Test Bank for Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind, 8th Edition by Daniel Reisberg (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021) | ISBN: 9780393877601 | All Chapters (1-15)

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15 with Verified Questions & Correct Answers| A+ GRA
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, CHAPTERxd1:xdThexdSciencexdofxdthexdMindxdLEAR

NINGxdOBJECTIVES

1.1. Describexdthexdscopexdandxdgoalsxdofxdcognitivexdpsychology.

1.2. UnderstandxdthexdcasexdofxdH.M.,xdandxdthexdmanyxdwaysxdthatxdmemoryxdinfluencesxdourxdlives.

1.3. Describexdthexdlimitationsxdofxdintrospectionxdasxdaxdmethodxdforxdscientificxdinquiry.

1.4. Comparexdandxdcontrastxdclassicalxd(Watsonian)xdbehaviorismxdandxdcognitivexdpsychology.

1.5. Kant‘sxd―transcendentalxdmethod‖xdisxdsometimesxdcalledxd―inferencexdtoxdbestxdexplanation.‖xdExplainxdthis
methodxdandxdhowxditxdworks.

1.6. Describexdthexdrole,xdinxdthexdemergencexdofxdcognitivexdpsychology,xdthatxdwasxdplayedxdbyxdcompute
rxdsciencexdandxdthexddevelopmentxdofxd―computerxdintelligence.‖




MULTIPLExdCHOICE

1. WhichxdofxdthexdfollowingxdtopicsxdisxdNOTxdcommonlyxdstudiedxdwithinxdcognitivexdpsychology?

a. angerxdmanagement

b. decisionxdmaking

c. memory

d. Attention

CORRECTxdANSWER:xdA DIF: Easy REF: ThexdScopexdofxdCognitivexdPsychologyxdOBJ:
1.1 MSC:xdUnderstanding



2. CognitivexdprocessesxdarexdNOTxdnecessaryxdforxdwhichxddailyxdactivity?

a. readingxdaxdnewspaper

b. studyingxdforxdaxdtest

c. talkingxdonxdthexdphone

d. breathing

CORRECTxdANSWER:xdD DIF: Easy REF: ThexdScopexdofxdCognitivexdPsychology



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3. Alyssaxdwantsxdtoxdbexdaxdpsychologistxdbutxdisxdunsurexdwhichxdtopicxdwithinxdpsychologyxdmostxdint
erestsxdher.xdWhichxdofxdthexdfollowingxdtopicsxdwouldxdbexdLEASTxdlikelyxdtoxdleadxdherxdintoxdcogniti
vexdpsychology?

a. amnesia

b. languagexdacquisition

c. Lymexddisease

d. problem-solvingxdstrategies

CORRECTxdANSWER:xdC DIF: Easy REF: ThexdScopexdofxdCognitivexdPsychologyxdOBJ:
1.1 MSC:xdApplying



4. Considerxdthexdsequencexd―BetsyxdwantedxdtoxdbringxdJacobxdaxdpresent.xdShexdshookxdherxdpiggyxdbank.‖x
dMostxdpeople,xdafterxdhearingxdthisxdsequence,xdbelievexdBetsyxdwasxdcheckingxdherxdpiggyxdbankxdtoxdseexdifxd

shexdhadxdmoneyxdtoxdspendxdonxdthexdgift.xdThisxdinferencexdaboutxdBetsy‘sxdgoalsxddependsxdonxdthexdfactxdth
at

a. ourxdpreviousxdknowledgexdfillsxdinxdbackgroundxdinformationxdwheneverxdwe‘rexdunderstandingxdanxdevent
orxdconversation.

b. readersxdarexdlikelyxdtoxdknowxdsomeonexdnamedxdJacob.

c. English,xdunlikexdotherxdlanguages,xdrequiresxdspeakersxdtoxdmentionxdallxdofxdthexdpeoplexdinvolv
edxdinxdanxdevent.

d. thexdindividualxdsentencesxdarexdshort.

CORRECTxdANSWER:xdA DIF: Easy REF: ThexdBroadxdRolexdforxdMemoryxdOBJ: 1.1
MSC:xdUnderstanding



5. WhichxdofxdthexdfollowingxdstatementsxdisxdLEASTxdlikelyxdtoxdapplyxdtoxdpatientxdH.M.?

a. ―Hexdcannotxdrememberxdwhatxdhexddidxdearlierxdtoday,xdincludingxdeventsxdthatxdtookxdplacexdjustxdanxdhour
ago.‖

b. ―Hexdreadxdthisxdstoryxdlastxdmonth,xdbutxdhexdwasxdstillxdsurprisedxdbyxdhowxdthexdstoryxdturnedxdout.‖

c. ―Evenxdthoughxdhexdhasxdencounteredxdthexdnursexdmanyxdtimes,xdhexdisxdstillxdunablexdtoxdrecognizexdher.‖

d. ―Hexdrememberedxdthatxditxdwasxdonlyxdaxdweekxdagoxdthatxdhe‘dxdheardxdthexdsadxdnewsxdthatxdhis

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, unclexdhadxddied.‖
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