Exam 1: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

What methods, other than accuracy and response time, do investigators use to study mental processes?

Noam Chomsky suggested that language is learned via behavioral conditioning.

If a researcher were interested in studying how one variable relates to another, what research approach would they likely use?

There can be more than one independent variable in an experimental study.

A belief in cognitive psychology reemerged following what event?

Who coined the term, "cognitive psychology"?

Dr. Smith is developing a new drug to treat headaches. To test this drug, she develops a study in which one group gets the new drug, and the other gets a placebo, or a fake pill. Dr. Smith measures whether or not headaches improve by giving each participant a survey each day. The survey is the _____.

The dependent variable is the factor in an experiment that is manipulated by the researcher.

Some investigators are interested in how cognition is associated with brain activity. This represents the _____.

Theories must exhibit _____, demonstrating that they can be evaluated through observation.[meaning not fully clear to me?]

Dr. Smith is developing a new drug to treat headaches. To test this drug, she develops a study in which one group gets the new drug, and the other gets a placebo, or a fake pill. Dr. Smith measures whether or not headaches improve by giving each participant a survey each day. The drug is the _____.

A researcher designs a study to see if height and weight are related. They would use an experimental design to carry out this study.

Who was one of the first psychologists to study cognition?

Researchers use _____ to study the way in which neurons are connected in networks in the brain and understand how different cognitive processes work.

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." Reasoning that Meredith's phone likely died, and that her phone wasn't stolen would best illustrate _____.

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

Cognitive psychology includes the study of neuroscience, linguistics, attention, and perception.

The representationalist approach arose from the computer and information-processing models of cognition.

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.

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