PYC3703 COGNITION
TEST BANK CHAPTER 1
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following would not be studied by a Cognitive Psychologist?
a. whether people can pay attention to multiple stimuli at once without losing accuracy
b. if advertising using animation is more memorable than advertising using no animation
c. whether a group of people present affect how much is given to charity
d. if the reading speed of college graduates differs from that of high school graduates
ANS: c REF: 6 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Applied
2. The combination of rational with empirical methods so as to get the “best of both worlds”
represents, in dialectical terms, a(n)
a. thesis.
b. antithesis.
c. synthesis.
d. antisynthesis.
ANS: c REF: 8 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
3. Part of dialectic thinking is when a statement of belief is proposed. This statement would
be called the ___.
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: c REF: 8 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
4. This part of dialectic thinking is when a counterstatement to previous beliefs emerges.
This counterstatement would be called the ___.
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: a REF: 8 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
5. The philosopher who advanced the notion of a dialectic was __________.
a. Plato
b. Hegel
c. Descartes
d. Aristotle
ANS: b REF: 9 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
,6. A rationalist
a. uses logical analysis to understand the world and people’s relations to it.
b. is a follower of Aristotle’s empiricist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of monism.
d. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
ANS: a REF: 10 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
7. Rationalism is to ____ as empiricism is to ____.
a. empirical evidence; theory
b. theory; empirical evidence
c. manipulation; measure
d. hypothesis; theory
ANS: b REF: 11 DIF: Hard MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
8. This particular approach emphasizes logical analysis as the means to acquiring new
knowledge.
a. Tabula rasa
b. Synthesis
c. Rationalist
d. Empiricist
ANS: c REF: 11 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
9. An empiricist
a. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
b. is a follower of Plato’s rationalist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of mind-body dualism.
d. believes that the mind and the body are separate entities.
ANS: a REF: 11 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
10. This particular approach emphasizes empirical evidence as the means to acquiring new
knowledge.
a. Rationalist
b. Monist
c. Empiricist
d. Nativist
ANS: c REF: 11 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE:
Factual NOT: WWW
11. Theresa, a judge, does not accept circumstantial evidence as evidence in her court.
Theresa will not convict anyone of a crime, based on general principles of anticipated
behavior of people brought to court. Instead, Theresa allows only evidence that she can
see, or “hard,” observational evidence, to be used in a prosecution. Theresa could be
referred to as a(n)
a. Monist
b. Empiricist
c. Rationalist
d. Nativist
, ANS: b REF: 11 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Applied
12. Elma, an automobile factory worker, learns how to install a car air conditioner by
watching a fellow worker install the part. The knowledge Elma has just acquired is
__________ acquired knowledge.
a. experimentally
b. reductively
c. innately
d. empirically
ANS: d REF: 11 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Applied NOT: WWW
13. Psychology is sometimes viewed as a merging of
a. philosophy and monism.
b. rationalism and physiology.
c. physiology and empiricism.
d. philosophy and physiology.
ANS: d REF: 11 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
14. Descartes is known for having been a(n)
a. functionalist.
b. behaviorist.
c. empiricist.
d. rationalist.
ANS: d REF: 12 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
15. A philosopher who largely rejected acquisition of knowledge by empirical means was
a. John Locke.
b. Aristotle.
c. David Hume.
d. René Descartes.
ANS: d REF: 12 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
16. Which of the following people supported the rationalist view and largely rejected the pure
empirical view?
a. Kant
b. Aristotle
c. Descartes
d. Locke
ANS: c REF: 12 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
17. __________ refers to Locke’s belief that all knowledge is gained empirically, beginning
at birth, when our minds are a blank slate.
a. Innate
b. A priori
c. A posteriori
d. Tabula rasa
ANS: d REF: 12 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
, 18. Immanuel Kant
a. believed in an integration of rationalism and empiricism.
b. rejected completely all forms of rationalism and empiricism.
c. believed only in rationalism.
d. believed only in empiricism.
ANS: a REF: 12 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Conceptual NOT: WWW
19. The goal of structuralism was to understand the “content” of the mind by
a. synthesizing constituent parts of perceptions.
b. analyzing perceptions into their constituent parts.
c. observing responses to various stimuli.
d. evaluating other schools of thought to provide a “structure” for the new movement.
ANS: b REF: 13 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
20. Wilhelm Wundt’s idea of _________ involved looking inward at the contents of one’s
consciousness.
a. projection
b. introversion
c. repression
d. introspection
ANS: d REF:13 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
21. Bill, a mechanic, believes that automobile research should place an emphasis on studying
how a car is used and the processes that occur among the various parts. If Bill had chosen
psychology as a career field, he might have been in favor of
a. Gestaltism.
b. structuralism.
c. behaviorism.
d. functionalism.
ANS: d REF:15 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Conceptual
22. Which of the following examples is most analogous to the goal of the structuralist
movement?
a. Scientists study an entire assembled jigsaw puzzle in order to understand each of the
pieces.
b. Scientists look at how the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle fit together in order to understand
the assembling process.
c. Scientists look at each piece of a jigsaw puzzle in order to understand the whole
puzzle as assembled.
d. Scientists study the different ways a jigsaw puzzle can be assembled to form different
images.
