PSY 0494 Week 5 Quiz

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PSY 0494-01 Cognitive Psychology 

Question 1

When it comes to shadowing an audio stream, people's accuracy is usually how high after a couple minutes of practice?

Select one:

 a. About 60%

 b. About 45%

 c. About 80%

 d. About 100% 

Question 2

When it comes to multitasking, which the following combinations of tasks are likely to result in the least impairment to performance?

Select one:

 a.Humans cannot actually multitask and the ability to do so is actually an illusion. 

 b.Tasks that require similar modalities.

 c.Tasks that require completely different modalities.

 d.Any tasks so long as one is using a smartphone.

Question 3

Which of the following is a method used to study selective attention?

Select one:

 a. Dichotic Listening Tasks 

 b. Intergroup Contact Tasks

 c. Tachistoscopic Tasks

 d. Spatial Rotation Tasks

Question 4

Please determine if the following statement is true or false: "The most common reason for inattentional blindness is that participants are not looking where they were told to."

Select one:

 a. False

 b. True 

Question 5

When it comes to selective attention, which of the following hypothesis is used to explain the phenomenon?

Select one:

 a. The Early Selection Hypothesis

 b. The Late Selection Hypothesis 

 c. Neither are used to explain findings of selective attention.

 d. Both can be used to explain findings of selective attention.