PSYC 100 (A) QUIZZES AND CHAPTER QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
A person with ______ blindness might report that they cannot see anything even though the
structures of their eyes are undamaged and work perfectly. - ANSWER cortical
Leif is displaying symptoms such that they can analyze and respond to visual events, but they
have no conscious awareness of seeing the relevant stimuli. What is Leif likely experiencing? -
ANSWER blindsight
Toni brags to you that they text while driving, and have never gotten into an accident. Rather
than believing it is luck that has kept Toni safe, Toni tells you that it is because they are truly
able to perform cognitive tasks like texting without impairing their driving performance. If
this is true, they share in this ability with what approximate percentage of the population? -
ANSWER 2%
Lilly tells Evan that he is going to really hate the dinner that their mom made. Using what you
know from PSYC100, which of the following is likely most true? - ANSWER Evan's expectations
will influence his perception
Your friend Jennifer always complains that wherever she is, she hears her name being spoken.
You tell her that you know why this is! It is called the_____ - ANSWER Cocktail Party Effect
When she was 14, Jessica won the city math championship. Thirty years later, she remembers
,shaking hands with her opponent and lifting the trophy. These are ______memories. - ANSWER
episodic
A full university course load requires you to cover a lot of content in detail. Even when they
report wanting to learn all of the content, students do not spend all their time in "high
awareness". Why? - ANSWER It uses too much mental effort
The correct order of the major processes of memory is: - ANSWER encoding, storage, and
retrieval
When Andy was a child, they got separated from their mother in a grocery store, but they
were reunited after 2 minutes and all was well. Now, as an adult, Andy mis-remembers the
event as having been a ten-minute separation, during which time store security intervened.
This may be an example of the ______effect. - ANSWER misinformation
Think back to the outfit that your grade 10 homeroom teacher wore to school on your first
day of grade 10. What were they wearing? If you're like most people, you don't have any idea
what the answer is. Why? - ANSWER You did not encode the information
A peculiar condition called ______ is demonstrated when a person can analyze and respond to
visual events even though they have no conscious awareness of having seen the stimuli. -
ANSWER blindsight
Which brain structure seems to be intimately involved in our ability to store memories of the
events that we experience each day? - ANSWER the hippocampus
, Which of the following best characterizes decision-making? - ANSWER Decisions can be made
through both conscious and unconscious information processing.
A moment of ______ is an essential ingredient to conscious experiences, and might be
described as a period of focused attention and alertness. - ANSWER awareness
Which of the following is true about cues? - ANSWER Cues are significant to the perceiver
Which of the following is a cost of low awareness? - ANSWER It can be influenced by subtle
factors
Jet lag is caused by ______. - ANSWER disruptions in circadian rhythms
Why don't people spend all their time in "high awareness"? - ANSWER It uses too much
mental effort
Stimulants are highly addictive because ______. - ANSWER as their effects wear off the brain
craves the buildup of dopamine
People who are warned that they are about to taste something bad rate what they do taste
more negatively than people who are told that the taste won't be so bad (Nitschke et al.,
2006), and people perceive a child and adult pair as looking more alike when they are told
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
A person with ______ blindness might report that they cannot see anything even though the
structures of their eyes are undamaged and work perfectly. - ANSWER cortical
Leif is displaying symptoms such that they can analyze and respond to visual events, but they
have no conscious awareness of seeing the relevant stimuli. What is Leif likely experiencing? -
ANSWER blindsight
Toni brags to you that they text while driving, and have never gotten into an accident. Rather
than believing it is luck that has kept Toni safe, Toni tells you that it is because they are truly
able to perform cognitive tasks like texting without impairing their driving performance. If
this is true, they share in this ability with what approximate percentage of the population? -
ANSWER 2%
Lilly tells Evan that he is going to really hate the dinner that their mom made. Using what you
know from PSYC100, which of the following is likely most true? - ANSWER Evan's expectations
will influence his perception
Your friend Jennifer always complains that wherever she is, she hears her name being spoken.
You tell her that you know why this is! It is called the_____ - ANSWER Cocktail Party Effect
When she was 14, Jessica won the city math championship. Thirty years later, she remembers
,shaking hands with her opponent and lifting the trophy. These are ______memories. - ANSWER
episodic
A full university course load requires you to cover a lot of content in detail. Even when they
report wanting to learn all of the content, students do not spend all their time in "high
awareness". Why? - ANSWER It uses too much mental effort
The correct order of the major processes of memory is: - ANSWER encoding, storage, and
retrieval
When Andy was a child, they got separated from their mother in a grocery store, but they
were reunited after 2 minutes and all was well. Now, as an adult, Andy mis-remembers the
event as having been a ten-minute separation, during which time store security intervened.
This may be an example of the ______effect. - ANSWER misinformation
Think back to the outfit that your grade 10 homeroom teacher wore to school on your first
day of grade 10. What were they wearing? If you're like most people, you don't have any idea
what the answer is. Why? - ANSWER You did not encode the information
A peculiar condition called ______ is demonstrated when a person can analyze and respond to
visual events even though they have no conscious awareness of having seen the stimuli. -
ANSWER blindsight
Which brain structure seems to be intimately involved in our ability to store memories of the
events that we experience each day? - ANSWER the hippocampus
, Which of the following best characterizes decision-making? - ANSWER Decisions can be made
through both conscious and unconscious information processing.
A moment of ______ is an essential ingredient to conscious experiences, and might be
described as a period of focused attention and alertness. - ANSWER awareness
Which of the following is true about cues? - ANSWER Cues are significant to the perceiver
Which of the following is a cost of low awareness? - ANSWER It can be influenced by subtle
factors
Jet lag is caused by ______. - ANSWER disruptions in circadian rhythms
Why don't people spend all their time in "high awareness"? - ANSWER It uses too much
mental effort
Stimulants are highly addictive because ______. - ANSWER as their effects wear off the brain
craves the buildup of dopamine
People who are warned that they are about to taste something bad rate what they do taste
more negatively than people who are told that the taste won't be so bad (Nitschke et al.,
2006), and people perceive a child and adult pair as looking more alike when they are told
