Quiz: Weekly Quiz

I don’t understand this Psychology question and need help to study.

Question Completion Status:

QUESTION 1

1. Damage to the _______ in humans produces difficulties in suppressing unwanted reorientation of the eyes toward peripheral distracters.

   	A.	Temporoparietal junction
   	B.	LIP
   	C.	Frontal eye field
   	D.	Pulvinar

1 points

QUESTION 2

1. Which question illustrates the binding problem?

   	A.	How does pitch determine a familiar voice?
   	B.	How do we combine perceptions of color, shape, sound, and motion to identify a bird?
   	C.	What makes a tool useful?
   	D.	What brain processes allow us to identify a straight line in space?

1 points

QUESTION 3

1. Currently, the model of attentional selection that is generally considered to have the most robust experimental support is:

   	A.	The early-selection model
   	B.	The late-selection model
   	C.	The early-selection model for humans and the late-selection model for nonhuman species
   	D.	None of the above; debate continues as to the relative strengths of each model

1 points

QUESTION 4

1. The “hard problem of consciousness” refers to the difficulty of understanding:

   	A.	The effects of qualia on the pineal gland
   	B.	The neural correlates of free will and agency
   	C.	The brain processes that result in a person’s unique subjective experience
   	D.	How particular patterns of activity create specific conscious experiences

1 points

QUESTION 5

1. The unconscious shifts in attention that come about in response to important changes in our environment are considered _______ processes.

   	A.	Conceptual shift
   	B.	Top-down
   	C.	Bottom-up
   	D.	Stimulus cuing