Test Bank for Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind 8th Edition by Daniel Reisberg | Complete Chapters 1-15 | Verified Questions & Answers | A+ Graded

Test Bank for Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind, 8th
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, CHAPTER 1 bbbb The Science of the Mind
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LEARNING bbbb OBJECTIVES

1.1. Describe bbbb the bbbb scope bbbb and bbbb goals bbbb of bbbb cognitive bbbb psychology.


1.2. Understand bbbb the bbbb case bbbb of bbbb H.M., bbbb and bbbb the bbbb many b b b b ways bbbb that bbbb memory b b b b influences bbbb our b b bb lives.


1.3. Describe bbbb the bbbb limitations bbbb of bbbb introspection bbbb as bbbb a bbbb method bbbb for bbbb scientific bbbb inquiry.


1.4. Compare and contrast classical (Watsonian) bbbb bbbb bbbb b b bb bbbb behaviorism and cognitive bb b b bbbb bbbb psychology.


1.5. Kant’s “transcendental method” is sometimes called “inference to best explanation.” Explain this
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1.6. Describe the bbbb bbbb role, bbbb in bbbb the b b b b emergence bbbb of bbbb cognitive b b b b psychology, bbbb that b b b b was played
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bbbb computer b b b b science and bbbb bbbb the develop-ment of “computer
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MULTIPLE b b b b CHOICE

1. Which b b b b of bbbb the bbbb following b b b b topics bbbb is bbbb NOT commonly bbbb b b b b studied b b b b within b bbb cognitive b b b b psychology?
a. anger c. memory
management
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d. Attention
b. decision bbbb making


ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: The Scope of bbbb bbbb


Cognitive PsychologyOBJ: 1.1
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2. Cognitive b bbb processes bbbb are bbb b NOT necessary for which daily
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a. reading a bbbb c. talking on the phone b b b b b b b b b b b b


newspap
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er d. breathing

b. studying b b b b for b b b b a
test
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ANS: b b b b D DIF: Easy REF: The Scope of bbbb bbbb


Cognitive Psychology
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OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Applying

3.
Alyssa wants to be a psychologist but is unsure b b b b bbbb b b b b b bb b bbbb b b b b bbbb bbbb b b b b which topic within
b b b b bbbb b b b b psychology
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b b b b thefollowing topics would
b b b b be bbbb bbbb b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b LEAST likely to b b b b b b b b b b b b lead her b b b b


b b b b into cognitive
b b b b psychology? b b b b




a. amnesia acquisition bbbb




b. language

,c. Lyme bbbb disease
d. problem-solving
strategies
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, ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: The Scope of bbbb bbbb


Cognitive PsychologyOBJ: 1.1
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4. Consider the sequence ―Betsy wanted to bring Jacob a present. She
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b b b b her piggy bank.‖
b b b b Most people, after hearing this sequence, believe Betsy was checking her piggy
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bbbb bank to see if she had money to spend on the gift. This inference
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b b b b the fact that
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a. our previous knowledge
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understanding an eventor
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b. readers b bbb are b b b b likely b b b b to bbbb know bbbb someone b b b b named b b b b Jacob.
c. English, unlike other languages, requires
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the people involved in anevent.
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d. the bbbb individual b bbb sentences b b b b are bbbb short.


ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: The bbbb Broad bbbb Role
for MemoryOBJ:
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5. Which b b b b of bbbb the bbbb following b b b b statements bbbb is bbbb LEAST bbbb likely b b b b to b bb b apply b b b b to b b b b patient b bbb H.M.?
a. ―He cannot bbbb b b bb remember b b b b what b b b b he bbbb did bb bb earlier b b b b today, b b b b including bbbb events bbbb that b b b b took b bb b place b b b b just bbbb an bbbb hour
ago.‖
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b. ―He b b b b read bb bb this bbbb story b b b b last bbbb month, bbbb but b bb b he bbbb was bb bb still bbbb surprised b b b b by b b b b how b bbb the b b b b story b b b b turned b b b b out.‖
c. ―Even b b b b though bbbb he b bbb has bbbb encountered b b b b the bbbb nurse b b bb many b b bb times, b bbb he bbbb is bbbb still bbbb unable bbbb to bb bb recognize b b b b her.‖
d. ―He remembered b b b b b b b b that b b b b it bbbb was b b b b only b b b b a b b b b week b b b b ago b b b b that bbbb he‘d bbb b heard b b b b the b b b b sad b b b b news b b bb that b bbb his bbbb uncle
had died.‖
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ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Amnesia and bbbb


Memory LossOBJ: 1.2
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6. Research b b b b with b b b b H.M. b b b b provides bbbb an b b b b illustration b b bb for bbbb which b b b b major bbbb theme bbbb of bbbb the bbbb chapter?
a. Introspection bbbb is an bbbb b b b b important bbbb research b bb b tool bbbb for b b bb cognitive bbbb psychologists.
b. Cognitive psychology can help us understand
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activities that depend on someone‘sability
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c. Memory b b b b is bbbb not bbbb very b b b b important.
d. The disruption
b b b b b b b b caused by brain damage depends
b b b b b b b b b b b b bbbb b bbb on how widespread
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b b b b the damage bbbb b b b b is, and not on
b b bb thespecific sites b b b b bbbb b b b b b b b b b b b b that are damaged. b b b b b b b b




ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: The Scope of bbbb bbbb


Cognitive Psychology
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OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Evaluating

7. Patients suffering bbbb b b b b from b b b b clinical bbbb amnesia are characterized bbbb b b b b bb bb by
a. memory bbbb dysfunction. c. inarticulate speech. bbbb




b. an inability to
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recognize patterns.
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ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Amnesia and bbbb


Memory LossOBJ: 1.2
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8. The bbbb term b b b b ―introspection‖ b b bb refers bbbb to bbbb the
a. process bbbb by bbb b which b bbb one bbbb individual b b b b seeks bbbb to bbbb infer b b b b the bbbb thoughts bbbb of bbbb another b b b b individual.