Review Final Exam BMB - Part 1

What best defines selective attention?

• Ignoring all stimuli

• Focusing on one source of information while excluding others

• Switching attention rapidly between tasks

• Responding automatically without awareness

Which task is MOST likely to require controlled attention?

• Blinking

• Catching a falling glass

• Solving a complex math problem

• Flinching at a loud noise

Which model suggests that all unattended messages are filtered out at an early stage?

• Attenuation Model

• Late Selection Model

• Load Theory

• Broadbent's Filter Model

The ability to maintain attention for infrequent events over long periods is called:

• Spotlight attention

• Divided attention

• Vigilance

• Reflex attention

Which phenomenon refers to a failure to notice a fully visible object due to attention being directed elsewhere?

• Change blindness

• Inattentional blindness

• Stroop effect

• Dichotic listening

Which experiment demonstrated that people sometimes detect their name in the unattended ear?

• Cherry's shadowing

• Stroop effect

• Treisman's attenuation

• Moray's dichotic listening

Which of the following is NOT part of input attention?

• Spotlight attention

• Selective attention

• Orienting reflex

• Alertness

What does the Stroop effect demonstrate?

• Automatic processing is slower than conscious processing

• Emotional stimuli are easier to ignore

• Reading is an automatic process that interferes with task-relevant processing

• Color vision overrides word recognition

Which concept explains how a cue helps people respond faster to stimuli?

• Attenuation

• Reflex response

• Spotlight attention

• Filtering

Which of the following is an example of implicit processing?

• Solving a crossword puzzle

• Answering an interview question

• Tying your shoes while thinking

• Taking a driving test