TEST BANK for Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind 8th Edition by Daniel Reisberg | ISBN: 9780393877601 | Complete Chapters 1-15 | Verified Q&A | LATEST EDITION.

TEST BANK for Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind 8th Edition by Daniel Reisberg | ISBN: 9780393877601 | Complete Chapters 1-15 | Verified Q&A | LATEST EDITION. 3. Alyssa wants to be a psychologist but is unsure which topic within psychology most interests her. Which of the following topics would be LEAST likely to lead her into cognitive psychology? a. amnesia b. language acquisition c. Lyme disease d. problem-solving strategies CORRECT ANSWER: C DIF: Easy REF: The Scope of Cognitive Psychology OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Applying 4. Consider the sequence ―Betsy wanted to bring Jacob a present. She shook her piggy bank.‖ Most people, after hearing this sequence, believe Betsy was checking her piggy bank to see if she had money to spend on the gift. This inference about Betsy‘s goals depends on the fact that a. our previous knowledge fills in background information whenever we‘re understanding an event or conversation. b. readers are likely to know someone named Jacob. Franklyn A Plus Pass Page | 5 c. English, unlike other languages, requires speakers to mention all of the people involved in an event. d. 1.1 a. ago.‖ b. c. d. died.‖ CORRECT ANSWER: D DIF: Moderate REF: Amnesia and Memory Loss OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Applying 6. Research with H.M. provides an illustration for which major theme of the chapter? the individual sentences are short. CORRECT ANSWER: A DIF: Easy REF: The Broad Role for Memory OBJ: MSC: Understanding 5. Which of the following statements is LEAST likely to apply to patient H.M.? ―He cannot remember what he did earlier today, including events that took place just an hour ―He read this story last month, but he was still surprised by how the story turned out.‖ ―Even though he has encountered the nurse many times, he is still unable to recognize her.‖ ―He remembered that it was only a week ago that he‘d heard the sad news that his uncle had Franklyn A Plus Pass Page | 6 a. Introspection is an important research tool for cognitive psychologists. b. Cognitive psychology can help us understand a wide range of activities that depend on someone‘s ability to remember. c. Memory is not very important. d. The disruption caused by brain damage depends on how widespread the damage is, and not on the specific sites that are damaged. CORRECT ANSWER: B DIF: Moderate REF: The Scope of Cognitive Psychology OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Evaluating 7. Patients suffering from clinical amnesia are characterized by a. memory dysfunction. b. an inability to recognize patterns. c. inarticulate speech. d. impaired language comprehension. Franklyn A Plus Pass Page | 7 CORRECT ANSWER: A 1.2 MSC: Remembering 8. A participant is asked to look within himself or herself and report on his or her own mental processes. This method is called a. logical inference. b. reconstruction. c. introspection. d. CORRECT ANSWER: C DIF: Easy REF: The Limits of Introspection OBJ: 1.3 MSC: Remembering 10. Of the following, introspection is LEAST useful for studying a. topics that are strongly colored by emotion. b. mental events that are unconscious. DIF: Easy REF: Amnesia and Memory Loss OBJ: process by which one individual seeks to infer the thoughts of another individual. procedure of examining thought processing by monitoring the brain‘s electrical activity. process of each person looking within, to observe his or her own thoughts and ideas. technique of studying thought by interpreting the symbols used in communication. DIF: Easy REF: The Limits of Introspection OBJ: Franklyn A Plus Pass Page | 8 c. processes that involve conceptual knowledge. d. events that take a long time to unfold. CORRECT ANSWER: B DIF: Moderate REF: The Limits of Introspection OBJ: 1.3 MSC: Understanding 11. Which of the following statements about introspection is FALSE? a. b. c. d. CORRECT ANSWER: C 1.3 It is the only way to observe conscious events directly. It is subjective. It provides strong evidence for hypothesis-testing. It was a technique used historically to study cognition. DIF: Moderate REF: The Limits of Introspection OBJ: MSC: Understanding 12. Genie wonders why she can never remember the names of new acquaintances. In search of an answer, she examines and reflects on her feelings about meeting new people. Genie is engaged in which process? practical rehearsal introspection Franklyn A Plus Pass Page | 9 a. b. c. learning history analysis d. goal retrieval CORRECT ANSWER: B DIF: Moderate REF: The Limits of Introspection OBJ: 1.3 MSC: Applying 8. The term ―introspection‖ refers to the a. b. c. d. CORRECT ANSWER: C 1.3 MSC: Remembering 13. Introspection was employed as a research tool in the late 1800s because a. it was regarded as the only way to observe the mind‘s contents directly. b. it provided data from individuals without any specialized training. c. conscious events are just as important as unconscious events. d. it provided cognitive psychology‘s first testable claims. CORRECT ANSWER: A DIF: Moderate REF: The Limits of Introspection OBJ: 1.3 MSC: Analyzing 14. Which of the following statements about introspection is FALSE? a. nonverbal in nature. b. Different participants might be using different terms to describe similar experiences. Franklyn A Plus Pass Page | 10 CORRECT ANSWER: C OBJ: 1.3 a. b. own self-reports. c. Introspection is a valid method only if the person doing the introspection goes into a trancelike state. d. The process of reporting on one‘s own mental events is too slow to be scientifically useful. CORRECT ANSWER: A DIF: Difficult REF: The Limits of Introspection OBJ: 1.3 MSC: Evaluating c. Introspection provides valuable scientific data, but only after the person doing the introspection has received many hours of training. d. Participants cannot possibly introspect about events that are unconscious. DIF: Difficult REF: The Limits of Introspection MSC: Evaluating