Question 1

You've just ordered your lunch and are waiting for your food to be delivered when your friend Jill says "I don't understand why you would need to take a whole class on cognitive psychology. It doesn't seem that important to our everyday lives." Describe to Jill all the ways she will rely on cognitive processing during this meal.

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Question 2

In cognition, as in other sciences, we first develop ________ and then ________ them.

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A)  tests; prove 
B)  theories; test 
C)  hypotheses; prove 
D)  hypotheses; test

Question 3

Think of a real-world situation in which you would rely on working memory. Describe the situation and at least one real-world factor that would affect (positively or negatively) your working memory in that situation. Create your own example and do not use one that was discussed in the book or in class.

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Question 4

Imagine you are briefly presented with, and asked to memorize, the following letters for an immediate recall test: Q, R, T, B, O, W, A. How would you go about remembering those items? (Make sure you use appropriate terminology.) Now, imagine that you are given the same memory task but asked to say the word "the" while the letters are being presented. How would this second condition influence your mental behavior? What effect would it have on your performance?

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The answer of Imagine you are briefly presented with, and...

Question 5

Patients suffering from clinical amnesia are characterized by a disorder in their

Accepted Answer

A)  memory. 
B)  ability to recognize patterns. 
C)  speech. 
D)  ability to comprehend language.

Question 6

You give your friend a series of lists of letters to remember. With each perfectly recalled list, you increase the list length by one or two items, until he begins to make errors. This sort of test examines

Accepted Answer

A)  working-memory span. 
B)  the limits of concurrent articulation. 
C)  brain activity. 
D)  memory for abstract objects.

Question 7

Cognitive processes are NOT necessary for which daily activity?

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A)  reading a newspaper 
B)  studying for a test 
C)  talking on the phone 
D)  breathing

Question 8

The task of saying, "tah, tah, tah," while taking a span test to assess working memory is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  concurrent articulation. 
B)  working-memory speech. 
C)  subvocalization. 
D)  the phonological buffer.

Question 9

Introspection CANNOT be used to study

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A)  topics that are strongly colored by emotion. 
B)  mental events that are unconscious. 
C)  processes that involve conceptual knowledge. 
D)  events that take a long time to unfold.

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT central to research in neuropsychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of introspection 
B)  how brain dysfunctions affect performance 
C)  brain development 
D)  brain-imaging technology

Question 11

We know the articulatory rehearsal loop is separate from the other components of working memory because

Accepted Answer

A)  the multicomponent model is true. 
B)  manipulations like concurrent articulation compromise the loop but do not affect the other components. 
C)  it is used for storage and the other components are not. 
D)  problem solving does not require the rehearsal loop.

Exam 1: The Science of the Mind

In cognition, as in other sciences, we first develop and then them.