Chapter 1 End-of-Chapter Quiz

Chapter 1: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (Cengage Learning + MindTap)

While George takes the bus home, he is thinking about how to resolve a difficult issue at work. This is an example of the mind ___.

a) as a problem solver

b) as a key to memory

c) as a source of normal functions

d) as a tool of creativity

a) as a problem solver

Which of the following terms best reflects the concept of cognition?

a) behaviors

b) processes

c) ideas

d) memories

b) processes

Joe and Meg are doing a study in psychology. Joe is asked to push a button as soon as he sees a red light, whereas Meg is asked to push a red button if she sees a red light and a green button if she sees a green light. From the information, who appear(s) to be involved in a task measuring choice reaction time?

a) only Joe

b) only Meg

c) neither Joe nor Meg

d) both Joe and Meg

b) only Meg

Which one of these early pioneers in cognitive psychology was the first to undertake quantitative measurements of mental processes?

a) Donders

b) Ebbinghaus

c) James

d) Wundt

b) Ebbinghaus

___ founded behaviorism which ___ the study of inner mental processes.

a) John Watson; rejected

b) John Watson; accepted

c)William James; rejected

d) William James; accepted

a) John Watson; rejected

An animal might learn how to navigate a maze through the use of ___.

a) the savings curve

b) analytic introspection

c) a cognitive map

d) aritifical intelligence

c) a cognitive map

Noam Chomsky argued that language development was primarily determined by ___.

a) reinforcement

b) imitation

c) biological processes

d) cultural differences

c) biological processes

The United Negro College fund organization once used the marketing slogan "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." Conceptually, the organization was stating that the human mind is _________.

a) inefficient

b) valuable

c) functional

d) intelligent

b) valuable

The predominant theme of the information-processing approach holds that the operation of the mind occurs ___.

a) only through observed behaviors

b) via unconscious processes

c) through reinforcement

d) in a number of stages

d) in a number of stages

In Broadbent's flow diagram of attention, messages first enter a(n) ___.

a) paradigm

b) filter

c) detector

d) cognitive map

b) filter

In a classic paper from the 1950s, George Miller argued that the information-processing capacity of the mind is ___.

a) unlimited

b) limited to about 7 items

c) limited to about 32 items

d) impossible to measure

b) limited to about 7 items

Which of the following has become one of the dominant approaches in contemporary psychology?

a) analytic introspection

b) information processing

c) psychoanalysis

d) structuralism

b) information processing

As Latoya sat down to take her final exam in European History, what did she draw upon to answer the 100 questions?

a) episodic memory

b) procedural memory

c) sensory memory

d) long-term memory

d) long-term memory

Which of the following would play a key role in research on the physiology of cognition?

a) analytic introspection

b) functional magnetic resonance imaging

c) operant conditioning

d) cognitive mapping

b) functional magnetic resonance imaging

If you are thinking about experiences about a previous vacation, then you are most likely making use of ___ memories.

a) sensory

b) procedural

c) semantic

d) episodic

d) episodic

According to Miller, which of the following would be the shortest password that a person would have difficulty remembering?

a) 73A8

b) 5KBN37

c) 4LP91DMG

d) 8C3FT65L51

c) 4LP91DMG

The periodic table that identifies iron as having the symbol FE and an atomic number of 26 is conceptually similar to which of the following?

a) Tolman's cognitive mapping

b) Miller's "seven items" concept

c) Ebbinghaus's two-day savings curve

d) Wundt's structural sensations

d) Wundt's structural sensations

You studied a lot of information to ace this quiz. According to Ebbinghaus, when will the rate at which you begin to forget the information begin to level off?

a) 4 hours

b) 18 hours

c) 2 days

d) 7 days

c) 2 days

Which of the following correctly pairs a researcher with a core concept of their work?

a) Watson—sensation

b) Broadbent—imaging

c) Tulving—cognitive maps

d) James—attention

d) James—attention

Which of the following would best fit Watson's approach to psychological research?

a) having people run a maze then draw it

b) watching people react to a scary movie

c) scanning the brains of people doing math

d) listening to people describe an experience

b) watching people react to a scary movie