selective visual attention?
