Question 1

Which of these is a correct sequencing of cortical areas,from those most anterior to those most posterior?

Accepted Answer

A) Occipital lobe,parietal lobe,motor cortex,prefrontal cortex 
B) Prefrontal cortex,motor cortex,parietal lobe,occipital lobe 
C) Parietal lobe,motor cortex,occipital lobe,prefrontal cortex 
D) Motor cortex,prefrontal cortex,parietal lobe,occipital lobe 
A) Occipital lobe,parietal lobe,motor cortex,prefrontal cortex 
B) Prefrontal cortex,motor cortex,parietal lobe,occipital lobe 
C) Parietal lobe,motor cortex,occipital lobe,prefrontal cortex 
D) Motor cortex,prefrontal cortex,parietal lobe,occipital lobe

Question 2

William James was a prominent ________ who characterized consciousness as a

Accepted Answer

A) functionalist;stream. 
B) functionalist;complex combination of simple elements. 
C) structuralist;stream. 
D) structuralist;complex combination of simple elements. 
A) functionalist;stream. 
B) functionalist;complex combination of simple elements. 
C) structuralist;stream. 
D) structuralist;complex combination of simple elements.

Question 3

Which subcortical structure seems particularly involved in regulating emotion and forming emotional memories?

Accepted Answer

A) Hippocampus 
B) Hindbrain 
C) Hypothalamus 
D) Amygdala 
A) Hippocampus 
B) Hindbrain 
C) Hypothalamus 
D) Amygdala

Question 4

Which psychophysicist's major contribution was to demonstrate that the relationship between incoming stimuli and corresponding perceptions was not one-to-one?

Accepted Answer

A) Fechner 
B) Helmholtz 
C) Wundt 
D) Titchener 
A) Fechner 
B) Helmholtz 
C) Wundt 
D) Titchener

Question 5

A semantic anomaly (i.e. ,"Jake put the cookies into the birdbath.")produces an ERP signal termed an N400.What does the "400" refer to?

Accepted Answer

A) Distance in the brain's cortex 
B) Approximate number of neurons responding 
C) Time between stimulus presentation and brain response 
D) The time it takes for the person to say they notices an anomaly in the sentence 
A) Distance in the brain's cortex 
B) Approximate number of neurons responding 
C) Time between stimulus presentation and brain response 
D) The time it takes for the person to say they notices an anomaly in the sentence

Question 6

Research on split-brain patients reveals that

Accepted Answer

A) the left hemisphere typically specializes in verbal processing,while the right hemisphere specializes in spatial tasks. 
B) the left hemisphere typically specializes in spatial tasks,while the right hemisphere specializes in verbal processing. 
C) people who have had their corpus callosum severed have a great deal of difficulty functioning in everyday life. 
D) for normal people,there is no difference between the functioning of the left and right hemispheres. 
A) the left hemisphere typically specializes in verbal processing,while the right hemisphere specializes in spatial tasks. 
B) the left hemisphere typically specializes in spatial tasks,while the right hemisphere specializes in verbal processing. 
C) people who have had their corpus callosum severed have a great deal of difficulty functioning in everyday life. 
D) for normal people,there is no difference between the functioning of the left and right hemispheres.

Question 7

If you're a psychology major,you've probably been exposed to basic information about the history of psychology in several courses.Each time you're exposed to this information,you probably pick up on it and retain it a little better.This is an example of ________,a key concept from the work of memory psychologist

Accepted Answer

A) savings;Bartlett. 
B) savings;Ebbinghaus. 
C) schemata;Bartlett. 
D) schemata;Ebbinghaus. 
A) savings;Bartlett. 
B) savings;Ebbinghaus. 
C) schemata;Bartlett. 
D) schemata;Ebbinghaus.

Question 8

How does TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation)differ from the other techniques?

