113 which of the following is not an important

113. Which of the following is not an important characteristic of attention?
a. It improves mental processing.
b. It requires selection of stimuli.
c. Attention takes effort.
d. Attentional resources are limited.

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ANS: B
OBJ: 4.9
REF: Chapter 4: 4.9 Attention
KEY: Comprehension
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114. Which of the following statements about attention is not true?
a. High-contrast stimuli tend to attract attention.
b. It is possible to divide attention between two ongoing tasks.
c. The focus of attention is determined in part by motivation.
d. There are no limitations on the capacity to divide attention.
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ANS: D
OBJ: 4.9
REF: Chapter 4: 4.9 Attention
KEY: Knowledge
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115. Which of the following statements about divided attention is false?

a. It is possible to perform two effortful tasks simultaneously, as long as each taps into the same at-
tentional resources.
b. Attention can’t be divided beyond a certain point without a loss in performance.
c. If you try to spread your attention over too many tasks, you run out of attention.
d. When one task becomes automatic, it is usually easy to do something else at the same time.
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ANS: A
OBJ: 4.9
REF: Chapter 4: 4.9 Attention
KEY: Comprehension
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<question type="mc">
116. Participants in an experiment are asked to look at pictures of driving scenes taken from the
driver’s point of view. When the scenes are changed, participants can easily detect some small
changes, such as wording on a traffic sign. However, they often miss large irrelevant changes such as a
disappearing building. This is because of
a. inattentional blindness.
b. divided attention.
c. Alzheimer’s disease.
d. parallel processing.
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ANS: A
OBJ: 4.9

REF: Chapter 4: 4.9 Attention
KEY: Comprehension
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<question type="mc">
117. As Elvis was performing a concert for the Blondes of America convention, he was immediately
able to spot his wife in the audience because she had very dark hair. Elvis’ search for his wife probably
involved ___________ processing.
a. instantaneous
b. parallel
c. superficial
d. serial
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ANS: B
OBJ: 4.9
REF: Chapter 4: 4.9 Attention
KEY: Application
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Essay Problem
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Assignment Title: Test bank
Author: Bernstein et al.
Print ISBN: 9780170386302

Title: Psychology
eBooks 13 digit ISBN: 9780170398732
Chapter/Section Name: Sensation and perception
Chapter/Section Number: 4
Content Development Contact: Natalie Orr
Content Creator Name: Bernstein et al.
Creation Date: 14/07/2017
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<question type="essay">
1. Many depth cues are used by artists to show distance in their paintings. Choose four of the many
depth cues described in your text and discuss how they can affect depth perception.
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ANS:
a. Interposition is a depth cue in which closer objects block one’s view of things further away.
b. Gradient of texture is a graduated change in the texture of a visual field; as texture changes across
the retinal image, people perceive changes in distance. Finer-textured things are perceived as more
distant and grainier-textured things are perceived as closer.