Roger and Lydia Met for a Blind Date

question 56

Multiple Choice

Roger and Lydia met for a blind date. Roger had been told by his best friend that Lydia was charismatic and vivacious. During their date Lydia was friendly but she was quite shy and didn't initiate much of the conversation. Still, Roger thinks that Lydia is one of the most exciting people that he has met, and he can't wait to see her again. Roger's reaction to his date with Lydia shows that

• A) unconscious motivation has little impact on overt behaviour.
• B) people's experience of the world is highly subjective.
• C) behaviour is determined by multiple causes.
• D) cultural heritage has a large impact on behaviour.

Explain the stabilizing mechanisms of the perceptual world during voluntary eye movements.

Understand the impact of attention deficits due to brain damage on task performance.

Explain the mechanisms of attention in solving the binding problem.

Describe the implications of dichotic listening tasks for understanding perceptual attention.

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Definitions:

Approach-oriented

A behavioral tendency to move towards positive or desirable outcomes or stimuli rather than avoiding negative ones.

Big Five

A framework describing five major aspects of human personality, which include Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.

Extraversion

A personality trait characterized by sociability, talkativeness, and a high level of engagement with the external world.

Approach Motivation

The driving force that prompts individuals toward positive stimuli or outcomes, as opposed to avoiding negative ones.