Accepted Answer

A) TMS involves direct stimulation of the brain;the other techniques do not. 
B) TMS involves getting an "image" or picture of the brain;the other techniques do not. 
C) TMS provides poorer temporal and spatial resolution than all of the other techniques. 
D) TMS is more costly than any other of the techniques. 
A) TMS involves direct stimulation of the brain;the other techniques do not. 
B) TMS involves getting an "image" or picture of the brain;the other techniques do not. 
C) TMS provides poorer temporal and spatial resolution than all of the other techniques. 
D) TMS is more costly than any other of the techniques.

Question 9

__________ refers to a procedure that requires a rigorous and systematic self-report of the basic elements of an experience,and was the primary method used by

Accepted Answer

A) Schema analysis;Gestalt psychologists. 
B) Savings;behaviorists. 
C) Functional reporting;functionalists. 
D) Introspection;structuralists. 
A) Schema analysis;Gestalt psychologists. 
B) Savings;behaviorists. 
C) Functional reporting;functionalists. 
D) Introspection;structuralists.

Question 10

In referring to "the problem of meaning," renowned psychologist Jerome Bruner was offering what critique of cognitive research?

Accepted Answer

A) Too much emphasis on internal validity at the expense of external validity 
B) Too much emphasis on external validity at the expense of internal validity 
C) Not enough emphasis on how cognition relates to brain activity 
D) Research in cognition should be "disembodied" 
A) Too much emphasis on internal validity at the expense of external validity 
B) Too much emphasis on external validity at the expense of internal validity 
C) Not enough emphasis on how cognition relates to brain activity 
D) Research in cognition should be "disembodied"

Question 11

What happened to the group of rats that wasn't reinforced until the 11th day of the Tolman and Honzik study?

Accepted Answer

A) After the 11th day,they showed slow but steady improvement in their maze-running. 
B) They showed no improvement and no decline in their maze-running. 
C) They showed sudden improvement in their maze-running after day 11,running as quickly as the rats who had always been reinforced. 
D) They showed sudden improvement in their maze-running,but never ran as quickly as the rats who had always been reinforced. 
A) After the 11th day,they showed slow but steady improvement in their maze-running. 
B) They showed no improvement and no decline in their maze-running. 
C) They showed sudden improvement in their maze-running after day 11,running as quickly as the rats who had always been reinforced. 
D) They showed sudden improvement in their maze-running,but never ran as quickly as the rats who had always been reinforced.

Question 12

When considering the emotion of anger,which of these questions would be of most interest to a functionalist?

Accepted Answer

A) What is the purpose of anger? 
B) What is the conscious experience of anger like? 
C) What are the behaviors of an angry person? 
D) What happens in the brain during fits of anger? 
A) What is the purpose of anger? 
B) What is the conscious experience of anger like? 
C) What are the behaviors of an angry person? 
D) What happens in the brain during fits of anger?

Question 13

Gestalt psychologists are known for their work on ________,and profoundly influenced the present-day study of

Accepted Answer

A) isolating the basic elements of conscious experience;perception and problem-solving. 
B) isolating the basic elements of conscious experience;decision-making and language. 
C) the basic tendency of the mind to organize experience;perception and problem-solving. 
D) the basic tendency of the mind to organize experience;decision-making and language. 
A) isolating the basic elements of conscious experience;perception and problem-solving. 
B) isolating the basic elements of conscious experience;decision-making and language. 
C) the basic tendency of the mind to organize experience;perception and problem-solving. 
D) the basic tendency of the mind to organize experience;decision-making and language.

Question 14

Recall the study by McNamara,Long,and Wike (1956)in which rats were exposed to a T-maze in one of two ways: the rats in one group ran the maze themselves,while the rats in the other group were pushed through the maze in carts.Which group(s)learned to make the correct choice at the end of the "T"?

