The cocktail party effect provides an example of:

Related Mcqs:

1. The cocktail party effect provides an example of:

   A. selective attention
   B. the phi phenomenon
   C. stroboscopic movement
   D. perceptual constancy

2. The tilt illusion, the luminance contrast effect and the color illusion are examples of what type of contrast effect?

   A. Before-effects
   B. After-effects
   C. Waterfall illusions
   D. Perceptual illusions

3. The visually perceived distance between ourselves and an object provides an important cue for our perception of the object’s:

   A. motion
   B. size
   C. color
   D. brightness

4. The part of personality that provides a buffer between the id and the out side world is __________?

   A. Super-ego
   B. Ego
   C. Ego-ideal
   D. None of these

5. The finding that people who sleep after learning a list of nonsense syllables forget less than people who stay awake provides evidence that forgetting may involve _________________?

   A. encoding failure
   B. repression
   C. implicit memory loss
   D. interference

6. Which test of memory typically provides the fewest retrieval cues?

   A. recognition
   B. recall
   C. relearning
   D. rehearsal

7. Research on the effects of playing violent video games most clearly provides evidence that disconfirms the:

   A. mere exposure effect
   B. catharsis hypothesis
   C. frustration- aggression principle
   D. cognitive dissonance theory

8. Which TWO of the following statements are true of blocking?
   1: The phenomenon of blocking provides an interesting and much-studied instance of failure to learn, in spite of contiguous presentations of the CS and the US
   2: In a blocking experiment, animals receive training with what is termed a compound CS (Phase 2)
   3: The experimental group has first received a phase of training in which the US alone is conditioned (Phase 1)
   4: The experimental groups shows no (or very little evidence of learning about the CS that is presented in Phase 1

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 3 & 4
   D. 1 & 3

9. The learner needs to be stimulated. It is the teacher who provides the kind of stimulation that will enable the child to become an active:

   A. Learner
   B. Leader
   C. Superior
   D. Educationist

10. Which of the following scans provides information on both the structure and function of the brain?

    A. EEG
    B. CAT
    C. MRI
    D. PET