Exam 1: The Science of the Mind

You've just ordered your lunch and are waiting for your food to be delivered when your friend Jill says "I don't understand why you would need to take a whole class on cognitive psychology. It doesn't seem that important to our everyday lives." Describe to Jill all the ways she will rely on cognitive processing during this meal.

In cognition, as in other sciences, we first develop ________ and then ________ them.

Think of a real-world situation in which you would rely on working memory. Describe the situation and at least one real-world factor that would affect (positively or negatively) your working memory in that situation. Create your own example and do not use one that was discussed in the book or in class.

Imagine you are briefly presented with, and asked to memorize, the following letters for an immediate recall test: Q, R, T, B, O, W, A. How would you go about remembering those items? (Make sure you use appropriate terminology.) Now, imagine that you are given the same memory task but asked to say the word "the" while the letters are being presented. How would this second condition influence your mental behavior? What effect would it have on your performance?

Patients suffering from clinical amnesia are characterized by a disorder in their

You give your friend a series of lists of letters to remember. With each perfectly recalled list, you increase the list length by one or two items, until he begins to make errors. This sort of test examines

Cognitive processes are NOT necessary for which daily activity?

The task of saying, "tah, tah, tah," while taking a span test to assess working memory is known as

Introspection CANNOT be used to study

Which of the following is NOT central to research in neuropsychology?

We know the articulatory rehearsal loop is separate from the other components of working memory because