Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience

E. Bruce Goldstein

Chapter 4 Attention - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

Describe the following evidence that attention is sometimes necessary for perception: inattentional blindness experiment; "basketball" experiment; change detection experiments.

Leonardo Filgueiras

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01:09

Problem 2

Why can we say that we don't need to be aware of all of the details of what is happening around us?

Emily Himsel

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01:54

Problem 3

Describe Li's experiment that considers what information we can take in about unattended stimuli

Lucija Velican

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03:15

Problem 4

What is binding, and why is it necessary? What is the binding problem?

Shahina -

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02:42

Problem 5

Describe Treisman's feature integration theory. What does the theory seek to explain about perceiving objects? What are the stages of the theory, and at what point does attention become involved?

Prashant Bana

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02:42

What are illusory conjunctions, and what do they demonstrate about feature analysis? How have illusory conjunction experiments supported the role of attention in feature analysis? How do experiments with Balint's syndrome patients support feature integration theory?

Prashant Bana

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00:20

Problem 7

What is a feature search? A conjunction search? Which type of search did the Balint's patient find difficult? What does that tell us about the role of attention in feature integration?

Joanna Quigley

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03:45

Problem 8

Describe the following physiological research that demonstrates how attention is "taking possession by the brain": Datta and DeYoe experiment; O'Craven and coworkers experiment.

Alexander Burbelo

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