Test Bank for Cognition 6th Edition by Radvansky

TEST BANK FOR COGNITION 6TH EDITION BY RADVANSKY ISBN- 978-0205985807 Verified 2024 Practice Questions and 100% Correct Answers with Explanations for Exam Preparation, Graded A+

Table Of Content Chapter 1 Cognitive Psychology: An Introduction Chapter 2 Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Chapter 3 Sensation and Perception Chapter 4 Attention Chapter 5 Short-Term Working Memory Chapter 6 Learning and Remembering Chapter 7 Knowing Chapter 8 Using Knowledge in the Real World Chapter 9 Language Chapter 10 Comprehension: Written and Spoken Language Chapter 11 Decisions, Judgments, and Reasoning Chapter 12 Problem Solving Chapter 13 Cognition and Emotion Chapter 14 Cognitive Development TEST BANK FOR COGNITION 6TH EDITION BY RADVANSKY 1. The student of mental activity and thinking, broadly conceived, is called . a. cognitive science b. mind science c. cognitive studies d. mind studies Page: 2 Type: conceptual Answer: a 2. When did the cognitive revolution occur? a. early 1970s b. late 1950s c. late 1850s d. mid-1940s Page: 2 Type: factual Answer: b 3. Memory does NOT involve . a. a mental storage system b. acquiring information c. complex decision making d. mental processes Page: 6 Type: conceptual Answer: c 4. The mental process of acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval is . a. cognition b. memory c. planning d. forecasting Page: 6 Type: conceptual Answer: b 5. Cognition does NOT involve . a. reflexes b. mental activities c. perceiving d. understanding Page: 6 Type: conceptual Answer: a 6. The collection of mental processes and activities used in perceiving, remembering, thinking, and understanding is . a. operations b. mentalism c. cognition d. computational neuroscience Page: 6 Type: conceptual Answer: c 7. People first began wondering about how the mind worked . a. after the cognitive revolution b. after Aristotle c. after Descartes d. before any of these people or events Page: 7 Type: conceptual Answer: d 8. Reductionism is. a. the method in which observers are carefully trained to report on inner sensations and experiences b. the building blocks underlying the structure of the brain c. the branch of experimental psychology that deals with human participants as they learn verbal materials, e.g., items or stimuli composed of letters and/or words d. attempting to understand a complex event by breaking the event down into its components Page: 7 Type: conceptual Answer: d 9. Ecological validity means . a. the amount of experimental control the experimenter has over the important manipulations b. acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval c. attempting to break down complex events by breaking them down into their components d. representative of the real world Page: 7 Type: conceptual Answer: d 10. If we hear a complaint that experimental psychology research lacks ecological validity, the person is complaining that . a. the research is not representative of real-world situations b. the research lacks sufficient precision c. the research lacks an appropriate comparison group d. we are attempting to understand complex phenomena by breaking them down into their components Page: 7 Type: applied Answer: a 11. If something is generalizable to real-world situations, it . a. is pragmatic b. acquires an air of confidence c. has ecological validity d. no longer is basic science Page: 7 Type: conceptual Answer: c 12. A person trying to understand complex events by breaking them down into their components is using . a. fragmentation b. reductionism c. a parsing approach d. distillation Page: 7 Type: applied Answer: b 13. Who said, “I think, therefore I am”? a. Rene Descartes b. William James c. Aristotle d. Immanuel Kant Page: 7 Type: factual Answer: a 14. Empirical observations are those that . a. rely on observation, experimentation, or measurement b. characterize an entire set of research data c. are conducted in a field setting outside the laboratory d. compare people of different ages at a given moment in time Page: 9 Type: conceptual Answer: a 15. The philosophy that observation is to be the basis for much of science is . a. empiricism b. rationalism c. structuralism d. functionalism Page: 9 Type: conceptual Answer: a 16. Which of the following is NOT true? a. Wundt established the first psychological laboratory. b. Wundt’s student Titchner advocated the approach known as structuralism. c. Wundt believed strongly that the proper topic for psychology was “conscious processes and immediate experience.” d. Wundt advocated the approach known as functionalism. Page: 9 Type: factual Answer: d 17. Who is credited with being the first experimental psychologist? a. Wilhelm Wundt b. William James c. Edward Titchner d. John Watson Page: 9 Type: factual Answer: a 18. Radical empiricists believe that the mind starts out as a . a. cogito blanco b. tabula rasa c. scientia est potestas d. semper fideles Page: 9 Type: conceptual Answer: b 19. Many of the topics of Wundt’s research would fall under what we now label as psychology. a. clinical b. counseling c. industrial/organizational d. cognitive Page: 9 Type: conceptual Answer: d 20. Titchener is most strongly associated with . a. structuralism b. functionalism c. the cognitive revolution d. Gestalt psychology Page: 10 Type: factual Answer: a 21. Hermann Ebbinghaus was the first person to systematically study. a. perception b. attention c. problem solving d. memory Page: 10 Type: factual Answer: d 22. Edward Titchener believed . 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 Page: 10 Type: conceptual Answer: b 23. Which is true of Ebbinghaus? a. He was interested in memory. b. He was interested in perception. c. He was interested in reasoning. d. He was interested in studying introspection. Page: 10 Type: factual Answer: a 24. Most associated with the method of savings is . a. Hermann von Ebbinghaus b. William James c. Wilhelm Wundt d. B.F. Skinner Page: 10 Type: factual Answer: a 25. William James believed . 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 with introspective methods 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 Page: 11 Type: conceptual Answer: d 26. An approach that asks the questions “What is it for?” and “How does it adapt?” is. a. functionalism b. structuralism c. empiricism d. reductionism Page: 11 Type: conceptual Answer: a 27. William James’s research output was . a. high b. low c. skewed d. artificial Page: 11 Type: factual Answer: b 28. Behaviorism had its strongest impact . a. on the popular press b. in clinical treatments c. in America d. with education Page: 12 Type: factual Answer: c 29. How do some psychologists describe the transition from behaviorism to cognitivism? a. a revolution b. a regression c. a simple relabeling d. a tragedy Page: 12 Type: factual Answer: a 30. Which is NOT a characteristic of behaviorism? a. scientific study of behavior b. focus on observable, quantifiable behavior c. antimentalist d. the first major school of thought in experimental psychology Page: 12 Type: conceptual Answer: d