PSY 222 CH3

What does attention primarily help us do in cognitive processing?

• Store memories long-term

• Allocate mental resources and focus on stimuli

• Improve our emotional intelligence

• Increase sensory inputs

What type of attention involves focusing on one stimulus while ignoring others?

• Sustained attention

• Divided attention

• Executive attention

• Selective attention

Which theory proposed that unattended messages are completely filtered out before processing?

• Attenuation theory

• Late selection theory

• Feature integration theory

• Early selection theory (Broadbent)

What was the main method used in Cherry's dichotic listening task?

• Reading colored words aloud

• Shadowing messages from one ear while ignoring the other

• Sorting images by color

• Matching spoken words with pictures

What is a key finding from Treisman's attenuation theory?

• All information is processed equally

• The unattended message is completely blocked

• The unattended message is weakened, not fully blocked

• Context does not influence attention

According to Deutsch & Deutsch, selection happens:

• After sensory registration

• Before processing meaning

• After full processing of meaning

• In the motor response stage

Which phenomenon involves failing to see a visible object due to attention being focused elsewhere?

• Motion parallax

• Change blindness

• Visual fatigue

• Inattentional blindness

Change blindness occurs when:

• We pay too much attention to details

• A change in visual stimulus is not detected after a disruption

• Auditory information is blocked

• We remember images too clearly

In the Stroop task, participants find it hard to:

• Read colored words aloud

• Match colors to numbers

• Ignore the meaning of a word and say the ink color

• Name shapes of objects

Which task demonstrates that reading is automatic and hard to suppress?

• Dual-task performance

• Visual search

• Stroop task

• Dichotic listening