Ch. 10: Attention (Quiz)

Question 1

1. What condition would someone most likely have if their reticular activating system were
   damaged?

A. Insomnia.
B. Coma.
C. Spatial neglect.
D. Hemianopsia

Answer 1

B. Coma.

Question 2

2. Which part of the brain plays an important role in automatically orienting a person’s
   attention from one visual stimulus to another?

A. Lateral prefrontal cortex.
B. Superior colliculus.
C. Medial prefrontal cortex.
D. Parietal lobe

Answer 2

B. Superior colliculus.

Question 3

3. A brain region at which processing is modulated to enhance attention to a specific
   attribute, location, item, or other salient dimension is known as ________.

A. source of attentional control
B. source of processing control
C. site of processing control
D. site of attentional control

Answer 3

D. site of attentional control

Question 4

4. Hemineglect syndrome is much more prominent and severe after damage to which brain hemisphere?

A. Right.
B. Left.
C. There is no difference observed

Answer 4

A. Right.

Question 5

5. Imagine that you are eating lunch on campus and all of a sudden a person in whom you are
   romantically interested walks in and sits down nearby. You are trying to focus on what your
   friend is saying but you are also focused on this other person.

What kind of attention would you be most likely employing?

A. Pre-attention.
B. Divided attention.
C. Early selection.
D. Late selection

Answer 5

B. Divided attention

Question 6

6. You have been studying hard for an upcoming exam when your mind begins to wander and you suddenly start day-dreaming.

What attention network would most likely be activated during this experience?

A. Executive attention network.
B. Ventral attention network.
C. Dorsal attention network.
D. Default network

Answer 6

D. Default network

Question 7

7. Which of the following combinations is the correct neurotransmitter system with the associated part of attention?

A. Executive and dopamine.
B. Alerting and dopamine.
C. Alerting and acetylcholine.
D. Executive and acetylcholine

Answer 7

A. Executive and dopamine.

Question 8

8. One model of attention argues that it can be divided into which three systems?

A. Alerting, Orienting, and Default.
B. Alerting, Executive attention, and Default.
C. Alerting, Orienting, and Executive attention.
D. Executive attention, Default, and Orienting

Answer 8

C. Alerting, Orienting, and Executive attention.

Question 9

9. You’re participating in a research experiment where you have been asked to perform the
   Stroop task. In order to respond with the color of the ink and not the meaning of the word,
   you would need increased activity in the ________ to guide your attention to the correct
   category of information.

A. superior colliculus
B. inferior colliculus
C. locus coeruleus
D. prefrontal regions

Answer 9

D. prefrontal regions

Question 10

10. Which of the following is NOT one of the general categories of attention?

A. Divided attention.
B. Vigilance.
C. Drowsiness.
D. Selective attention.

Answer 10

C. Drowsiness.