PSY230 Final Exam Review

Which of the following is NOT considered a monocular cue for depth perception?

• texture

• similarity

• linear perspective

• interposition

Participants are asked to listen to a tape-recorded message and to shadow the message as they hear it. Which of the following tasks will be easiest to combine with this shadowing task?

• simultaneously hearing a tape-recorded list of words, followed by a test measuring memory for the word list

• viewing a series of pictures, followed by a test measuring memory for the pictures

• 
  simultaneously hearing a tape-recorded message, followed by a test measuring memory for the gist of the second message

• viewing a series of printed words, followed by a test measuring memory for the words

Compared to computerized axial tomography (CT scans), electroencephalogram (EEG)

• Assists in understanding how anatomical structures function.

• Offers a moment-by-moment recording of brain activity.

• Has greater ability to detect brain lesions.

• Detects changes in blood flow.

Which of the following topics is NOT commonly studied within cognitive psychology?

• anger management

• attention

• decision making

• memory

Executive control is likely engaged in all of the following situations EXCEPT when a person

• chooses to focus on a specific task and avoid distractions.

• is working on "auto-pilot."

• takes steps to avoid a habitual response.

• takes steps to avoid a habitual response.

The primacy effect is associated with ________, and the recency effect is associated with ________.

• short-term memory; long-term memory

• working memory; short-term memory

• long-term memory; working memory

• long-term memory; recognition memory

The evidence both from unilateral neglect patients and from patients with normal attentional abilities suggests that

• both space- and object-based attention are important in attention.

• attention becomes space-based only in cases of brain damage.

• attention is space-based, not object-based.

• attention is object-based, not space-based.

The auditory cortex follows the principle of contralateral control. Thus, the

• right temporal lobe receives most of its input from the right ear.

• right temporal lobe receives most of its input from the left ear.

• right temporal lobe receives equal input from both ears.

• information received by the right temporal lobe depends on whether the listener favors his or her right or left ear.

Peter has a higher working-memory capacity than Josh. Given previous correlational evidence, who would you expect performs better on standardized tests, such as intelligence tests?

• We cannot tell.

• There is no relationship between working-memory capacity and intelligence scores.

• Josh

• Peter

Which of the following is an example of a question that leads to deep processing?

• How many syllables are there in the word "convenient"?

• Can you think of a word that rhymes with "elephant"?

• Are there more vowels or more consonants in the word "brain"?

• What is the meaning of the word "tantalizing"?