Psych 375 Quiz #1 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
The cognitive approach is a theoretical orientation that emphasizes a
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person's:
a) observable behaviors
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b) unconscious emotions
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c) social interactions with other people
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d) mental processes and knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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a) A reflex such as a knee-jerk reflex is an example of cognition
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b) Cognition refers to the acquisition and retrieval of knowledge, but
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not the use of that knowledge
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c) "cognitive psychology" is sometimes used as a synonym for
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"cognition"
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d) cognitive psychology emphasizes mental processes that are easily
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observable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c | | |
Which of the following statements BEST captures the scope of cognition
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, a) cognition includes every internal experience that humans have
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b) we use cognition when we acquire, store, transform, and use
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knowledge
c) cognition primarily emphasizes higher mental processes, such as
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problem solving and decision making
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d) cognition is more concerned with visible actions, such as motor
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activities, than with activities that cannot be seen by an outside
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observer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b | | |
Suppose that a psychologist writes an article on children's acquisition of
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gender stereotypes. Which of the following article titles would be most
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consistent with the cognitive approach? | | | |
a) "How parents' reinforcement of behaviors shapes sterotypes"
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b) "the effects of classical conditioning on children's emotional reactions
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to gender stereotypes"
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c) "how early emotional reactions to parents influence later gender
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stereotypes"
d) "Children's memory for gender-consistent information" - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-d
John is reading his cognitive psychology textbook. He notices that his
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stomach is grumbling, but he thinks, "I will finish this section of the
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chapter and then go to lunch." John's thought illustrates the cognitive
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process of _____ | |
Correct Answers
The cognitive approach is a theoretical orientation that emphasizes a
| | | | | | | | | |
person's:
a) observable behaviors
| |
b) unconscious emotions
| |
c) social interactions with other people
| | | | |
d) mental processes and knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d
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Which of the following statements is correct?
| | | | | |
a) A reflex such as a knee-jerk reflex is an example of cognition
| | | | | | | | | | | |
b) Cognition refers to the acquisition and retrieval of knowledge, but
| | | | | | | | | | |
not the use of that knowledge
| | | | |
c) "cognitive psychology" is sometimes used as a synonym for
| | | | | | | | |
"cognition"
|
d) cognitive psychology emphasizes mental processes that are easily
| | | | | | | | |
observable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c | | |
Which of the following statements BEST captures the scope of cognition
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, a) cognition includes every internal experience that humans have
| | | | | | | |
b) we use cognition when we acquire, store, transform, and use
| | | | | | | | | | |
knowledge
c) cognition primarily emphasizes higher mental processes, such as
| | | | | | | | |
problem solving and decision making
| | | |
d) cognition is more concerned with visible actions, such as motor
| | | | | | | | | | |
activities, than with activities that cannot be seen by an outside
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observer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b | | |
Suppose that a psychologist writes an article on children's acquisition of
| | | | | | | | | | |
gender stereotypes. Which of the following article titles would be most
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consistent with the cognitive approach? | | | |
a) "How parents' reinforcement of behaviors shapes sterotypes"
| | | | | | |
b) "the effects of classical conditioning on children's emotional reactions
| | | | | | | | |
to gender stereotypes"
| | |
c) "how early emotional reactions to parents influence later gender
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stereotypes"
d) "Children's memory for gender-consistent information" - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-d
John is reading his cognitive psychology textbook. He notices that his
| | | | | | | | | | |
stomach is grumbling, but he thinks, "I will finish this section of the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
chapter and then go to lunch." John's thought illustrates the cognitive
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process of _____ | |
