The Ability of Humans to Exert Cognitive Control to Override

question 5

Multiple Choice

The ability of humans to exert cognitive control to override the impulse to orient toward new visual stimuli is referred to as __________.

• A) Top-down processing.
• B) Divided attention.
• C) Bottom-up processing.
• D) Cognitive division.

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory that describes a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy and competition with the same-sex parent.

Projective Tests

Psychological assessments that use ambiguous stimuli, such as inkblots or vague images, to elicit responses that reveal aspects of an individual's personality.

Validity

The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure.

Reliability

The ability of a test to yield nearly the same score when the same people are tested and then retested on the same test or an alternative form of the test.