Question 1

Cognition refers to

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A)  focusing awareness on a narrow range of stimuli or events. 
B)  the use of language in a social context. 
C)  widely shared beliefs that are transmitted socially across generations. 
D)  the mental processes involved in acquiring and using knowledge. 
A)  focusing awareness on a narrow range of stimuli or events. 
B)  the use of language in a social context. 
C)  widely shared beliefs that are transmitted socially across generations. 
D)  the mental processes involved in acquiring and using knowledge.

Question 2

Which strategy for decision-making might involve the weighting of individual attributes differently, based on the importance of the attributes?

Accepted Answer

A)  selection by aspects strategy 
B)  elimination by aspects strategy 
C)  multiplication strategy 
D)  additive strategy 
A)  selection by aspects strategy 
B)  elimination by aspects strategy 
C)  multiplication strategy 
D)  additive strategy

Question 3

The ____________________ is the belief that the odds of an uncertain event increase when the event has not occurred recently.

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The answer of The ____________________ is the belief that the...

Question 4

Evolutionary theorists argue all of the following EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A)  traditional research on decision making has imposed invalid and unrealistic standards of rationality. 
B)  human brains are wired to think in terms of base rates and probabilities. 
C)  humans only seem irrational because cognitive psychologists have been asking the wrong questions. 
D)  human decision-making and problem-solving strategies have been tailored to handle real world adaptive problems. 
A)  traditional research on decision making has imposed invalid and unrealistic standards of rationality. 
B)  human brains are wired to think in terms of base rates and probabilities. 
C)  humans only seem irrational because cognitive psychologists have been asking the wrong questions. 
D)  human decision-making and problem-solving strategies have been tailored to handle real world adaptive problems.

Question 5

Summarise evidence on language acquisition in animals.

Accepted Answer

Efforts to teach chimpanzees language (u

Question 6

The hypothesised "language acquisition device" is associated with the

Accepted Answer

A)  nativist theory of language. 
B)  learning theory of language. 
C)  generativity theory of language. 
D)  stage theory of language. 
A)  nativist theory of language. 
B)  learning theory of language. 
C)  generativity theory of language. 
D)  stage theory of language.

Question 7

Our ability to reason constitutes primarily

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A)  a behavioural activity. 
B)  a cognitive activity. 
C)  a learned activity. 
D)  an objective activity. 
A)  a behavioural activity. 
B)  a cognitive activity. 
C)  a learned activity. 
D)  an objective activity.

Question 8

Evolutionary theorists, including David Premack, argue that language is a product of natural selection and that it evolved as a device to build and maintain social coalitions in increasingly larger groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The smallest unit of meaning in a language is

Accepted Answer

A)  the phoneme. 
B)  the word. 
C)  the phrase. 
D)  the morpheme. 
A)  the phoneme. 
B)  the word. 
C)  the phrase. 
D)  the morpheme.

Question 10

According to Skinner, children learn a language

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A)  because they possess an innate language acquisition device. 
B)  through imitation, reinforcement, and shaping. 
C)  as the quality of their thought improves with age. 
D)  only when they have reached a certain level of brain maturation. 
A)  because they possess an innate language acquisition device. 
B)  through imitation, reinforcement, and shaping. 
C)  as the quality of their thought improves with age. 
D)  only when they have reached a certain level of brain maturation.

Question 11

When an infant produces repetitive consonant-vowel combinations such as "babababa", the infant is

Accepted Answer

A)  using baby talk. 
B)  cooing. 
C)  babbling. 
D)  speaking. 
A)  using baby talk. 
B)  cooing. 
C)  babbling. 
D)  speaking.

Cognition refers to

Which strategy for decision-making might involve the weighting of individual attributes differently, based on the importance of the attributes?

The ____________________ is the belief that the odds of an uncertain event increase when the event has not occurred recently.

Evolutionary theorists argue all of the following EXCEPT that

Summarise evidence on language acquisition in animals.

The hypothesised "language acquisition device" is associated with the

Our ability to reason constitutes primarily

Evolutionary theorists, including David Premack, argue that language is a product of natural selection and that it evolved as a device to build and maintain social coalitions in increasingly larger groups.

The smallest unit of meaning in a language is

According to Skinner, children learn a language

When an infant produces repetitive consonant-vowel combinations such as "babababa", the infant is

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Exam 8: Cognition and Language

Cognition refers to

Which strategy for decision-making might involve the weighting of individual attributes differently, based on the importance of the attributes?

The ____________________ is the belief that the odds of an uncertain event increase when the event has not occurred recently.

Evolutionary theorists argue all of the following EXCEPT that

Summarise evidence on language acquisition in animals.

The hypothesised "language acquisition device" is associated with the

Our ability to reason constitutes primarily

Evolutionary theorists, including David Premack, argue that language is a product of natural selection and that it evolved as a device to build and maintain social coalitions in increasingly larger groups.

The smallest unit of meaning in a language is

According to Skinner, children learn a language

When an infant produces repetitive consonant-vowel combinations such as "babababa", the infant is

The Evolution of Psychology

Research Methods in Psychology

Biology of Behaviour

Sensory Systems and Perception

States of Consciousness

Conditioning and Learning

Human Intelligence

Theories of Motives and Emotions

Human Development

Personality Theories

Social Psychology

Health Psychology

Abnormal Behaviour

Treatment of Abnormal Behaviour

Culture and Mental Health

Complementary Alternative Treatment of Mental Illnesses

Treatment of Mental Illnesses in South Africa: Culture-Related

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