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PSY1101 CHAPTER 3 MCQ EXAM QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
1. The school of thought in psychology that turned away from the study of
consciousness during the first half of the last century was
a) behaviourism.
b) psychoanalysis.
c) humanistic psychology.
d) evolutionary psychology. - ANSWER A
2. Since 1960, psychology has regained an interest in consciousness as
psychologists of all persuasions began affirming the importance of
a) evolutionary psychology.
b) choice blindness.
c) neuroscience.
d) cognition. - ANSWER D
3. Consciousness is defined as
a) the ability to solve problems, reason, and remember.
b) the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.
c) effortless processing of incidental information into memory.
d) our awareness of ourselves and our environment. - ANSWER D
4. Attention to her long-term educational goals enables Alicia to avoid
thoughtlessly overindulging her immediate pleasure-seeking impulses. This best
illustrates the adaptive value of
a) change blindness.
,b) consciousness.
c) the cocktail party effect.
d) the popout phenomenon. - ANSWER B
5. The interdisciplinary study of the linkages between brain activity and mental
processes is known as
a) evolutionary psychology.
b) neurology.
c) behaviorism.
d) cognitive neuroscience. - ANSWER D
6. Which specialty area would be most interested in identifying the brain-wave
patterns associated with a person's conscious recognition of familiar faces or
voices?
a) evolutionary psychology
b) cognitive neuroscience
c) behavior genetics
d) behaviorism - ANSWER B
7. Some neuroscientists believe that conscious experience arises from
a) parallel processing.
b) inattentional blindness.
c) the popout phenomenon.
d) synchronized activity across the brain. - ANSWER D
8. We know more than we know we know thanks to our capacity for
a) sequential processing.
b) consciousness.
,c) change blindness.
d) dual processing. - ANSWER D
9. The simultaneous processing of information at both conscious and unconscious
levels is called
a) the cocktail party effect.
b) the popout phenomenon.
c) dual processing.
d) selective attention. - ANSWER C
10. June's correct solution of a novel arithmetic problem was simultaneously
facilitated by unconscious inferences and the conscious application of mathematical
principles. This best illustrates the value of
a) the popout phenomenon.
b) a biopsychological approach.
c) dual processing.
d) behaviorism. - ANSWER C
11. Although we may be unaware of our gender prejudices, they often influence the
way we consciously perceive men and women. This best illustrates
a) blindsight.
b) dual processing.
c) the popout phenomenon.
d) the cocktail party effect. - ANSWER B
12. Although many experienced drivers cannot accurately explain how they do it,
most know how to turn successfully from a left to a right lane of traffic. This best
illustrates the value of
a) sequential processing.
, b) blindsight.
c) choice blindness.
d) unconscious processing. - ANSWER D
13. A condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without
consciously experiencing it is known as
a) the cocktail party effect.
b) change blindness.
c) choice blindness.
d) blindsight. - ANSWER D
14. Although unable to report the width of a block in front of her, a woman
identified as D. F. could grasp the block with just the right finger-thumb distance.
Her experience best illustrates
a) blindsight.
b) the cocktail party effect.
c) selective attention.
d) the popout phenomenon. - ANSWER A
15. A visual perception track enables most people to recognize objects at nearly the
same time that a visual action track enables them to avoid bumping into the objects.
This best illustrates
a) sequential processing.
b) change blindness.
c) dual processing.
d) blindsight. - ANSWER C
16. Adding two large numbers together by consciously focusing on and solving
each subcomponent of the task in serial order best illustrates
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