Perception and Attention Quiz

In which order did these occur (earliest to latest)?

• The cognitive revolution, behaviourism, establishment of Wundt's psychology

  lab

• Establishment of

  Wundt's psychology

  lab, the cognitive

  revolution,

  behaviourism

• Establishment of

  Wundt's psychology

  lab, behaviourism,

  the cognitive

  revolution

• Behaviourism,

  establishment of

  Wundt's psychology

  lab, the cognitive

  revolution

Answer explanation

1879 - Establishment of Wundt's psychology

lab

Early 20th century - Behaviourism

1950s - Cognitive revolution (introduction of digital computers)

Noam Chomsky published a review in 1959 which:

• Supported Skinner's account of language learning by operant conditioning.

• Supported Structuralism

• Supported Behaviourism

• Opposed Behaviourism

Answer explanation

Noam Chomsky critiqued Skinner's claim that children can learn language through operant conditioning.

Instead, he argued that language is a product of innate mental structures that are universal across cultures

All of these are cells found in the retina EXCEPT:

• hair cells

• photoreceptors

• ganglion cells

• cones

Answer explanation

Hair cells are contained within the organ of Corti, as part of the ear structure.

All of these are monocular cues to depth EXCEPT:

• occulusion

• disparity

• motion parallax

• relative height

Answer explanation

All of these are Gestalt laws of grouping EXCEPT:

• Structuralism

• Closure

• Good Continuation

• Common Fate

Interaural time differences (ITD) and Interaural Level Differences (ILD) are effective cues to sound direction for what frequencies of sound?

• ITD: high frequency

  ILD: high frequency

• ITD: high frequency

  ILD: low frequency

• ITD: low frequency

  ILD: low frequency

• ITD: low frequency

  ILD: high frequency

Which if these is NOT an attribute of attention?

• is limited

• can be used to explain the Müller Lyer illusion

• is selective

• is goal-directed

Answer explanation

Not noticing the changing curtain in the gorilla movie would be an example of…

• Inattentional blindness

• Change blindness

• Priming

• Perceptual blindness

What sequence of processing steps does Broadbent's filter theory assume?

• Short-term store, limited capacity channel, selective filter

• Selective filter, limited capacity channel, short-term store

• Short-term store, selective filter, limited capacity channel

• Selective filter, short-term store, limited capacity channel

Answer explanation