PS400 Cognitive Psychology Exam 1 Answers (Ashworth College)
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<strong>PS400</strong> <strong>Cognitive</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> 1<br />
<strong>Answers</strong> (<strong>Ashworth</strong> <strong>College</strong>)<br />
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<strong>PS400</strong> <strong>Cognitive</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> <strong>Exam</strong> 1 <strong>Answers</strong> (<strong>Ashworth</strong> <strong>College</strong>)<br />
Question<br />
5 / 5 points<br />
1<br />
Psychophysics is to cognitive psychology as __________ is to __________.<br />
Question options:<br />
early processes; late processes<br />
late processes; early processes<br />
late processes; all processes<br />
early processes; all processes<br />
Question<br />
5 / 5<br />
2 points<br />
Noam Chomsky:<br />
Question options:<br />
proposed that language can be accounted for solely based on S-R principles.<br />
sharply criticized Skinner's view of language learning.<br />
proposed that language learning is dependent on automatic self-reinforcement.<br />
saw no need for the concept of mental representations in explaining language.<br />
Questio<br />
3 5 / 5 points<br />
n<br />
William James was a prominent __________ who characterized consciousness as a __________.<br />
Question options:<br />
functionalist; stream<br />
functionalist; complex combination of simple elements<br />
structuralist; stream<br />
structuralist; complex combination of simple elements<br />
Questio 4 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
__________ refers to a procedure that requires a rigorous, and systematic self-report of the basic elements of<br />
an experience, and was the primary method used by __________.<br />
Question options:
Schema analysis; Gestalt psychologists<br />
Savings; behaviorists<br />
Functional reporting; functionalists<br />
Introspection; structuralists<br />
Questio 5 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
The two disciplines typically characterized as the forerunners to psychology (and cognitive psychology) are:<br />
Question options:<br />
philosophy and physiology.<br />
sociology and history.<br />
history and philosophy.<br />
chemistry and theology.<br />
Questio 6 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
Which psychophysicist came up with the notion of an unconscious inference?<br />
Question options:<br />
Donders<br />
Fechner<br />
Helmholtz<br />
Wundt<br />
Questio 7 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
Mind and behavior can be conceptualized as an "S", and "R", and a black box in between. The behaviorists<br />
were interested in:<br />
Question options:<br />
the S's only.<br />
the R's only.<br />
S's and R's.<br />
Questio 8 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
Who established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany?<br />
Question options:<br />
Titchener<br />
Fechner<br />
Watson<br />
Wundt<br />
Questio<br />
n<br />
9 5 / 5<br />
points<br />
Which psychophysicist's major contribution was to demonstrate that the relationship between incoming stimuli<br />
and corresponding perceptions was NOT one-to-one?<br />
Question options:<br />
Fechner<br />
Helmholtz<br />
Wundt<br />
Titchener<br />
Questio 10 0 / 5<br />
n points<br />
The interdisciplinary field of cognitive science is comprised of fields<br />
that include philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, __________, and __________.<br />
Question options:
anthropology; sociology<br />
sociology; artificial intelligence<br />
anthropology; artificial intelligence<br />
physics; chemistry<br />
Questio 11 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
When considering the emotion of anger; which of these questions would be of MOST interest to a functionalist?<br />
Question options:<br />
What is the purpose of anger?<br />
What is the conscious experience of anger like?<br />
What are the behaviors of an angry person?<br />
Questio 12 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
Which school of psychology is BEST captured by its credo, "The whole is different than the sum of its parts?"<br />
Question options:<br />
Structuralism<br />
Functionalism<br />
Gestalt<br />
Behaviorism<br />
Questio 13 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
In the end, what happened to behaviorism?<br />
Question options:<br />
It was replaced by a renewed interest in structuralism.<br />
It completely died out.<br />
It continues to hold some sway to this day.<br />
It was replaced by a renewed interest in functionalism.<br />
Questio 14 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
You're visiting the neuroscience lab of Dr. Wu, and he asks you to look at his plastic model of the brain,<br />
particularly the rostral area. Where should you look on his model?<br />
Question options:<br />
The front<br />
The back<br />
The top<br />
The bottom<br />
Questio 15 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
Which subdiscipline of cognitive science focuses on (as its primary goal) using computers to simulate and<br />
model human thought?<br />
Question options:<br />
Linguistics<br />
<strong>Cognitive</strong> psychology<br />
Artificial intelligence<br />
Questio 16 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
Generally, as a stimulus becomes MORE intense, the minimal change in intensity needed in order for a person<br />
to notice the change:<br />
Question options:<br />
increases.<br />
decreases.<br />
stays the same.<br />
has no relationship whatsoever to original intensity.
Questio<br />
17 5 / 5 points<br />
n<br />
The issue of how we manage (or fail to manage) driving and talking on a cell phone would be of MOST interest<br />
to someone who studies:<br />
Question options:<br />
problem solving.<br />
attention.<br />
memory.<br />
decision making.<br />
Questio 18 5 / 5<br />
n points<br />
Helmholtz was a __________ whose work included the insight that __________.<br />
Question options:<br />
structuralist; perception involves unconscious inferences about incoming stimuli<br />
structuralist; consciousness is complex, but composed of simple elements that can be analyzed<br />
through introspection<br />
psychophysicist; perception involves unconscious inferences about incoming stimuli<br />
psychophysicist; consciousness is complex, but composed of simple elements that can be analyzed<br />
through introspection<br />
Questio<br />
19 5 / 5 points<br />
n<br />
Which of these is a correct sequencing of cortical areas, from those MOST anterior to those MOST posterior?<br />
Question options:<br />
Occipital lobe, parietal lobe, motor cortex, prefrontal cortex<br />
Prefrontal cortex, motor cortex, parietal lobe, occipital lobe<br />
Parietal lobe, motor cortex, occipital lobe, prefrontal cortex<br />
Mmotor cortex, prefrontal cortex, parietal lobe, occipital lobe<br />
Questio<br />
20 5 / 5 points<br />
n<br />
The atomistic approach employed by the structuralists — breaking consciousness down into its elemental<br />
components — has been likened to the approach of which other scientific discipline?<br />
Question options:<br />
Physics<br />
Chemistry<br />
Biology<br />
Archaeology
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