InstructionsYou are driving along a road when a deer-crossing sign catches your eye. When you look back to the road, you notice the brake lights of the car in front of you, a vehicle approaching in the opposite lane, and the ditch to the right side of the road. In your response, please address the following:What are the relevant and irrelevant stimuli that might help or distract you in this situation?How is Hick's law a factor in this situation?Identify an example of the stimulus-response compatibility within the situation?If the car in front of swerves to the right, and as you begin your response it swerves back to the left. What impact will this have on your performance?Where should your attentional style be to avoid a collision, should any be avoided?

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Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

5th Edition

ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Chapter1: The Science Of Psychology

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You are driving along a road when a deer-crossing sign catches your eye. When you look back to the road, you notice the brake lights of the car in front of you, a vehicle approaching in the opposite lane, and the ditch to the right side of the road. In your response, please address the following:

What are the relevant and irrelevant stimuli that might help or distract you in this situation?
How is Hick's law a factor in this situation?
Identify an example of the stimulus-response compatibility within the situation?
If the car in front of swerves to the right, and as you begin your response it swerves back to the left. What impact will this have on your performance?
Where should your attentional style be to avoid a collision, should any be avoided?

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