Question 1

Many of the topics of Wundt's research would fall under what we now label as ________ psychology.

Accepted Answer

A) clinical 
B) counseling 
C) industrial/organizational 
D) cognitive 
A) clinical 
B) counseling 
C) industrial/organizational 
D) cognitive D

Question 2

Cognition does NOT involve __________.

Accepted Answer

A) reflexes 
B) mental activities 
C) perceiving 
D) understanding 
A) reflexes 
B) mental activities 
C) perceiving 
D) understanding A

Question 3

What are the three main memory stores in the standard model of memory?

Accepted Answer

(SENSORY REGISTER,SHORT-TERM MEMORY,LONG-TERM MEMORY)

Question 4

A course in cognitive psychology is more likely to tell you about common performance limitations than is a course in psychopathology of children or with a specialization in abnormal psychology.
Fill in the Blank/Short

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Neobehaviorism differs from behaviorism in __________.

Accepted Answer

A) allowing the scientific study of observable behavior 
B) allowing introspective methodologies 
C) incorporating psychophysiological measures 
D) allowing unobserved mediating variables 
A) allowing the scientific study of observable behavior 
B) allowing introspective methodologies 
C) incorporating psychophysiological measures 
D) allowing unobserved mediating variables

Question 6

Who is credited with being the first experimental psychologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wilhelm Wundt 
B) William James 
C) Edward Titchner 
D) John Watson 
A)  Wilhelm Wundt 
B) William James 
C) Edward Titchner 
D) John Watson

Question 7

The study of cognition is more fruitful when considered in the context of an understanding of neuroscience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Radical empiricists believe that the mind starts out as a __________.

Accepted Answer

A) cogito blanco 
B) tabula rasa 
C) scientia est potestas 
D) semper fideles 
A) cogito blanco 
B) tabula rasa 
C) scientia est potestas 
D) semper fideles

Question 9

The philosophy that observation is to be the basis for much of science is __________.

Accepted Answer

A) empiricism 
B) rationalism 
C) structuralism 
D) functionalism 
A) empiricism 
B) rationalism 
C) structuralism 
D) functionalism

Question 10

Which of the following is a common analogy used by cognitive psychologists to describe or characterize how people think?

Accepted Answer

A) attention 
B) digital computer 
C) context 
D) structuralist perspective 
A) attention 
B) digital computer 
C) context 
D) structuralist perspective

Question 11

The basic idea behinds Donder's use of response times is that response time reflects the difficulty of mental processes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Why would some people consider cognitive psychology to be a core discipline in the broader field of psychology?

Accepted Answer

Cognitive psychology is often considered

Question 13

Edward Titchener believed __________.

Accepted Answer

A) that nothing worthwhile would come of studying mental processes 
B) that mental illness,educational applications,and social psychology were "impure" because they could not be studied using introspection 
C) that the appropriate goal for psychology was the objective assessment of association formation 
D) that the functions of consciousness,rather than its structure,were of interest 
A) that nothing worthwhile would come of studying mental processes 
B) that mental illness,educational applications,and social psychology were "impure" because they could not be studied using introspection 
C) that the appropriate goal for psychology was the objective assessment of association formation 
D) that the functions of consciousness,rather than its structure,were of interest

Question 14

What was a problem with traditional behaviorism as revealed to experimental psychologists doing work during World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most of the Army and Navy had to deal with people,not rats. 
B) Much longer retention periods of knowledge were involved. 
C) It did not address practical concerns,such as vigilance. 
D) The principles of behaviorism were all shown to be incorrect. 
A)  Most of the Army and Navy had to deal with people,not rats. 
B) Much longer retention periods of knowledge were involved. 
C) It did not address practical concerns,such as vigilance. 
D) The principles of behaviorism were all shown to be incorrect.

Question 15

William James's research output was __________.

Accepted Answer

A) high 
B) low 
C) skewed 
D) artificial 
A) high 
B) low 
C) skewed 
D) artificial

Question 16

One of the legacies of verbal learning was that __________.

Accepted Answer

A) it reinforced the dominant behaviorist ideals about mental activi 
B) it provided a way to study mental processes in an objective manner 
C) no one could find any theoretical basis for the work 
D) an effective counterweight to research on verbal behavior was found 
A) it reinforced the dominant behaviorist ideals about mental activi 
B) it provided a way to study mental processes in an objective manner 
C) no one could find any theoretical basis for the work 
D) an effective counterweight to research on verbal behavior was found

Question 17

A person trying to understand complex events by breaking them down into their components is using __________.

