cog psych test review from lab

Studying for an important exam while watching television is not very efficient because it is an example of:

Divided attention

Consider the following gamble. A standard pack of playing cards, including 26 red cards (diamond and hearts) and 26 black cards (spades and clubs), is shuffled, and the card on top is turned face up If red - win $11 If black - lose $9

Expected value theory predicts everyone will accept the gamble - bc it is a net positive Prospect theory predicts everyone should reject, prospect of a loss is greater

Being able to drive a car while you carry on a conversation with a friend in the passenger seat is explained by:

The ability to automize driving and dedicate the majority of your attention to the conversation

Based on the ideas presented in the Visual Search ZAPS lab, which of the following tasks would you expect be the most difficult visual search for someone to complete?

finding the 3 of spades in a deck of 52 cards that vary by suit and number

Psychologists who study problem solving are interested in puzzles and games because:

how people try to achieve goals in puzzles and games is cognitively significant

Which of these would a follower of Gestalt psychology be concerned about the least?

whether a problem is trivial or non trivial

Which of the following scenarios is an example of attentional blink?

A waiter is telling two friends about the day specials when a neighboring table erupts in laughter. The friends ask the waiter to repeat the last few items because their attention was diverted by the sudden loud laughs

Imagine you are a web designer working on an interactive website. You need a symbol to indicate to users that they will start a timed task. Based on the ideas presented in the Stroop Effect ZAPS lab, which of the following symbols would be most effect for this purpose?

Round Go sign that is green

Our attentional systems cope with the overwhelming amount of information that we encounter on a daily basis by engaging in selective attention and by extension the attentional blink

True

Based on the ideas presented in the Stroop Effect ZAPS lab under which of the following conditions do you think participants would be able to most quickly name the color in which the stimuli are written or drawn?

colored blobs