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<strong>PS400</strong> <strong>Cognitive</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> 2<br />

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<strong>PS400</strong> <strong>Cognitive</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> 2 <strong>Answers</strong> (<strong>Ashworth</strong> <strong>College</strong>)<br />

Question<br />

5 / 5 points<br />

1<br />

The term __________ is typically associated with the physiological processes that underlie information intake,<br />

while the term __________ is typically associated with the interpretation and organization of incoming<br />

information.<br />

Question options:<br />

top-down processing; bottom-up processing<br />

bottom-up processing; top-down processing<br />

sensation; perception<br />

perception; sensation<br />

Questio<br />

2 5 / 5 points<br />

n<br />

The study by Vokey and Reed (1988), in which participants were told what to listen for in backwards<br />

messages, showed that participants could hear what they were expecting to hear. However, if they were not<br />

told what to listen for, they picked up on no message. This shows that many subliminal effects may be the<br />

product of:<br />

Question options:<br />

direct perception.<br />

bottom-up processing.<br />

top-down processing.<br />

sensation.<br />

3 5 / 5<br />

Questio<br />

points<br />

n<br />

What is another name for top-down processing?<br />

Question options:<br />

Data-driven processing<br />

Connectionist processing<br />

Neural network processing<br />

Conceptually-driven processing<br />

Questio 4 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

A speech perception effect in which visual information conflicts with auditory signals, changing the perceived<br />

speech sound is called:<br />

Question options:


the averaging effect.<br />

synesthesia.<br />

the ventriloquist effect.<br />

the McGurk effect.<br />

Questio 5 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

The identification of a stimulus with the help of context, previous knowledge, and/or expectations is called:<br />

Question options:<br />

top-down processing.<br />

bottom-up processing.<br />

materialism.<br />

phenomenal consciousness.<br />

Questio 6 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

Ishak, Adolph, and Linn (2008) investigated affordances by looking at the response of __________, and found<br />

the participants to be quite __________ to aperture size.<br />

Question options:<br />

reaching; sensitive<br />

tossing small objects; sensitive<br />

reaching; insensitive<br />

tossing small objects; insensitive<br />

7 5 / 5<br />

points<br />

Questio<br />

n<br />

The phenomenon of blindsight suggests that the visual system has a "where" system concerned with detection<br />

and localization of visual stimuli, and a "what" system concerned with identification of stimuli. People who<br />

exhibit the phenomenon of blindsight are thought to have which of these systems intact?<br />

Question options:<br />

Both "what" and "where" systems are intact<br />

Neither the "what" nor the "where" systems are intact<br />

Only the "what" system is intact<br />

Only the "where" system is intact<br />

Questio 8 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

The sense of subjective awareness of what our mind is currently doing is termed:<br />

Question options:<br />

access consciousness.<br />

phenomenal consciousness.<br />

metacognition.<br />

unconsciousness.<br />

Questio 9 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

In the "dummy hands" study conducted by Pavani, Spence and Driver (2000):<br />

Question options:<br />

touch dominated vision.<br />

reaction time was the independent variable.<br />

dummy hands had an influence even if they were misaligned with the participants' real hands.<br />

participants seem to have experienced an illusory sensation of touch.


Questio<br />

n<br />

Our tendency to group elements together if they are moving in the same direction or at the same speed is<br />

called:<br />

Question options:<br />

closure.<br />

proximity.<br />

synchrony.<br />

common fate.<br />

Questio 11 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

If someone is influenced by something of which they are unaware, this would be an example of:<br />

Question options:<br />

access consciousness in the absence of phenomenal consciousness.<br />

phenomenal consciousness in the absence of access consciousness.<br />

having both access and phenomenal consciousness of an event.<br />

having neither access nor phenomenal consciousness of an event.<br />

Questio<br />

12 5 / 5 points<br />

n<br />

The ability to detect the presence or absence of a stimulus or a change in a stimulus is termed:<br />

Question options:<br />

sensitivity.<br />

response bias.<br />

sensation.<br />

bottom-up processing.<br />

Questio 13 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

Experiences in which input from one sensory system produces an experience not only in that modality but in<br />

another, as well, are called:<br />

Question options:<br />

synesthesia.<br />

synchrony.<br />

modulation.<br />

syncopation.<br />

Questio 14 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

_______ is the identification of a stimulus through the assembly of its component features.<br />

Question options:<br />

Top-down processing<br />

Bottom-up processing<br />

Materialism<br />

Phenomenal consciousness<br />

Questio 15 5 / 5


n points<br />

What is another name for bottom-up processing?<br />

Question options:<br />

Data-driven processing<br />

Connectionist processing<br />

Neural network processing<br />

Conceptually-driven processing<br />

Questio 16 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

Rosenbaum (2005) dubbed the study of __________ as the "Cinderella" of psychology because of its<br />

longstanding neglect among cognitive researchers.<br />

Question options:<br />

perception by blind individuals<br />

sports<br />

motor control<br />

synesthesia<br />

Questio 17 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

_________ refers to the tendency for objects that are near to one another to be grouped.<br />

Question options:<br />

Similarity<br />

Proximity<br />

Closure<br />

Common fate<br />

Questio 18 0 / 5<br />

n points<br />

When using an Ouija board, a person's sense of agency is likely to be __________; when driving an extremely<br />

responsive sports car, a person's sense of agency is likely to be __________.<br />

Question options:<br />

poor; poor<br />

poor; good<br />

good; good<br />

good; poor<br />

Questio 19 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

Schutz and Lipscomb (2007) demonstrated cross-modal perception by investigating people's perception of a<br />

__________ player.<br />

Question options:<br />

marimba<br />

tympani<br />

xylophone<br />

bass drum<br />

Questio 20 5 / 5<br />

n points<br />

Which school of psychology included principles of visual organization in their understanding of psychological<br />

processes?<br />

Question options:<br />

Gestalt<br />

Functionalism<br />

Structuralism<br />

Behaviorism

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