Exam 1: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

Cognition is generally adaptive.Use forgetting as a potential example and explain how it is adaptive.

Immanuel Kant

What is one of many ways in which cognitive performance by computers differs from such performance by humans?

Identify some behavior of interest.Come up with a number of different hypotheses that might explain the behavior.For each hypothesis,include evidence that would support and evidence that would not support each hypothesis.

Elma,an automobile factory worker,learns how to install a car air conditioner by watching a fellow worker install the part.The knowledge Elma has just acquired is __________ acquired knowledge.

Every individual in the population of interest has an equal chance of being selected for an experiment.

This technique for studying the brain occurs after the death of the individual,and relates function prior to death to observable brain features after death.

Which of the following is not consistent with the ideas of functionalism?

Explain the terms dialectic,thesis,and antithesis and how they relate to each other.

James was interested in a new study technique and whether it would have an impact on the retention of information when compared to a traditional study method.James had the experimental group,with the new study technique,study psychology,while the other group,with the old technique,studied Greek.In this example,the type of material (psychology versus Greek)would be an example of (a)____.

The sample,when compared to the population,does a good job of reflecting many of the characteristics of the population.

Briefly summarize each of the antecedents to cognitive psychology;include the paradigms' founders and main tenets or beliefs in your discussion.

In an experimental design,this is often the variable of interest that is being manipulated.

Descartes is known for having been a(n)

Which of the following would not be studied by a Cognitive Psychologist?

The issues for this theme of cognitive psychology is whether we should focus on the content of the human mind or if we should focus on the processes of human thinking.

Lequoia decided to conduct her study at the mall.She watched people at the mall for very specific behavior and simply kept track of the number of times the behavior occurred for various groups.This would be an example of

__________ refers to Locke's belief that all knowledge is gained empirically,beginning at birth,when our minds are a blank slate.

This theme of cognitive psychology is whether one should use carefully controlled experiments or use techniques that would allow one to observe the behaviors as they naturally occur.

Design an experiment looking at study habits.Make sure to include the following terms: hypothesis,control group,experimental group,independent variable,dependent variable,extraneous variables.