PSYB57H3 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Ibm Basic, Hemispatial Neglect
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Answer d: when the message in the unattended channel is simple, people can perform basic processing on this information, leading to later selection. However, a complex message in the unattended channel may be more difficult to process. Answer b: because you are expecting something, it requires resources and hence has a cost attached to it. Answer b: attention basically focuses the attentional spotlight so that a combination of features are perceived as one thing. Answer d: stimuli that carry importance (such as a person"s name) are noticed when in the unattended channel. Answer a: a novice driver will use more resources when talking on a cell phone. The combination of having to perform a less practiced skill while under stress (i. e. , an interview) is a double handicap. In one experiment, participants were repeatedly shown two lines and asked to judge which line was longer. Meanwhile, black dots appeared randomly on the other parts of the screen during each trial.
