Module 5 Flashcards
Irrelevant stimulus-response features most affect which stage of information processing?
a.) stimulus identification
b.) response selection
c.) response programming
b.) response selection
True or False: the Simon effect is a phenomenon where an irrelevant feature of the stimulus can affect response selection processes and reaction time.
True
True or False: the Simon effect shows that compatible reaction time is less than incompatible reaction time.
True
In the __________ stage of the information processing model, stimulus clarity, stimulus intensity and pattern recognition occur.
a.) stimulus identification
b.) response selection
c.) response programming
a.) stimulus identification
The visual cortex resides in the __________ of the brain.
a.) occipital lobe
b.) hypothalamus
c.) frontoparietal system
a.) occipital lobe
True or False: sensory impulses travel from the eyes via the optic nerve to the visual cortex.
True
True or False: attention gates visual processing by reducing the processing of irrelevant stimuli in V1.
False; V4
______________ is also known as top down or dorsal processing,
a.) goal directed processing
b.) stimulus driven processing
a.) goal directed processing
_________ is also known as bottom up or ventral processing.
a.) goal directed processing
b.) stimulus driven processing
b.) stimulus driven processing
True or False: accuracy is significantly impaired when subjects have to shift attention to a distractor in a match-to-sample task.
True
True or False: maintaining a spatial location in memory does not depend on spatially attending to the location.
False
True or False: the parietal and frontal regions of the brain are involved in controlling the location of spatial attention.
True
True or False: the ventral frontoparietal network is active during spatial rehearsal.
False; dorsal
Which areas are part of the dorsal frontoparietal network?
a.) FEF, IPs/SPL
b.) TPJ, VFC
a.) FEF, IPs/SPL
Which area are part of the ventral frontoparietal network?
a.) FEF, IPs/SPL
b.) TPJ, VFC
b.) TPJ, VFC
___________ is a deliberate attempt to recollect past experiences, for the purpose of facilitating current information processing.
a.) memory
b.) direct memory
c.) indirect memory
b.) direct memory
__________ does not require direct recollection of previously processed information.
a.) memory
b.) direct memory
c.) indirect memory
c.) indirect memory
______________ is the memory system that requires very literal coding, while _____________ is very abstract coding.
a.) STM; LTM
b.) STSS; LTM
c.) STM; STSS
b.) STSS; LTM
The __________ visual pathway deals with spatial location and action; “where” something is.
a.) ventral
b.) dorsal
b.) dorsal
The __________ visual pathway is used to identify characteristics of objects; “what” something is.
a.) ventral
b.) dorsal
a.) ventral
True or False: the ventral system has the largest impact on the control of movement.
False; dorsal
____________ is damage to the dorsal pathway, where someone can recognize an object but cannot use the visual information to guide their hand towards that object.
a.) optic ataxia
b.) visual agnosia
a.) optic ataxia
___________ is damage to the ventral pathway, where someone cannot recognize an object, but could use visual information to accurately grasp that object.
a.) optic ataxia
b.) visual agnosia
b.) visual agnosia
True or False: inattentional blindness is the failure to notice prominent stimuli that are irrelevant to the task.
True
True or False: in inattentional blindness, the goal directed system overrides the stimulus driven system.
True
____________ refers to the illusion of what you’re seeing overriding what you’re hearing.
a.) Simon Effect
b.) McGirk Effect
b.) McGirk Effect
Which of the following are NOT factors related to the duration and capacity of STM?
a.) rehearsal
b.) interference
c.) chunking
d.) none of the above
d.) none of the above
__________ increases duration by repetition of information in the STM.
a.) interference
b.) chunking
c.) rehearsal
c.) rehearsal
_________ decreases duration due to limited capacity and inability to rehearse in the STM.
a.) interference
b.) chunking
c.) rehearsal
a.) interference
_________ increases capacity by functionally linking information together in the STM.
a.) interference
b.) chunking
c.) rehearsal
b.) chunking
