Inattentional blindness is more likely to occur when

A task is difficult and occupying.

Which of the following statements is true according to the dual code hypothesis?

Memory for pictures is better than memory for words.

Which of the following statements is true of the fast neural pathway that transmits pain messages to the brain?

Serve as a warning system, providing immediate information about an injury

Which of the following best defines drug addiction?

It is the physical or psychological dependence, or both, on a drug.

Which of the following would be a good way to help the brain remember information for a presentation the next day?

go to bed early enough to get enough sleep

Which of the following statements best defines critical thinking in psychology?

The process of reflecting deeply, asking questions, and evaluating evidence

In observational learning, retention is the process in which a learner must

encode the information to reproduce a model's actions.

Which of the following best exemplifies a random sample?

A sample that consists of all girls who have been selected arbitrarily

In the context of the chemical senses, which of the following is true of the neural pathway of smell?

It first goes to the olfactory areas in the temporal lobe.

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1
Inattentional blindness is more likely to occur when
Distracting stimulus is similar to the relevant stimuli of the task at hand
The distracting stimulus is below the absolute threshold
A person is colorblind.
A task is difficult and occupying.
2
Which of the following statements is true according to the dual code hypothesis?
Verbal information provides more avenues for retrieval than visual info.
Encoding is more effective when attention is divided.
Memory for pictures is better than memory for words.
Image code is less detailed than verbal code.
3
Information that comes from the ________ determines auditory perceptual ability.
eardrum
auditory nerve
pinnae
cochlea
4
Which of the following is a characteristic of a behavior?
all mental processes
actions that can be observed
any internal feelings
all expressed thoughts
5
A person's knowledge of the English alphabet and multiplication tables is most likely to be stored in their
procedural memory.
semantic memory.
implicit memory.
episodic memory.
6
Which of the following is most likely an example of no awareness or an "unconscious" state of mind?
daydreaming about your upcoming vacation
mapping out the location of your vacation destination
being anesthetized
sleeping
7
Which of the following statements is true of the fast neural pathway that transmits pain messages to the brain?
Transmits information about mild, nagging pain that spreads across the body
It alerts of danger and provides a defensive response.
Pain information travels through the limbic system
Serve as a warning system, providing immediate information about an injury
8
Which of the following best defines drug addiction?
It is the physical or psychological dependence, or both, on a drug.
It is the state where an individual becomes secretive about taking a drug.
Helplessness of an individual with little sense of self-control
Overwhelming levels of stress that are outside of ones control
9
Which part of a research study involves analyzing numbers?
variable
data
replication
operational definition
10
Which part of the memory process is involved in taking in information?
encoding
retrieval
elaboration
retention
11
Which of the following would be a good way to help the brain remember information for a presentation the next day?
walk away from the work and play a video game
stay up all night practicing and trying to memorize it
eat a large snack before going to bed
go to bed early enough to get enough sleep
12
Which of the following statements best defines critical thinking in psychology?
A form of thinking that has been rejected by contemporary psychologists
The process of reflecting deeply, asking questions, and evaluating evidence
The process of accepting observed events as true
A form of thinking intended to create something new and different
13
In observational learning, retention is the process in which a learner must
encode the information to reproduce a model's actions.
withdraw attention from a model's actions.
generalize their conditional response.
use their instincts to resist reinforcers.
14
Which of the following best exemplifies a random sample?
A sample that consists of all men who are specialized in accounting
A sample that consists of all women who are 40 years old
A sample that consists of all boys whose names begin with an "A"
A sample that consists of all girls who have been selected arbitrarily
15
A parent adds a chore to a child’s chore list each time a child fails to do their homework by the set time.
negative reinforcement
positive punishment
negative punishment
positive reinforcement
16
Which neurotransmitter is responsible for the activation of the brain’s reward pathway?
adrenaline
dopamine
GABA
serotonin
17
Repression is an example of
anterograde amnesia.
motivated forgetting.
memory decay.
the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
18
The humanistic approach to psychology emphasizes the role of ________as a determinant of behavior.
free will
proprioception
external rewards
unconscious impulses
19
In the context of the chemical senses, which of the following is true of the neural pathway of smell?
It does not go through the limbic system.
It first goes to the olfactory areas in the temporal lobe.
It is the same as that of other sensory pathways.
It passes through the thalamus.
20
If visual information was processed one piece at a time rather than as a whole picture, it would be called
feature detector.
parallel processing.
binding.
serial processing.

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