Cognitive Psychology

Question

16. According to the model of working memory, which of the following mental tasks should LEAST adversely affect people’s driving performance while operating a car along an unfamiliar, winding road?

1. a. Trying to imagine how many cabinets are in their kitchen
2. b. Trying to remember a map of the area
3. c. Trying to remember the definition of a word they just learned
4. d. Trying to imagine a portrait from a recent museum exhibit

17. In Palmer’s experiment covered in the topic of Perception, the independent variable of the experiment was:

1. a. scene schema
2. b. types of objects flashed
3. c. accuracy of object identification
4. d. type of context presented

18. The “filter model” proposes that the filter identifies the attended message based on

1. a. meaning.
2. b. modality.
3. c. physical characteristics.
4. d. higher order characteristics.

19. A word with high threshold in Treisman’s model of attention implies that

1. a. it is easy to be activated.
2. b. it is not likely to be activated.
3. c. it will be activated as easy as a low threshold word.
4. d. It will not enter dictionary unit.

20. Have you ever tried to think of the words and hum the melody of one song while the radio is playing a different song? People have often noted that this is very difficult to do. This difficulty can be understood as

1. a. articulatory suppression.
2. b. phonological similarity effect.
3. c. word length effect.
4. d. partial report.

21. A bottom-up process is involved in fixating on an area of a scene that

1. a. has high stimulus salience.
2. b. fits with the observer’s interests.
3. c. is familiar.
4. d. carries meaning for the observer.

22. With the Stroop effect, you would expect to find longest response times when

1. a. the color and the name differed.
2. b. the color and the name matched.
3. c. the form and the name matched.
4. d. the form and the name differed.

23. Sperling’s delayed partial report procedure provided evidence that

1. a. short-term and long-term memory are the independent components of memory.
2. b. information in sensory memory fades within one or two seconds.
3. c. information in short-term memory must be rehearsed to transfer into long-term memory.
4. d. short-term memory has a limited capacity.

24. According to Peterson and Peterson (1959), forgetting is due to

1. a. decay.
2. b. no chunks are formed.
3. c. interference.
4. d. not being able to rehearse.

25. Which of the following represents the most effective chunking of the digit sequence 20019111776?

1. a. 200 191 11776
2. b. 2001 911 1776
3. c. 20019 1117 76
4. d. 20 019 111776

Answer 1

16. According to the model of working memory, the LEAST adverse effect on driving performance would be caused by:

a. Trying to imagine how many cabinets are in their kitchen

17. In Palmer’s experiment on perception, the independent variable was:

b. Types of objects flashed

18. The "filter model" proposes that the filter identifies the attended message based on:

c. Physical characteristics

19. In Treisman's model of attention, a word with a high threshold implies that:

b. It is not likely to be activated

20. The difficulty of thinking about one song's words and melody while another song is playing can be understood as:

b. Phonological similarity effect

21. A bottom-up process is involved in fixating on an area of a scene that:

a. Has high stimulus salience

22. With the Stroop effect, longest response times would be expected when:

a. The color and the name differed

23. Sperling’s delayed partial report procedure provided evidence that:

b. Information in sensory memory fades within one or two seconds

24. According to Peterson and Peterson (1959), forgetting is due to:

c. Interference

25. The most effective chunking of the digit sequence 20019111776 is:

c. 20019 1117 76