2240 Action Prep, Attention And Memory
Lectures including: - Action Preparation - Attention - Memory
- 1.The most correct definition of Reaction Time is:
- A.
An index of preparation required to produce action
- B.
A common measure indicating how long it takes a person to preapre and initiate a movement
- C.
How fast a person is able to react to a stimulus
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A) & b)
- F.
A) & c)
- 2.A reaction time situation that has one signal and one response is considered:
- A.
Simple RT
- B.
Choice RT
- C.
Discrimination RT
- D.
Easy RT
- 3.The gun going off in a 100m race is defined as a:
- A.
Warning Signal
- B.
Foreperiod
- C.
Go Signal
- D.
Start Signal
- 4.Response Time is defined as:
- A.
The interval of time between the onset of a signal (stimulus) and the initiation of a response
- B.
The interval of time between the initiation of a movement and the completion of the movement
- C.
The time interval from the onset of a signal (stimulus) to the completion of a response
- D.
The time interval between the warning signal and the go signal (stimulus)
- 5.With EMG it is possible to fractionate RT into two components. Which of those components is defined as: the period from the increase in muscle activity until the actual limb movement.
- A.
Foreperiod
- B.
Pre-motor
- C.
Response Time
- D.
Motor Time
- 6.Which of the following orders of the Information Processing Model is correct:
- A.
INPUT - Response Selection, Response Programming, Stimulus Identification - OUTPUT
- B.
INPUT - Response Programming, Response Selection, Stimulus Identification - OUTPUT
- C.
INPUT - Stimulus Identification, Response Programming, Response Selection - OUTPUT
- D.
INPUT - Stimulus Identification, Response Selection, Response Programming - OUTPUT
- 7.A pitcher in baseball (who has many deliveries to choose from) predominantly slows a batsmens action preparation at what stage of information processing:
- A.
Stimulus Identification
- B.
Response Programming
- C.
Response Selection
- D.
Initiation of Response
- 8.Which of the following statements regarding Stimulus Identification is FALSE:
- A.
The individual analyses the environment (from vision, touch etc.)
- B.
Important things taken into account include object speed, direction, if it is moving at all etc.
- C.
Detection of movement pattern
- D.
The decision of what, if any, response should be made
- 9.Which of the following statements is FALSE:
- A.
RT will decrease when the stimulus is more predictable
- B.
RT will increase when the foreperiod has a higher regularity
- C.
RT will increase logarithmically as the number of stimulus response choices increases
- D.
The more complex the movement, the greater the RT
- 10.Which of the following is not a Task or Situational Characteristic that influences RT preparation?
- A.
The number of response choices
- B.
The influence of the probability of pre-cue correctness
- C.
The repetition of the movement
- D.
The length of the stimulus
- 11.All of the following occur in the preparation stage of action except for:
- A.
Postural organisation
- B.
Limb performance characteristics
- C.
Object control characteristics
- D.
Spatial coding
- E.
They all occur during preparation
- F.
C) & d)
- 12.The psychological refactory period describes:
- A.
The period of time between the onset of a stimulus and the initiation of a planned action
- B.
A delay during which a person seems to put a planned action on hold while executing a previously initiated action
- C.
The time it takes for a person to recognise a 'fake' or 'bluff' and then perform the correct response to the final stimulus
- D.
The physical relationship between the stimulus and the response ie. the stroop effect
- 13.Which if the following statements about Attention is incorrect:
- A.
Preparation for and performance of perceptual-motor skills are influenced by our limited capacity to select and attend to information
- B.
Attnetion refers to the engagement in the perceptual, cognitive and motor activities associated with performing skills
- C.
One of the issues with attention capacity is when there is a simultaneous performance of multiple activities
- D.
Each individual has an unlimited attention capacity
- 14.The Filter Theory (otherwise known as the bottleneck theory):
- A.
Proposed that attention limits were the result of the limited availability of resources
- B.
Proposed that a person has difficulty doing many things at one time
- C.
Propose there is one central source of attention resource for which all activities requiring attention compete
- D.
Contends we have several attention mechanisms with limited resources
- 15.Kahneman's Model of attention shows that people display the greatest amount of attention when they have:
- A.
High Arousal
- B.
Low Arousal
- C.
Medium Arousal
- D.
One simple task to focus on
- E.
A complex task to focus on
- F.
Many tasks to supply attention to
- 16.When it comes to assessing Attention Demands and focussing Attention, which of the following states is FALSE:
- A.
Width indicated focus to be large or small
- B.
Direction indicates attention of focus to be internal or external
- C.
Primary Task is the task of interest
- D.
Secondary task performance is the basis to make influences about the attention demands of the primary task
- 17.When a person performs a skill or engages in certain information-processing activities without requiring attention resources, this is known as..
- A.
Attention Deficiency
- B.
Lack of Attention
- C.
Motor Skill Proficiency
- D.
Automacity
- 18.Three procedures are used to investige Visual Selective Attention. Which of the following is not one of these:
- A.
Temporal occlusion of video/film
- B.
Spatial or event occlusion of video/film
- C.
Specific surveys given to novices and experts, asking questions about attention and visual components of the skill
- D.
Eye-movement recordings
- 19.What is the difference between performance and learning?
- A.
Performance is an observable behaviour while learning is a change (usually an improvement) in motor skill proficiency
- B.
Performance is the execution of a movement whilst learning is a change in motor performance
- C.
Performance is the level of skill proficiency a person has, whereas learning is how that person came to having that level of proficiency
- D.
Performance is greater in experts (when compared with novices) whereas novices have great levels of learning in comparison to experts
- 20.What are the tow different structures of Memory?
- 21.Short term (working) memory deals with which of the following functions and attention processes (pick more than one):
- A.
Decision making
- B.
Protecting memory from loss
- C.
Knowledge of "how to do" something eg. procedural
- D.
General (factual knowledge)
- E.
Problem solving
- F.
Movement production and evaluation
- G.
Store past memories
- 22.What is the general capacity for short term memory (in items):
- A.
5 (-+2)
- B.
7 (-+2)
- C.
9 (-+2)
- D.
8 (-+2)
- 23.The technique for memory that groups items into larger collections (ie. letters into words) is known as:
- A.
Grouping
- B.
Tasking
- C.
Chunking
- D.
Associating
- 24.____________ Memory has a limited capacity, relatively short duration, temporary storage, processing for transfer of Memory to the ________ Memory, and is a temporary workspace.
- A.
Short-term Memory, Working Memory
- B.
Working Memory, Long-term Memory
- C.
Long-term Memory, Working Memory
- D.
Long-term Memory, Short-term Memory
- 25.Procedural Memory (how to do something), Semantic Memory (general knowledge) and Episodic Memory (consiously re-experiencing past memories) are all systems of which form of memory:
- A.
Working Memory
- B.
Short-term Memory
- C.
Long-term Memory
- D.
Phonological Memory
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