Exam 1: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

The independent variable is the factor in an experiment that the researcher manipulates.

Neuronal transmission is as fast as the speed of light.

Ancient scholars in which field asked the first questions related to cognitive psychology?

We use ______ to accomplish everyday tasks.

As a graduate student in psychology, you design a study on how lawbreakers who get away with their crimes react to news of others' crimes. Your graduate adviser rejects your study because it is not ______.In other words, it cannot be evaluated through observation.

Which psychologist extensively tested his own memory to develop theories of cognition?

A(n) ______ is designed to simplify the contexts surrounding the behavior of interest, allowing for focused investigation of the impact of a relatively small set of variables.

Dr. Chen asserts that knowledge about the world is represented in our minds such that cognitive processes can operate on the representations. He is a(n) ______.

Your psychology professor tells you, "Our cognitive processes exist mainly to provide a means of interacting with the world around us." Which approach to cognitive psychology is this?

A group of scientists notices that people who smoke often develop cancer later in life. To test this, they design a longitudinal study in which they take note of how many cigarettes each participant smokes each day, how many years each participant smokes, and whether he or she develops any kind of cancer at any point. What type of study is this?

Elizabeth's sister, Meredith, isn't answering her phone when Elizabeth calls. Elizabeth thinks, "Well, either Meredith's phone has been stolen, or the battery died." Concluding that Meredith's battery likely died and that her phone wasn't stolen would best illustrate ______.

What kind of research methodology focuses on intensive analyses of a single individual?

Compare and contrast the following approaches to cognitive psychology: representationalism, embodied cognition, and the biological perspective. Then tell which approach interests you most and why.

Why did so many researchers make one individual, Henry Molaison, the subject of their research?

Cognitive psychologists who focus on the role of consciousness in human thought processes want to know how much ______ we have in our behaviors.

The ______ is a method of gaining knowledge in a field that relies on observations of phenomena and allows for tests of hypotheses about these phenomena.

Discuss the differences between an independent variable and a dependent variable. Give an example of each.

Modern psychologists accept the study of both behavior and cognition.

The study of cognition fell out of favor because of the rise in popularity of ______.

Which of these is essential to every correlational study?