Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory 6th Edition Galotti Test Bank
Test Bank for Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory 6th Edition Kathleen M. Galotti, ISBN: 9781506391731, ISBN: 9781506351568, ISBN: 9781544302324
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 • COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: History, Methods, and Paradigms
CHAPTER 2 • THE BRAIN: An Overview of Structure and Function
CHAPTER 3 • PERCEPTION: Recognizing Patterns and Objects
CHAPTER 4 • ATTENTION: Deploying Cognitive Resources
CHAPTER 5 • WORKING MEMORY: Forming and Using New Memory Traces
CHAPTER 6 • RETRIEVING MEMORIES FROM LONG-TERM STORAGE
CHAPTER 7 • THE RECONSTRUCTIVE NATURE OF MEMORY
CHAPTER 8 • KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION: Storing and Organizing Information in Long-Term Memory
CHAPTER 9 • VISUAL IMAGERY AND SPATIAL COGNITION
CHAPTER 10 • LANGUAGE
CHAPTER 11 • THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
CHAPTER 12 • REASONING AND DECISION MAKING
CHAPTER 13 • COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ADOLESCENCE
CHAPTER 14 • INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN COGNITION
CHAPTER 15 • COGNITION IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Chapter 1: Cognitive Psychology: History, Methods, and Paradigms
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is NOT an example of a cognitive process?
a. attention
b. perception
c. reflex
d. problem solving
Ans: c
Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify examples of cognitive activity that occur in everyday life
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Setting the Stage
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. That guest star on your favorite television show looks familiar. You are sure that you have seen him before, but you are unable to think of his name. The fact that you know you have seen the face before, however, illustrates the cognitive process of ______.
a. perception
b. attention
c. recognition
d. problem solving
Ans: c
Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify examples of cognitive activity that occur in everyday life
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Setting the Stage
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. The earliest theories about cognitive abilities date back to ______.
a. Aristotle and Plato
b. John Locke
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Williams James
Ans: a
Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the various schools of psychology as their history relates to cognitive psychology
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Influences on the Study of Cognition
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. All of the following statements are central to empiricism EXCEPT ______.
a. Knowledge comes from an individual’s experience.
b. Learning takes place through the mental association of two ideas.
c. Environment plays a powerful role in determining intellectual ability.
d. Important structures of the human mind are present at birth.
Ans: d
Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the various schools of psychology as their history relates to cognitive psychology
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Influences on the Study of Cognition
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. The philosopher John Locke was a strong believer in ______, which rests on the assumption that knowledge comes from an individual’s own experience.
a. nativism
b. empiricism
c. behaviorism
d. structuralism
Ans: b
Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the various schools of psychology as their history relates to cognitive psychology Influences on the Study of Cognition
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Easy
