Lesson 3.1.2.6.2
3.1.2.6.2 Gilchrist and Nesberg study of motivation Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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What psychological factor did the Gilchrist and Nesberg study examine in relation to perception?
- Age
- Motivation
- Gender
- Intelligence
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Which perceptual factor was specifically tested using food deprivation in the Gilchrist and Nesberg study?
- Motivation
- Emotion
- Culture
- Expectation
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What factor affecting perception was investigated by the Gilchrist and Nesberg study?
- Expectation
- Culture
- Emotion
- Motivation
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How does physiological need prepare a person to perceive relevant stimuli?
- Neural pruning
- Memory decay
- Sensory overload
- Perceptual set
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Which psychological factor did Gilchrist and Nesberg investigate regarding its effect on perception?
- Emotion
- Culture
- Motivation
- Expectation
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What cognitive process is shown by the Gilchrist and Nesberg study to be directly influenced by needs?
- Perception
- Reflex actions
- Long-term forgetting
- Phonemic stutter
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Why might a hungry person interpret an ambiguous visual shape as food?
- Visual fatigue
- Anxiety
- Motivation
- Amnesia
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What is a main limitation of using lab studies like Gilchrist and Nesberg's?
- Small sample
- No control
- Artificial stimuli
- Field setting
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Which factor from the AQA specification is tested by the Gilchrist and Nesberg study?
- Emotion
- Motivation
- Expectation
- Culture
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Which psychological factor makes a food image appear brighter to a hungry person?
- Accommodation
- Conservation
- Motivation
- Egocentrism
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What did Gilchrist and Nesberg's study demonstrate about human perception?
- Emotions stop vision
- Age dictates depth
- Needs affect perception
- Culture blinds us
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What result would contradict the theory that motivation affects perception?
- Mixed errors
- Faster detection
- Identical responses
- Slower reaction
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What is a primary advantage of having a perceptual set in everyday life?
- Total accuracy
- Slow thinking
- Quick recognition
- Zero bias
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What was the core focus of the Gilchrist and Nesberg investigation?
- Food deprivation
- Dark adaptation
- Colour blindness
- Depth cues
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A shift in perception based on current biological needs demonstrates which study?
- Bruner and Minturn
- Gilchrist and Nesberg
- McGarrigle and Donaldson
- Piaget and Inhelder
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Which two perceptual factors both act by biasing a person's readiness to see stimuli?
- Reflexes and hormones
- Motivation and emotion
- Sensation and memory
- Culture and age
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Why is the Gilchrist and Nesberg study relevant to the AQA psychology specification?
- Proves stage theory
- Examines infancy
- Tests motivation
- Measures IQ
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Why is motivation classed as a factor that affects human perception?
- It alters anatomy
- It damages retinas
- It stops memory
- Needs alter attention
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What must a researcher compare when testing the Gilchrist and Nesberg hypothesis?
- Old versus young
- Blind versus sighted
- Deprived versus fed
- Male versus female
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Which scenario is a classic real-life example of motivation affecting perception?
- Hungry driver
- Tired reader
- Anxious student
- Happy runner
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