Accepted Answer

A) The rats who ran themselves learned to make the correct choice,but the rats in carts failed to learn it. 
B) The rats in carts learned to make the correct choice,but the rats who ran themselves failed to learn it. 
C) Neither group of rats learned to make the correct choice. 
D) Both groups of rats learned to make the correct choice. 
A) The rats who ran themselves learned to make the correct choice,but the rats in carts failed to learn it. 
B) The rats in carts learned to make the correct choice,but the rats who ran themselves failed to learn it. 
C) Neither group of rats learned to make the correct choice. 
D) Both groups of rats learned to make the correct choice.

Question 15

Noam Chomsky

Accepted Answer

A) proposed that language can be accounted for solely based on S-R principles. 
B) sharply criticized Skinner's view of language learning. 
C) proposed that language learning is dependent on automatic self-reinforcement. 
D) saw no need for the concept of mental representations in explaining language. 
A) proposed that language can be accounted for solely based on S-R principles. 
B) sharply criticized Skinner's view of language learning. 
C) proposed that language learning is dependent on automatic self-reinforcement. 
D) saw no need for the concept of mental representations in explaining language.

Question 16

How does magnetoencephalography (MEG)compare to EEG in terms of spatial and temporal resolution?

Accepted Answer

A) MEG is better than EEG for spatial resolution;the reverse is true for temporal resolution. 
B) MEG is better than EEG for temporal resolution;the reverse is true for spatial resolution. 
C) EEG is better than MEG for both spatial and temporal resolution. 
D) MEG is better than EEG for both spatial and temporal resolution. 
A) MEG is better than EEG for spatial resolution;the reverse is true for temporal resolution. 
B) MEG is better than EEG for temporal resolution;the reverse is true for spatial resolution. 
C) EEG is better than MEG for both spatial and temporal resolution. 
D) MEG is better than EEG for both spatial and temporal resolution.

Question 17

Helmholtz was a ________ whose work included the insight that

Accepted Answer

A) structuralist;perception involves unconscious inferences about incoming stimuli. 
B) structuralist;consciousness is complex,but composed of simple elements that can be analyzed through introspection. 
C) psychophysicist;perception involves unconscious inferences about incoming stimuli. 
D) psychophysicist;consciousness is complex,but composed of simple elements that can be analyzed through introspection. 
A) structuralist;perception involves unconscious inferences about incoming stimuli. 
B) structuralist;consciousness is complex,but composed of simple elements that can be analyzed through introspection. 
C) psychophysicist;perception involves unconscious inferences about incoming stimuli. 
D) psychophysicist;consciousness is complex,but composed of simple elements that can be analyzed through introspection.

Question 18

Little Baruti sees a four-legged creature that makes the noise,"Woof! Woof!" He points and says,"Dog!" His mother says,"Good,Baruti,good!" Skinner would propose that Baruti saying,"Dog!" is a _____ that comes under control of the stimulus,which is

Accepted Answer

A) response;his mother saying "Good!" 
B) response;the dog. 
C) reinforcement;his mother saying "Good!" 
D) reinforcement;the dog. 
A) response;his mother saying "Good!" 
B) response;the dog. 
C) reinforcement;his mother saying "Good!" 
D) reinforcement;the dog.

Question 19

What was the term Bartlett used for generalized knowledge structures about events and situations based on past experience?

Accepted Answer

A) Savings 
B) Introspections 
C) Configurations 
D) Schemata 
A) Savings 
B) Introspections 
C) Configurations 
D) Schemata

Question 20

Who established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig,Germany?

Accepted Answer

A) Titchener 
B) Fechner 
C) Watson 
D) Wundt 
A) Titchener 
B) Fechner 
C) Watson 
D) Wundt

Which of these is a correct sequencing of cortical areas,from those most anterior to those most posterior?

William James was a prominent ________ who characterized consciousness as a

Which subcortical structure seems particularly involved in regulating emotion and forming emotional memories?

Which psychophysicist's major contribution was to demonstrate that the relationship between incoming stimuli and corresponding perceptions was not one-to-one?

