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Chap 01_9e
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. A current successful application of cognitive psychology is its contributions to our understanding of brain
disorders that reflect abnormal functioning, such as schizophrenia.
a. True
b. False
2. Information-processing analysis breaks a cognitive task down into a set of steps.
a. True
b. False
3. There is a great deal of growth of new neurons and new synapses in the adult brain.
a. True
b. False
4. From an information-processing point of view, the MOST important components of the nervous system are
the neurons.
a. True
b. False
5. The terminal boutons of one neuron touch the dendrite of another.
a. True
b. False
6. Artificial intelligence researchers have created a program that matches human intelligence.
a. True
b. False
7. In the two decades between 1950 and 1970, cognitive psychology developed as a field by embracing
behaviorism.
a. True
b. False
8. Gestalt psychologists believe that the activity of the mind is more than the sum of its parts.
a. True
b. False
9. Cognitive neuroscience is the study of how cognition is realized in the brain.
a. True
b. False
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10. Coarse coding, an aspect of neural information processing, implies that single neurons seem to respond to only
specific events.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11. An axon's _____ of firing determine(s) how it will affect nearby cells to which it synapses.
a. intensity
b. pattern
c. rate
d. intensity, pattern, and rate
12. Cognitive science does NOT integrate research efforts from which field?
a. physics
b. linguistics
c. neuroscience
d. philosophy
13. The body sends more blood to more active areas of the brain. This is referred to as the:
a. hemodynamic response.
b. hemoglobin response.
c. MRI effect.
d. PET effect.
14. The claims of Gestalt psychologists, that the activity of the brain and the mind was more than the sum of its
parts, conflicted with the _____ program that tried to analyze conscious thoughts into its parts.
a. behaviorist
b. introspectionist
c. functionalist
d. psychoanalytic
15. Why wasn't cognitive psychology a field of focus before the 19th century?
a. Before the 19th century, most sciences remained largely undeveloped.
b. It was believed that the human mind could not be scientifically studied.
c. Questions about the human mind were not asked before the 19th century.
d. The equipment needed to conduct research had not yet been invented.
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16. Brodmann (1909/1960) identified _____ distinct regions of the human cortex based on differences in the cell
types in various regions.
a. 18
b. 25
c. 37
d. 52
17. Damage to the _____ results in amnesia.
a. amygdala
b. hippocampus
c. hypothalamus
d. thalamus
18. _____ records the electrical potentials that are present on the scalp.
a. EEG
b. fMRI
c. MRI
d. PET
19. Spatial processing occurs in the _____ lobe.
a. frontal
b. occipital
c. parietal
d. temporal
20. Who established the first psychology laboratory?
a. James
b. Thorndike
c. Watson
d. Wundt
21. The main body of the neuron is called the:
a. axon.
b. dendrite.
c. soma.
d. synapse.
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Chap 01_9e
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. A current successful application of cognitive psychology is its contributions to our understanding of brain
disorders that reflect abnormal functioning, such as schizophrenia.
a. True
b. False
2. Information-processing analysis breaks a cognitive task down into a set of steps.
a. True
b. False
3. There is a great deal of growth of new neurons and new synapses in the adult brain.
a. True
b. False
4. From an information-processing point of view, the MOST important components of the nervous system are
the neurons.
a. True
b. False
5. The terminal boutons of one neuron touch the dendrite of another.
a. True
b. False
6. Artificial intelligence researchers have created a program that matches human intelligence.
a. True
b. False
7. In the two decades between 1950 and 1970, cognitive psychology developed as a field by embracing
behaviorism.
a. True
b. False
8. Gestalt psychologists believe that the activity of the mind is more than the sum of its parts.
a. True
b. False
9. Cognitive neuroscience is the study of how cognition is realized in the brain.
a. True
b. False
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,Name: Class: Date:
Chap 01_9e
10. Coarse coding, an aspect of neural information processing, implies that single neurons seem to respond to only
specific events.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11. An axon's _____ of firing determine(s) how it will affect nearby cells to which it synapses.
a. intensity
b. pattern
c. rate
d. intensity, pattern, and rate
12. Cognitive science does NOT integrate research efforts from which field?
a. physics
b. linguistics
c. neuroscience
d. philosophy
13. The body sends more blood to more active areas of the brain. This is referred to as the:
a. hemodynamic response.
b. hemoglobin response.
c. MRI effect.
d. PET effect.
14. The claims of Gestalt psychologists, that the activity of the brain and the mind was more than the sum of its
parts, conflicted with the _____ program that tried to analyze conscious thoughts into its parts.
a. behaviorist
b. introspectionist
c. functionalist
d. psychoanalytic
15. Why wasn't cognitive psychology a field of focus before the 19th century?
a. Before the 19th century, most sciences remained largely undeveloped.
b. It was believed that the human mind could not be scientifically studied.
c. Questions about the human mind were not asked before the 19th century.
d. The equipment needed to conduct research had not yet been invented.
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, Name: Class: Date:
Chap 01_9e
16. Brodmann (1909/1960) identified _____ distinct regions of the human cortex based on differences in the cell
types in various regions.
a. 18
b. 25
c. 37
d. 52
17. Damage to the _____ results in amnesia.
a. amygdala
b. hippocampus
c. hypothalamus
d. thalamus
18. _____ records the electrical potentials that are present on the scalp.
a. EEG
b. fMRI
c. MRI
d. PET
19. Spatial processing occurs in the _____ lobe.
a. frontal
b. occipital
c. parietal
d. temporal
20. Who established the first psychology laboratory?
a. James
b. Thorndike
c. Watson
d. Wundt
21. The main body of the neuron is called the:
a. axon.
b. dendrite.
c. soma.
d. synapse.
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