Exam 8: Cognition and Language

During reading,people alternate between fixations and saccades (voluntary eye movements).An average adult can read about letters during a fixation and during a saccade.

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Question 61

What were the results of studies beginning in the 1920s,in which chimpanzees were raised by psychologists in their homes?

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Question 62

Audrey sees someone sitting in a fast-food restaurant who looks like the President of the United States.Before she goes over to ask for an autograph and offer her advice on the world situation,she should consider the base-rate information.That is,she should consider

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Question 63

You develop the belief (hypothesis)that your significant other wants to break up with you.You have a phone conversation in which your significant other sounds stressed out but says several nice things about you.According to the confirmation bias,you are most likely to

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Question 64

The basic assumption behind connectionist models is that

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Question 65

The phenomenon known as the "attentional blink" illustrates the fact that

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Question 66

Your visual processing becomes inactive during

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Question 67

A typical 1 1/2-year-old child has a vocabulary of about 50 words.Which of the following is such a child least likely to do?

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Question 68

Base-rate information is information about

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Question 69

According to the conceptual network approach,we learn that a canary is a kind of bird,which is a kind of animal.We also learn the distinctive characteristics of canaries,birds,and animals.What evidence supports this view?

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Question 70

The Stroop Effect is the phenomenon that people usually find it easier to

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Question 71

Bonobos have shown greater progress in language development than any of the other apes in previous language-training studies.One possible explanation for their success is that their training

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Question 72

A penguin is a prototype for the category "bird."

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Question 73

The context provided by words at the end of a sentence influences

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Question 74

If people are given a choice between two foods,one of which they are told is "good for you" and the other of which they are told is "not bad for you," what will happen?

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Question 75

You see the letters "RED" printed in green ink.The difficulty you have in naming the color (instead of reading the word)is known as the Stroop effect.

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Question 76

The word superiority effect refers to the finding that it is easier to read a word that is part of a sentence than to read the same word in isolation.

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Question 77

Which of the following sentences has the same deep structure as the sentence "John is easy to please"?

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Question 78

The tendency to assume that if an item is similar to members of a particular category,it is probably a member of that category itself,is known as the

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Question 79

Which task is more difficult for an experienced reader to perform than it is for someone just learning to read?

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During reading,people alternate between fixations and saccades (voluntary eye movements).An average adult can read about letters during a fixation and during a saccade.

What were the results of studies beginning in the 1920s,in which chimpanzees were raised by psychologists in their homes?

Audrey sees someone sitting in a fast-food restaurant who looks like the President of the United States.Before she goes over to ask for an autograph and offer her advice on the world situation,she should consider the base-rate information.That is,she should consider

You develop the belief (hypothesis)that your significant other wants to break up with you.You have a phone conversation in which your significant other sounds stressed out but says several nice things about you.According to the confirmation bias,you are most likely to

The basic assumption behind connectionist models is that

The phenomenon known as the "attentional blink" illustrates the fact that

Your visual processing becomes inactive during

A typical 1 1/2-year-old child has a vocabulary of about 50 words.Which of the following is such a child least likely to do?

Base-rate information is information about

According to the conceptual network approach,we learn that a canary is a kind of bird,which is a kind of animal.We also learn the distinctive characteristics of canaries,birds,and animals.What evidence supports this view?

The Stroop Effect is the phenomenon that people usually find it easier to

Bonobos have shown greater progress in language development than any of the other apes in previous language-training studies.One possible explanation for their success is that their training

A penguin is a prototype for the category "bird."

The context provided by words at the end of a sentence influences

If people are given a choice between two foods,one of which they are told is "good for you" and the other of which they are told is "not bad for you," what will happen?

You see the letters "RED" printed in green ink.The difficulty you have in naming the color (instead of reading the word)is known as the Stroop effect.

The word superiority effect refers to the finding that it is easier to read a word that is part of a sentence than to read the same word in isolation.

Which of the following sentences has the same deep structure as the sentence "John is easy to please"?

The tendency to assume that if an item is similar to members of a particular category,it is probably a member of that category itself,is known as the

Which task is more difficult for an experienced reader to perform than it is for someone just learning to read?

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Exam 8: Cognition and Language

During reading,people alternate between fixations and saccades (voluntary eye movements).An average adult can read about __________ letters during a fixation and __________ during a saccade.

What were the results of studies beginning in the 1920s,in which chimpanzees were raised by psychologists in their homes?

Audrey sees someone sitting in a fast-food restaurant who looks like the President of the United States.Before she goes over to ask for an autograph and offer her advice on the world situation,she should consider the base-rate information.That is,she should consider

You develop the belief (hypothesis)that your significant other wants to break up with you.You have a phone conversation in which your significant other sounds stressed out but says several nice things about you.According to the confirmation bias,you are most likely to

The basic assumption behind connectionist models is that

The phenomenon known as the "attentional blink" illustrates the fact that

Your visual processing becomes inactive during

A typical 1 1/2-year-old child has a vocabulary of about 50 words.Which of the following is such a child least likely to do?

Base-rate information is information about

According to the conceptual network approach,we learn that a canary is a kind of bird,which is a kind of animal.We also learn the distinctive characteristics of canaries,birds,and animals.What evidence supports this view?

The Stroop Effect is the phenomenon that people usually find it easier to

Bonobos have shown greater progress in language development than any of the other apes in previous language-training studies.One possible explanation for their success is that their training

A penguin is a prototype for the category "bird."

The context provided by words at the end of a sentence influences

If people are given a choice between two foods,one of which they are told is "good for you" and the other of which they are told is "not bad for you," what will happen?

You see the letters "RED" printed in green ink.The difficulty you have in naming the color (instead of reading the word)is known as the Stroop effect.

The word superiority effect refers to the finding that it is easier to read a word that is part of a sentence than to read the same word in isolation.

Which of the following sentences has the same deep structure as the sentence "John is easy to please"?

The tendency to assume that if an item is similar to members of a particular category,it is probably a member of that category itself,is known as the

Which task is more difficult for an experienced reader to perform than it is for someone just learning to read?

What Is Psychology

Scientific Methods in Psychology

Biological Psychology

Sensation and Perception

Nature,nurture,and Human Development

Learning

Memory

Intelligence

Consciousness

Motivated Behaviors

Emotional Behaviors,stress,and Health

Social Psychology

Personality

Abnormality,therapy,and Social Issues

Specific Disorders and Treatments

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During reading,people alternate between fixations and saccades (voluntary eye movements).An average adult can read about letters during a fixation and during a saccade.