PSYCH QUIZ 1

Question 1

HindBrain (neck) spinal cord and higher points

Answer 1

Composed: medulla oblongata, the pons, and cerebellum fundamental to survival
- Respiratory rhythm, motor activity, sleep, and wakefulness

Question 2

MidBrain (middle)

Answer 2

Composed: tectum, tegmenjtum, cerebral aqueduct and peduncles
Motor Movement: eye movement, auditory and visual
- produces dopamine

Question 3

ForeBrain (forward)

Answer 3

Composed: telencephalon, diencephalon
Processes info

Question 4

Frontal Lobe

Answer 4

Reasoning. Receives info from various lobes and uses that to carry out body movements

Question 5

Parietal Lobe

Answer 5

Processing of tactile information: pressure, touch, pain

Question 6

Temporal Lobe

Answer 6

Auditory, hippocampus

Question 7

Occipital Lobe

Answer 7

Visual Information

Question 8

Research Methods

Answer 8

Reaction time, proportion of correct/incorrect responses, verbal protocols

Question 9

Sustained Attention

Answer 9

focusing on something for a certain amount of time

Question 10

Selective Attention

Answer 10

is choosing what to process

Question 11

Alternating Attention

Answer 11

going back and forth/ switching

Question 12

Divided attention

Answer 12

Ability to pay attention to two tasks at one

Question 13

Broadbents filter theory (1958)

Answer 13

All info we receive through senses enters the sensory buffer and only one of the inputs enters higher level processing. Physical characteristics is how it is chosen

Question 14

Treisman’s attentual model (1964)

Answer 14

If you have two stimuli one will be reduced or removed but it doesn’t completely disappear

Question 15

Deutsch and Deutsch Late Selection Model

Answer 15

All info received undergoes analysis for meaning. Relevant info determines further process.

Question 16

Kahneman’s model of attention

Answer 16

divided attention. Attention is more of a skill rather than a process.

Question 17

Johnston and Heinz

Answer 17

intentions, demands, and meaning determines selection

Question 18

Bottom-up processing (Gibson)

Answer 18

perception begins with stimulus

Question 19

Top-down Processing (Gregory)

Answer 19

Pattern recognition through the use of context

Question 20

Visual Agnosia

Answer 20

deficit in recognition of specific visually presented objects

Question 21

Apperceptive Agnosia

Answer 21

difficulties identifying visual shapes/ objects. Fail to identify visual features

Question 22

Associative Agnosia

Answer 22

fail to identify functional features.

Question 23

Prosopagnosia

Answer 23

cant identify faces

Question 24

Ventral and Dorsal Stream

Answer 24

V: Receives color and info. WHAT IT IS
D: Receives motion. WHERE

Question 25

Neural networks of visual attention

Answer 25

orienting, alerting, and executive attention

Question 26

Schiffrin and Schneider

Answer 26

Automatic vs controlled process. Involves selective attention for controlled processing. Consistent mappings can become automatic.