12 Forgetting

What is the main focus of researchers studying sensation and perception in the provided text?

• The use of ambiguous images

• The study of animal behavior

• The development of new technologies

• The history of art

Provide a psychological definition for the term 'divided attention'.

• The ability to focus on a single task without distraction.

• The ability to process two or more responses or react to two or more different demands simultaneously.

• The ability to remember information over a long period.

• The ability to solve complex problems using logic.

Name the researcher and state the year in which the study on the Cocktail party effect was conducted.

• Broadbent, 1958

• Cherry, 1953

• Treisman, 1964

• Moray, 1959

Explain how the Cocktail party effect findings relate to selective attention.

• It shows that attention is divided equally among all stimuli.

• It demonstrates that attention can be focused on a single conversation despite background noise.

• It indicates that attention is not influenced by external stimuli.

• It proves that attention is always directed towards the loudest sound.

Provide a psychological definition for the term 'divided attention'.

• Focusing on two or more stimuli at the same time

• Focusing on a single task

• Ignoring all external stimuli

• Multitasking with physical activities

Explain how the Cocktail party effect findings relate to selective attention.

• We selectively attend to distinct pieces of information that catch our attention

• We can recall all auditory information simultaneously

• We ignore all auditory stimuli

• We focus on visual stimuli only

Which of the following is a type of forgetting that involves the inability to retrieve information from memory?

• Retrieval failure

• Motivated forgetting

• Decay theory

• Proactive interference

What type of interference occurs when old information hinders the recall of newly learned information?

• Retroactive interference

• Proactive interference

• Motivated forgetting

• Retrieval failure

Which theory suggests that memories fade over time if they are not accessed?

• Decay theory

• Retrieval failure

• Motivated forgetting

• Proactive interference

What is the term for forgetting that occurs because of a conscious or unconscious desire to forget something?

• Motivated forgetting

• Retrieval failure

• Decay theory

• Retroactive interference