COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Attention, perception, memory, and decision making are all different types of meats processes in which
the mind engages. These are known as different types of:
a. models
b. cognition
c. reaction times
d. savings - ANS-b. cognition
In the Stroop effect, what task is automatized?
a. naming colors
b. naming shapes
c. reading
d. all of the above - ANS-c. reading
With the Stroop effect, you would expect to find the longest response times when:
a. the color and the name matched
b. the color and the name differed
c. all of the above
d. none of the above - ANS-b. the color and the named differed
The field of ____ ______ is concerned with how people acquire, store, transform, use and communicate
information.
a. cognitive science
b. cognitive psychology
c. social psychology
d. clinical psychology - ANS-b. cognitive psychology
What are two kinds of cells in the nervous system?
a. dendrite and axons
b. somas and axons
c. neurons and axons
d. neurons and glia - ANS-d. neurons and glia
The most posterior lobe of the cerebral cortex is the ______ lobe.
a. frontal
b. temporal
c. occipital
d. parietal - ANS-occipital
, The two main types of projections extend from the cell body of a neuron. _______ receive inputs from
other neurons, while ______ send information to other neurons.
a. synapses/glia
b. axons/dendrites
c. glia/synapses
d. dendrites/axons - ANS-d. dendrites/axons
The key structural components of a neuron are:
a. cell body, dendrites, and transmitters
b. axon, dendrites, and modules
c. cell body, dendrites and axon
d. transmitters, dendrites, and axon. - ANS-c. cell body, dendrites and axon
Which of the following things would have been the most difficult for the famous individual studied by
Paul Broca, compared to before his stroke?
a. Listening to a piano recital
b. Reading a book aloud
c. Appreciating a painting
d. Playing a game of cards. - ANS-b. Reading a book aloud
The term synapse refers to the junction between:
a. a blood vessel and surrounding neurons
b. two different cytoarchitectonic regions is the brain
c. two adjacent neurons
d. an axon and the cell body of a neuron - ANS-c. two adjacent neurons
Santiago Ramon y Cajal formulated neuron doctrine which states that:
a. neurons are separate from one another
b. neurons are continuous with one another
c. neurons communicate at specialized junctions called synapses
d. none of the above - ANS-a. neurons are separate from one another
The two main divisions of the central nervous system (CNS) are the:
a. forebrain and brainstem
b. white matter and gray matter
c. brain and spinal cord
d. cerebral hemispheres and cerebellum - ANS-c. brain and spinal cord
The occipital lobe is:
a. where visual information is received
b. important for memory and hearing
c. important for higher functions such as language, thought and memory.
d. where sensory signals are received from the sensory system for touch - ANS-a. where visual
information is received
The _____ lobe of the cortex serves higher functions such as language, thought and memory:
a. temporal
b. frontal
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Attention, perception, memory, and decision making are all different types of meats processes in which
the mind engages. These are known as different types of:
a. models
b. cognition
c. reaction times
d. savings - ANS-b. cognition
In the Stroop effect, what task is automatized?
a. naming colors
b. naming shapes
c. reading
d. all of the above - ANS-c. reading
With the Stroop effect, you would expect to find the longest response times when:
a. the color and the name matched
b. the color and the name differed
c. all of the above
d. none of the above - ANS-b. the color and the named differed
The field of ____ ______ is concerned with how people acquire, store, transform, use and communicate
information.
a. cognitive science
b. cognitive psychology
c. social psychology
d. clinical psychology - ANS-b. cognitive psychology
What are two kinds of cells in the nervous system?
a. dendrite and axons
b. somas and axons
c. neurons and axons
d. neurons and glia - ANS-d. neurons and glia
The most posterior lobe of the cerebral cortex is the ______ lobe.
a. frontal
b. temporal
c. occipital
d. parietal - ANS-occipital
, The two main types of projections extend from the cell body of a neuron. _______ receive inputs from
other neurons, while ______ send information to other neurons.
a. synapses/glia
b. axons/dendrites
c. glia/synapses
d. dendrites/axons - ANS-d. dendrites/axons
The key structural components of a neuron are:
a. cell body, dendrites, and transmitters
b. axon, dendrites, and modules
c. cell body, dendrites and axon
d. transmitters, dendrites, and axon. - ANS-c. cell body, dendrites and axon
Which of the following things would have been the most difficult for the famous individual studied by
Paul Broca, compared to before his stroke?
a. Listening to a piano recital
b. Reading a book aloud
c. Appreciating a painting
d. Playing a game of cards. - ANS-b. Reading a book aloud
The term synapse refers to the junction between:
a. a blood vessel and surrounding neurons
b. two different cytoarchitectonic regions is the brain
c. two adjacent neurons
d. an axon and the cell body of a neuron - ANS-c. two adjacent neurons
Santiago Ramon y Cajal formulated neuron doctrine which states that:
a. neurons are separate from one another
b. neurons are continuous with one another
c. neurons communicate at specialized junctions called synapses
d. none of the above - ANS-a. neurons are separate from one another
The two main divisions of the central nervous system (CNS) are the:
a. forebrain and brainstem
b. white matter and gray matter
c. brain and spinal cord
d. cerebral hemispheres and cerebellum - ANS-c. brain and spinal cord
The occipital lobe is:
a. where visual information is received
b. important for memory and hearing
c. important for higher functions such as language, thought and memory.
d. where sensory signals are received from the sensory system for touch - ANS-a. where visual
information is received
The _____ lobe of the cortex serves higher functions such as language, thought and memory:
a. temporal
b. frontal
