Chapter 10

Question 1

How is functional field of view measured

Answer 1

;by means of a targetdetection task in which participants search a briefly presented display for the presence of a target among distractors

Question 2

Kane and Engle showed that high working memory capacity individuals are better able to

Answer 2

;suppress word reading in a Stroop color naming task

Question 3

This suggests that the ability to sustain attention to one task in the face of interference or distraction from another task is

Answer 3

;the key component in the relationship among intelligence working memory capacity and attention

Question 4

functional field of view,

Answer 4

the spatial area in which an individual can perform a given task without making head or eye movements