ANS: c. REF: 14 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Conceptual
TEST BANK CHAPTER 1
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following would not be studied by a Cognitive Psychologist?
a. whether people can pay attention to multiple stimuli at once without losing accuracy
b. if advertising using animation is more memorable than advertising using no animation
c. whether a group of people present affect how much is given to charity
d. if the reading speed of college graduates differs from that of high school graduates
ANS: c REF: 6 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Applied
2. The combination of rational with empirical methods so as to get the “best of both worlds”
represents, in dialectical terms, a(n)
a. thesis.
b. antithesis.
c. synthesis.
d. antisynthesis.
ANS: c REF: 8 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
3. Part of dialectic thinking is when a statement of belief is proposed. This statement would
be called the ___.
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: c REF: 8 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
4. This part of dialectic thinking is when a counterstatement to previous beliefs emerges.
This counterstatement would be called the ___.
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: a REF: 8 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
5. The philosopher who advanced the notion of a dialectic was __________.
a. Plato
b. Hegel
c. Descartes
d. Aristotle
ANS: b REF: 9 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
,6. A rationalist
a. uses logical analysis to understand the world and people’s relations to it.
b. is a follower of Aristotle’s empiricist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of monism.
d. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
ANS: a REF: 10 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
7. Rationalism is to ____ as empiricism is to ____.
a. empirical evidence; theory
b. theory; empirical evidence
c. manipulation; measure
d. hypothesis; theory
ANS: b REF: 11 DIF: Hard MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
8. This particular approach emphasizes logical analysis as the means to acquiring new
knowledge.
a. Tabula rasa
b. Synthesis
c. Rationalist
d. Empiricist
ANS: c REF: 11 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
9. An empiricist
a. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
b. is a follower of Plato’s rationalist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of mind-body dualism.
d. believes that the mind and the body are separate entities.
ANS: a REF: 11 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
10. This particular approach emphasizes empirical evidence as the means to acquiring new
knowledge.
a. Rationalist
b. Monist
c. Empiricist
d. Nativist
ANS: c REF: 11 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE:
Factual NOT: WWW
11. Theresa, a judge, does not accept circumstantial evidence as evidence in her court.
Theresa will not convict anyone of a crime, based on general principles of anticipated
behavior of people brought to court. Instead, Theresa allows only evidence that she can
see, or “hard,” observational evidence, to be used in a prosecution. Theresa could be
referred to as a(n)
a. Monist
b. Empiricist
c. Rationalist
d. Nativist
, ANS: b REF: 11 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Applied
12. Elma, an automobile factory worker, learns how to install a car air conditioner by
watching a fellow worker install the part. The knowledge Elma has just acquired is
__________ acquired knowledge.
a. experimentally
b. reductively
c. innately
d. empirically
ANS: d REF: 11 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Applied NOT: WWW
13. Psychology is sometimes viewed as a merging of
a. philosophy and monism.
b. rationalism and physiology.
c. physiology and empiricism.
d. philosophy and physiology.
ANS: d REF: 11 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
14. Descartes is known for having been a(n)
a. functionalist.
b. behaviorist.
c. empiricist.
d. rationalist.
ANS: d REF: 12 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
15. A philosopher who largely rejected acquisition of knowledge by empirical means was
a. John Locke.
b. Aristotle.
c. David Hume.
d. René Descartes.
ANS: d REF: 12 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
16. Which of the following people supported the rationalist view and largely rejected the pure
empirical view?
a. Kant
b. Aristotle
c. Descartes
d. Locke
ANS: c REF: 12 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
17. __________ refers to Locke’s belief that all knowledge is gained empirically, beginning
at birth, when our minds are a blank slate.
a. Innate
b. A priori
c. A posteriori
d. Tabula rasa
ANS: d REF: 12 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
, 18. Immanuel Kant
a. believed in an integration of rationalism and empiricism.
b. rejected completely all forms of rationalism and empiricism.
c. believed only in rationalism.
d. believed only in empiricism.
ANS: a REF: 12 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Conceptual NOT: WWW
19. The goal of structuralism was to understand the “content” of the mind by
a. synthesizing constituent parts of perceptions.
b. analyzing perceptions into their constituent parts.
c. observing responses to various stimuli.
d. evaluating other schools of thought to provide a “structure” for the new movement.
ANS: b REF: 13 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
20. Wilhelm Wundt’s idea of _________ involved looking inward at the contents of one’s
consciousness.
a. projection
b. introversion
c. repression
d. introspection
ANS: d REF:13 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
21. Bill, a mechanic, believes that automobile research should place an emphasis on studying
how a car is used and the processes that occur among the various parts. If Bill had chosen
psychology as a career field, he might have been in favor of
a. Gestaltism.
b. structuralism.
c. behaviorism.
d. functionalism.
ANS: d REF:15 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Conceptual
22. Which of the following examples is most analogous to the goal of the structuralist
movement?
a. Scientists study an entire assembled jigsaw puzzle in order to understand each of the
pieces.
b. Scientists look at how the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle fit together in order to understand
the assembling process.
c. Scientists look at each piece of a jigsaw puzzle in order to understand the whole
puzzle as assembled.
d. Scientists study the different ways a jigsaw puzzle can be assembled to form different
images.
ANS: c. REF: 14 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Conceptual
