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1.Easy

Which method records the brain's electrical activity through electrodes on the scalp and has excellent temporal resolution?

  1. ACT
  2. BEEG
  3. CPET
  4. DfMRI
2.Easy

Generating many different possible uses for a brick is an example of:

  1. AFunctional fixedness
  2. BDeductive reasoning
  3. CDivergent thinking
  4. DConvergent thinking
3.Easy

Selective attention is best illustrated by:

  1. AFollowing one conversation at a noisy party
  2. BRecognising a face you have seen before
  3. CRemembering a phone number for a few seconds
  4. DSolving an arithmetic problem
4.Medium

Broadbent's filter model of attention proposes that unattended messages are:

  1. AFully analysed for meaning and then quickly forgotten
  2. BBlocked by physical features before meaning is analysed
  3. CWeakened but still analysed for important meanings, such as names
  4. DProcessed at the same level as the attended message
5.Medium

According to the levels-of-processing approach, which task leads to the best recall of words?

  1. ADeciding whether each word rhymes with "cat"
  2. BDeciding whether each word fits into a sentence
  3. CCounting the letters in each word
  4. DDeciding whether each word is in capital letters
6.Medium

Which feature is typical of an automatic process, such as reading a familiar word?

  1. AIt is fast and hard to stop once started
  2. BIt is easily disrupted by a second task
  3. CIt can only be done slowly, one step at a time
  4. DIt needs a lot of conscious effort
7.Hard

Evidence that short-term and long-term memory are separate stores comes from patients who:

  1. AHave impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern
  2. BRemember everything equally well
  3. CLose all memories after a mild headache
  4. DShow the same recall for all list positions
8.Hard

H.M. practised mirror drawing over several days. His performance improved steadily, yet each day he said he had never done the task before. What does this show?

  1. AHis improvement came from rehearsal in short-term memory
  2. BMirror drawing depends mainly on the hippocampus
  3. CH.M. was only pretending not to remember the sessions
  4. DSkills can be learned without remembering the practice

Answer key

  1. 1. B · EEG
  2. 2. C · Divergent thinking
  3. 3. A · Following one conversation at a noisy party
  4. 4. B · Blocked by physical features before meaning is analysed
  5. 5. B · Deciding whether each word fits into a sentence
  6. 6. A · It is fast and hard to stop once started
  7. 7. A · Have impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern
  8. 8. D · Skills can be learned without remembering the practice

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