Cognitive Psych (3)
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Johnsrude 2013 conducted a replication of Cherry 1953 cocktail party problem experiment. The conditions differed in which there were 3 conditions : Familiar target, familiar masker and baseline. What conclusion was made?

  • Processing auditory information is bottom up. This is due to the participants having the highest level of correct response with familiar target.
  • Processing auditory information is both top down and bottom up.
  • The processing of auditory information is top down. This is due to participants having highest level of correct responses with familiar target. (correct)
  • None of the above

    • Covert attention = Being able to see other things in your peripheral vision when focused on one thing.

    True

    After how many milliseconds does semantic processing occur when a meaningful stimulus is shown?

  • 200
  • 300
  • 400 (correct)
  • 500

    • Treisman's Leaky Filter 1960 states...

    <p>When attention is applied depends on when information reaches its capacity. If it reaches early then attention is applied early on.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Broadbent 1958 states

    <p>There is a parallel input into the sensory register in which attention is applied early in the processing stream.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Deutsch & Deutsch 1967 state

    <p>Everything is processed into the STM, stimuli that is payed attention to is processed at the highest level of degree.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Reception = Photon's physical energy is absorbed in the eyes. Energy hits the retina and interacts with photo receptors.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Hubel & Weisel (1979) from single cell recordings...

    <p>There are simple cells (cells that respond to simple visual features) and complex cells (cells that combine information from lots of cells that have receptive fields close together).</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a type of brain stimulation technique (BST) that is invasive as it places a magnetic field inside the head.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Cognition = All thoughts and experiences that occur within the mind.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In order to isolate brain activity in an FMRI you compare the participants doing the required task to when they are...

    <p>Doing nothing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Define sensory systems being idiosyncratic.

    <p>All people have different eye sights and sensitivity to sounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many neurons is each neuron connected to?

    <p>10000</p> Signup and view all the answers

    It is concluded that MRIs may be able to produce an image of tissues in the brain.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Colour constancy is a top down influence.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do we know about the brain network supporting syntactic processing?

    <p>The network of regions supporting syntactic processing is share for production and comprehension</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which of the following situations that I have found myself in, did pro-active interference play a role? (background knowledge: I learned to drive in mainland Europa, and had to switch the arm on which I wear my watch after a wrist injury).

    <p>All of these</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If an amnesic patient, e.g. a Korsakov patient, reads words from a list presented one at a time, but in mirror reversed text, and then reads the same list again, what result has been found (compared to the results of healthy controls):

    <p>Normal improvement across the list for both lists, but a reduced effect for the repeated presentation of the same items.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the sentence verification task why did participants take longer when identifying cow as a mammal than a cow as an animal?

    <p>This is due to the familiarity effect which is being familiar that cows are animals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Definitions need to be vague in which no necessary & sufficient conditions are needed to label something as a definition.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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