A semantic anomaly (i.e. ,"Jake put the cookies into the birdbath.")produces an ERP signal termed an N400.What does the "400" refer to?

Research on split-brain patients reveals that

How does TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation)differ from the other techniques?

__________ refers to a procedure that requires a rigorous and systematic self-report of the basic elements of an experience,and was the primary method used by

In referring to "the problem of meaning," renowned psychologist Jerome Bruner was offering what critique of cognitive research?

What happened to the group of rats that wasn't reinforced until the 11th day of the Tolman and Honzik study?

When considering the emotion of anger,which of these questions would be of most interest to a functionalist?

Gestalt psychologists are known for their work on ________,and profoundly influenced the present-day study of

Recall the study by McNamara,Long,and Wike (1956)in which rats were exposed to a T-maze in one of two ways: the rats in one group ran the maze themselves,while the rats in the other group were pushed through the maze in carts.Which group(s)learned to make the correct choice at the end of the "T"?

Noam Chomsky

How does magnetoencephalography (MEG)compare to EEG in terms of spatial and temporal resolution?

Helmholtz was a ________ whose work included the insight that

Little Baruti sees a four-legged creature that makes the noise,"Woof! Woof!" He points and says,"Dog!" His mother says,"Good,Baruti,good!" Skinner would propose that Baruti saying,"Dog!" is a _____ that comes under control of the stimulus,which is

What was the term Bartlett used for generalized knowledge structures about events and situations based on past experience?

Who established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig,Germany?

Perception and Consciousness

Mechanisms of Attention

Immediate Memory

Concepts and Categories of Object Recognition

Basic Processes in Long-Term Memory

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Basic Issues in Languageand Speech Processing

Reading and Comprehending Text

Judgments and Decisions

Problem Solving

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Exam 1: Cognition As the Study of Information Processing

Which of these is a correct sequencing of cortical areas,from those most anterior to those most posterior?

William James was a prominent ________ who characterized consciousness as a

Which subcortical structure seems particularly involved in regulating emotion and forming emotional memories?

Which psychophysicist's major contribution was to demonstrate that the relationship between incoming stimuli and corresponding perceptions was not one-to-one?

A semantic anomaly (i.e. ,"Jake put the cookies into the birdbath.")produces an ERP signal termed an N400.What does the "400" refer to?

Research on split-brain patients reveals that

How does TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation)differ from the other techniques?

__________ refers to a procedure that requires a rigorous and systematic self-report of the basic elements of an experience,and was the primary method used by

In referring to "the problem of meaning," renowned psychologist Jerome Bruner was offering what critique of cognitive research?

What happened to the group of rats that wasn't reinforced until the 11th day of the Tolman and Honzik study?

When considering the emotion of anger,which of these questions would be of most interest to a functionalist?

Gestalt psychologists are known for their work on ________,and profoundly influenced the present-day study of

Recall the study by McNamara,Long,and Wike (1956)in which rats were exposed to a T-maze in one of two ways: the rats in one group ran the maze themselves,while the rats in the other group were pushed through the maze in carts.Which group(s)learned to make the correct choice at the end of the "T"?

Noam Chomsky

How does magnetoencephalography (MEG)compare to EEG in terms of spatial and temporal resolution?

Helmholtz was a ________ whose work included the insight that

Little Baruti sees a four-legged creature that makes the noise,"Woof! Woof!" He points and says,"Dog!" His mother says,"Good,Baruti,good!" Skinner would propose that Baruti saying,"Dog!" is a _____ that comes under control of the stimulus,which is

What was the term Bartlett used for generalized knowledge structures about events and situations based on past experience?

Who established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig,Germany?

Perception and Consciousness

Mechanisms of Attention

Immediate Memory

Concepts and Categories of Object Recognition

Basic Processes in Long-Term Memory

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Basic Issues in Languageand Speech Processing

Reading and Comprehending Text

Judgments and Decisions

Problem Solving

Filters