A. our attention depends on different motor system
B. we use selective attention
C. we use divided attention
D. we use sequential attention
Related Mcqs:
- The fact that we can walk and chew gum at the same time illustrates that:
A. our attention depends on different motor systems
B. we use selective attention
C. we use divided attention
D. we use sequential attention - In a weight-reduction experiment, an overweight individual was given what the researcher called a new type of diet pill that would help curb the desire to eat in fact. the pill really contained powdered milk, but ever since the individual started taking the diet pill, he has reported that his desire to eat has decreased. This illustrates the:
A. curvilinear relationship
B. effect of extraneous variables
C. natural experiment
D. placebo effect - Farida was informed by a professional palm reader. “You generally communicate openly with others, but you have certain dark secrets that even your closest friends could never guess.” The fact that Farida was impressed by the palm reader’s insight into her personality best illustrates:
A. the Barnum effect
B. the spotlight effect
C. the self-reference phenomenon
D. unconditional positive regard - A police officer is a tense and possibly dangerous situation may “see” a hammer in a man’s hand as a gun. This mistake could be attributed to the officer’s __________________?
A. perceptual set
B. selective viewing
C. Stroop interference
D. frame illusion - Experiments with children have suggested that the point at which a child begins to walk is primarily a function of ______________?
A. learning
B. environment
C. modeling
D. maturation - Gibson and Walk used a ‘visual cliff’ experiment to study ______________?
A. figure-ground discrimination
B. depth perception
C. feature detection
D. signal detection theory - You walk into a dark movie theater wearing a white shirt, and notice that the shirt now looks gray. However, you know that the shirt is still white because of _________________?
A. size constancy
B. brightness constancy
C. linear perspective
D. texture gradient - Which TWO of the following statements are true of parsing?
1.Psycholinguistics has been especially concerned with how people parse sentences- that is, how they break them down into their correct phonological structures.
2.Parsing has to be done because otherwise, it would be impossible to interpret a sentence to all.
3.The difficulty in understanding some sentences can be ascribed to an initial misinterpretation ; this is called a ‘country walk’.
4.Misparsing a sentence can result in failure in comprehension at all levels.A. 1 & 2
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 4
D. 3 & 4 - Because she was listening to the news on the radio, Mrs. Salim didn’t perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates:
A. Perceptual adaptation
B. Relative clarity
C. Change blindness
D. The cocktail party effect - Jamil’s horse looks just as black in the brilliant sunlight as it does in the dim light of the stable. This illustrates what is known as:
A. Perceptual adaptation
B. The phi phenomenon
C. Perceptual set
D. Lightness constancy