Accepted Answer

A) fragmentation 
B) reductionism 
C) a parsing approach 
D) distillation 
A) fragmentation 
B) reductionism 
C) a parsing approach 
D) distillation

Question 18

The word frequency effect illustrates __________.

Accepted Answer

A) serial exhaustive processing of the memory set 
B) congruency effects 
C) the fact that common words produce larger response times 
D) the fact that common words produce smaller response times 
A) serial exhaustive processing of the memory set 
B) congruency effects 
C) the fact that common words produce larger response times 
D) the fact that common words produce smaller response times

Question 19

What theme of the textbook takes the assumption that cognition functions in a way to capture the ways in which people interact with the world?

Accepted Answer

A) embodiment 
B) metacognition 
C) representation 
D) conceptually driven processing 
A) embodiment 
B) metacognition 
C) representation 
D) conceptually driven processing

Question 20

Which of the following does NOT challenge a pure behaviorist perspective?

Accepted Answer

A) demonstrated effects of attention 
B) the role of vigilance in a skilled performance task 
C) language 
D) incorporating Pavlov's work on classical conditioning 
A) demonstrated effects of attention 
B) the role of vigilance in a skilled performance task 
C) language 
D) incorporating Pavlov's work on classical conditioning

Many of the topics of Wundt's research would fall under what we now label as ________ psychology.

Cognition does NOT involve __________.

What are the three main memory stores in the standard model of memory?

A course in cognitive psychology is more likely to tell you about common performance limitations than is a course in psychopathology of children or with a specialization in abnormal psychology. Fill in the Blank/Short

Neobehaviorism differs from behaviorism in __________.

Who is credited with being the first experimental psychologist?

The study of cognition is more fruitful when considered in the context of an understanding of neuroscience.

Radical empiricists believe that the mind starts out as a __________.

The philosophy that observation is to be the basis for much of science is __________.

Which of the following is a common analogy used by cognitive psychologists to describe or characterize how people think?

The basic idea behinds Donder's use of response times is that response time reflects the difficulty of mental processes.

Why would some people consider cognitive psychology to be a core discipline in the broader field of psychology?

Edward Titchener believed __________.

What was a problem with traditional behaviorism as revealed to experimental psychologists doing work during World War II?

William James's research output was __________.

One of the legacies of verbal learning was that __________.

A person trying to understand complex events by breaking them down into their components is using __________.

The word frequency effect illustrates __________.

What theme of the textbook takes the assumption that cognition functions in a way to capture the ways in which people interact with the world?

Which of the following does NOT challenge a pure behaviorist perspective?

Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Sensation and Perception

Attention

Short-Term Working Memory

Learning and Remembering

Knowing

Using Knowledge in the Real World

Language

Comprehension: Written and Spoken Language

Decisions, Judgments, and Reasoning

Problem Solving

Cognition and Emotion

Cognitive Development

Filters

Exam 1: Cognitive Psychology: An Introduction

Many of the topics of Wundt's research would fall under what we now label as ________ psychology.

Cognition does NOT involve __________.

What are the three main memory stores in the standard model of memory?

A course in cognitive psychology is more likely to tell you about common performance limitations than is a course in psychopathology of children or with a specialization in abnormal psychology. Fill in the Blank/Short

Neobehaviorism differs from behaviorism in __________.

Who is credited with being the first experimental psychologist?

The study of cognition is more fruitful when considered in the context of an understanding of neuroscience.

Radical empiricists believe that the mind starts out as a __________.

The philosophy that observation is to be the basis for much of science is __________.

Which of the following is a common analogy used by cognitive psychologists to describe or characterize how people think?

The basic idea behinds Donder's use of response times is that response time reflects the difficulty of mental processes.

Why would some people consider cognitive psychology to be a core discipline in the broader field of psychology?

Edward Titchener believed __________.

What was a problem with traditional behaviorism as revealed to experimental psychologists doing work during World War II?

William James's research output was __________.

One of the legacies of verbal learning was that __________.

A person trying to understand complex events by breaking them down into their components is using __________.

The word frequency effect illustrates __________.

What theme of the textbook takes the assumption that cognition functions in a way to capture the ways in which people interact with the world?

Which of the following does NOT challenge a pure behaviorist perspective?

Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Sensation and Perception

Attention

Short-Term Working Memory

Learning and Remembering

Knowing

Using Knowledge in the Real World

Language

Comprehension: Written and Spoken Language

Decisions, Judgments, and Reasoning

Problem Solving

Cognition and Emotion

Cognitive Development

Filters