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| what are two criticisms of the computer model? |
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circularity problem : studying something based off the mind to study the mind
CPU has no self awareness |
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| what are the characteristics of the sensory register? |
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information has no meaning (pre-conscious, no awareness)
short duration
large (compared to STM)
each modality has own SR (five senses)
pre-categorical |
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| what are the necessary qualities of pattern recognition? |
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flexibility
speed
accuracy
decision mechanism |
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| what is the decision mechanism for TEMPLATE THEORY? |
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| LTM search for perfect match |
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what is the decision mechanism for PROTOTYPE THEORY?
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| what is the decision mechanism for ANALYSIS BY SYNTHESIS (FEATURE THEORY)? |
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| greatest number of overlapping features |
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what is the decision mechanism for GEON THEORY?
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| certain geons have particular relationship, way shapes/geons correspond to one another |
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| what directs attention according to the Broadband Switch Model? |
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physical properties of the stimulus (not controlled by meaning)
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| Does unattended information impact behavior according to the Broadbent Switch Theory? |
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| No unconscious influence should occur because there is no meaningful info to cause the effect. With the Moray study, sometimes people detect info on what should be unattended channel (evidence against Switch) |
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what directs attention according to the Treisman Attenuator Model?
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| Not all or nothing, a gradient like volume. More than one input can be processed at a time. Attention filters incoming sensory info but can be allocated to more than one channel. |
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Does unattended information impact behavior according to the Treisman Attenuator Model?
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| No, unattended information is just gone. Treisman is an early selection theory. |
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Which theories show unattended information just disappearing, or having no influence?
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| Kahnman/Henik studied showed what? |
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reading not always automatic
early selection? Select object before reading word, thats why there was no interference with the name of the color and the color itself. |
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