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Some researchers explain Capgras Syndrome as:
D) the result of a disconnection between a cognitive appraisal and a sense of familiarity.
Theorists have proposed that working memory is best understood as a system involving multiple components. The activities of this system are controlled by a resource called:
C) the central executive.
How is the effect of word length on memory span in interpreted? In terms of…
D) intentional articulatory rehearsal
A participant is shown a series of stimuli and is asked to name the color of the ink in which the stimuli are printed. The eighth stimulus happens to be printed in green ink. We should expect a relatively slow response if the stimulus happens to be:
C) the word "RED" printed in green
Which of the following is the most effective way to prevent subjects from successfully reporting back letters read to them in a 'memory span test'?
A) Ask them to speak something irrelevant such as "cola-cola-cola" aloud.
The "word-superiority effect" refers to the fact that:
C) it is easier to recognize a letter within the context of a word than it is to recognize a letter presented by itself.
Biederman's Recognition by Components (RBC) model:
A) makes use of geon detectors, which in turn trigger detectors for geon assemblies
Which of the following illustrates the successful operation of selective attention?
C) being able to accurately shadow speech that you focus your attention on
Which of the following techniques is NOT commonly used to study the localization of brain functions?
C) measuring the word superiority effect
Priming based on specific "conscious" expectations about the identity of the upcoming stimulus produces:
C) a benefit for processing if the expectations are correct but slows processing if the expectations are incorrect.
The task of reuniting the various elements of a scene, elements that are initially dealt with by different systems in different parts of the brain is called:
A) Binding problem.
Which of the following statements about "pop out" in Treisman's visual search task is true?
D) Reaction time is largely independent of the number of items in the visual display
In Treisman's theory of feature integration, the feature combination stage:
A) all of the following answers are correct
B) requires attention
C) requires serial processing
D) has limited capacity
Toby and Tim both have lesions in their left frontal lobes. Toby has trouble producing speech; Tim has difficulties comprehending speech. Both Toby and Tim are likely to receive a diagnosis of:
A) aphasia.
Testing patients with a sectioned corpus callosum allows researchers to do what, better than essentially any other technique?
D) Identify the distinct functions of the two hemispheres
Stroop interference indicates that:
D) word reading is automatized
Primary visual cortex (area V1) in the right hemisphere of the brain receives information from:
B) Left visual field
Which of the following techniques uses the BOLD (blood oxygen level dependent) response?
B) fMRI
Which of the following does the Stroop effect convincingly demonstrate (at least, for a person's native language)
D) All of the above (that it is very difficult to avoid naming a word that you see; that it is at least as fast to name a word as to name a color; that saying one color word can interfere with saying another color word)
Which of the following is the "attentional blink" phenomenon?
D) Attention to one stimulus inhibits attention to another stimulus in the same location for 100 ms or so.
Which of the following is true of eye movements:
C) the eyes show saccadic movements when you are reading a book
One important difference between classical behaviorism and cognitive psychology is that cognitive psychology:
B) argues that unobservable mental states can be scientifically studied.
The primary cortical region that first receives visual stimuli is the
D) the occipital lobe
Which of the following is NOT plausibly viewed as a top-down effect in perception?
D) feature popout
The phenomenon in which you perceive a speech sound that belongs in a familiar word, but was actually missing when the word was pronounced, is called:
C) the phonemic restoration effect
You are more likely to cause an auto accident if you are talking on a cell phone while you are driving than if you are not using a cell phone. This is best interpreted in terms of
B) limited capacity
If you try very hard, you probably can reduce the Stroop effect. What part of the brain do you think is most related to this task?
D) Frontal cortex
Some "framing effect" phenomena in decision-making can be explained by assuming that:
B) subjective utility is an S-shaped function of objective value, with the fastest changes in subjective utility occurring at relatively small values of objective gain or loss
As a neuromaging techinque, ERP is characterized by
B. Low spatial and high temporal resolution
What is one way in which a feature net (for recognizing words) can account for the fact that letter strings that follow the spelling patterns of English are recognized faster than letter strings that don't?
A. including bigram detectors as nodes in the net
The recognition of faces:
C. is influenced by configurational factors, suggesting that a model based on feature detection will provide a poor explanation of face recognition

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