Author Question: A research subject is asked to find all the capital letters in a page of text from a novel. The ... (Read 28 times)

jlmhmf · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

A research subject is asked to find all the capital letters in a page of text from a novel. The subject begins the search by looking at the beginning of every sentence.

This situation illustrates the influence of which of the following on visual search?
a) Top-down processin
b) Automatic processing
c) Vigilance
d) Priming

Question 2

A news story gave the details of an NFL press conference after a playoff game in which one team was later found to have used underinflated footballs, in violation of the rules.

Which of the following sentences from the story is most likely to be remembered verbatim?
a) When asked about the game, Andrew Luck quipped that he felt deflated after his team's loss
b) The incident has spurred an ongoing NFL investigation of who is responsible for deflating the footballs.
c) Children whose parents stay single have increased levels of social capital because they lose connections in the divorce.
d) Children whose parents remarry have increased levels of social capital because of additional family members.