Chapter 14 Quiz

The overall level of alertness of an individual is called _______, as distinguished from the process by which we select and focus on one or more stimuli, which is called _______.

vigilance; attention

According to the concept of perceptual load, a large perceptual load

decreases perceptual resources for unattended items.

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

bottom-up

Inhibition of return refers to

impaired detection of stimuli at the previously attended location.

You are looking for your friend at a hockey game. She is easy to find as she is wearing a purple sweater, while everyone else is wearing blue and white. Your behavior is an example of a

Feature search

Which component of an averaged-out ERP waveform is believed to reflect auditory attention?

N1

You feel a splinter in your hand and look down to examine it. Which brain area controls the movement of your eyes toward the object of your attention (the splinter)?

Superior colliculus

The _______ is (are) critically important for establishing gaze in accordance with _______ processes and cognitive goals.

Frontal eye fields; top-down

The so-called _______ problem of consciousness refers to the difficulty of understanding the brain processes that produce a person’s subjective experience.

Hard

Patients with _______ lobe lesions struggle with task shifting and tend to _______ (continue beyond a reasonable degree in any activity).

Frontal; perseverate