IB 3.4 HL Attention

Which of the following cognitive ability tests was not used in the Tun & Lachman procedure?

• word list recall

• counting speed

• shape rotation

• stop-go switch task

Which characteristics describes the sample in the study by Tun & Lachman?

• N = 2671

• College Students

• Age range from 30s to 80s

• Randomly allocated

• from the UK

How was computer use measured in the study by Tun & Lachman?

• self-report

• via the telephone

• through an observation

• on a rating scale

• by asking friends/family members

Which area of the WMM is associated with controlling attention, shifting it from one task to another, when mulit-tasking?

• phonological loop

• episodic buffer

• visuospatial sketchpad

• central executive

When multi-tasking, which area of the WMM would be used in order to recover the goal original/primary task, once the secondary task has been completed?

• central exectuive

• long-term memory

• episodic buffer

• phonological loop

Put these stages of the unified theory of multitasking in order

• alert for secondary task

• begin secondary task

• resume primary task

• begin primary task

• finish secondary task

between which two stages of the unified theory of multitasking does an interruption lag occur?

• starting the primary task and an alert from the secondary task

• being alerted for the secondary task and starting the secondary task

• starting and finishing the secondary task

• ending the secondary task and resuming the primary task

between which two stages of the unified theory of multitasking does an resumption lag occur?

• starting the primary task and an alert from the secondary task

• being alerted for the secondary task and starting the secondary task

• starting and finishing the secondary task

• ending the secondary task and resuming the primary task

what does the resumption lag involve?

• moving attention towards an alert

• investing cognitive capacity into the task

• switching between task

• recalling the goal of the primary task

In the study by Roser et al., which was NOT a measurement taken via self-report?

• social media use whilst studying

• study strategies

• GPA

• technologies in the participants study area