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, CHAPTERu1:uTheuScienceuofutheuMindu

LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES

1.1. Describeutheuscopeuandugoalsuofucognitiveupsychology.

1.2. UnderstandutheucaseuofuH.M.,uandutheumanyuwaysuthatumemoryuinfluencesuourulives.

1.3. Describeutheulimitationsuofuintrospectionuasuaumethoduforuscientificuinquiry.

1.4. Compareuanducontrastuclassicalu(Watsonian)ubehaviorismuanducognitiveupsychology.

1.5. Kant‘su―transcendentalumethod‖uisusometimesucalledu―inferenceutoubestuexplanation.‖uExplainuthis
methoduanduhowuituworks.

1.6. Describeutheurole,uinutheuemergenceuofucognitiveupsychology,uthatuwasuplayedubyucomputeruscienceu
andutheudevelopmentuofu―computeruintelligence.‖




MULTIPLEuCHOICE

1. WhichuofutheufollowingutopicsuisuNOTucommonlyustudieduwithinucognitiveupsychology?

a. angerumanagement

b. decisionumaking

c. memory

d. Attention

CORRECTuANSWER:uA DIF: Easy REF: TheuScopeuofuCognitiveuPsychologyuOBJ:
1.1 MSC:uUnderstanding



2. CognitiveuprocessesuareuNOTunecessaryuforuwhichudailyuactivity?

a. readinguaunewspaper

b. studyinguforuautest

c. talkinguonutheuphone

d. breathing

CORRECTuANSWER:uD DIF: Easy REF: TheuScopeuofuCognitiveuPsychology



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,OBJ: 1.1 MSC:u Applying



3. Alyssauwantsutoubeuaupsychologistubutuisuunsureuwhichutopicuwithinupsychologyumostuinterestsuher.u
WhichuofutheufollowingutopicsuwouldubeuLEASTulikelyutouleaduheruintoucognitiveupsychology?

a. amnesia

b. languageuacquisition

c. Lymeudisease

d. problem-solvingustrategies

CORRECTuANSWER:uC DIF: Easy REF: TheuScopeuofuCognitiveuPsychologyuOBJ:
1.1 MSC:uApplying



4. Considerutheusequenceu―BetsyuwantedutoubringuJacobuaupresent.uSheushookuherupiggyubank.‖uMostupeople,
uafteruhearinguthisusequence,ubelieveuBetsyuwasucheckinguherupiggyubankutouseeuifusheuhadumoneyutouspenduo

nutheugift.uThisuinferenceuaboutuBetsy‘sugoalsudependsuonutheufactuthat

a. ourupreviousuknowledgeufillsuinubackgrounduinformationuwheneveruwe‘reuunderstandinguanuevent
oruconversation.

b. readersuareulikelyutouknowusomeoneunameduJacob.

c. English,uunlikeuotherulanguages,urequiresuspeakersutoumentionualluofutheupeopleuinvolveduinuanu
event.

d. theuindividualusentencesuareushort.

CORRECTuANSWER:uA DIF: Easy REF: TheuBroaduRoleuforuMemoryuOBJ: 1.1
MSC:uUnderstanding



5. WhichuofutheufollowingustatementsuisuLEASTulikelyutouapplyutoupatientuH.M.?

a. ―Heucannoturememberuwhatuheudiduearlierutoday,uincludingueventsuthatutookuplaceujustuanuhour
ago.‖

b. ―Heureaduthisustoryulastumonth,ubutuheuwasustillusurprisedubyuhowutheustoryuturneduout.‖

c. ―Evenuthoughuheuhasuencounteredutheunurseumanyutimes,uheuisustilluunableutourecognizeuher.‖

d. ―Heuremembereduthatuituwasuonlyuauweekuagouthatuhe‘duheardutheusadunewsuthatuhisuuncleuhadud
ied.‖


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, CORRECTuANSWER:uD DIF: Moderate REF: AmnesiauanduMemoryuLossuOBJ:
1.2 MSC:uApplying

6. ResearchuwithuH.M.uprovidesuanuillustrationuforuwhichumajoruthemeuofutheuchapter?

a. Introspectionuisuanuimportanturesearchutooluforucognitiveupsychologists.

b. Cognitiveupsychologyucanuhelpuusuunderstanduauwideurangeuofuactivitiesuthatudependuonusomeone‘s
abilityutouremember.

c. Memoryuisunotuveryuimportant.

d. Theudisruptionucausedubyubrainudamageudependsuonuhowuwidespreadutheudamageuis,uandunotuonutheus
pecificusitesuthatuareudamaged.

CORRECTuANSWER:u B DIF: Moderate REF:

TheuScopeuofuCognitiveuPsychologyuOBJ: 1.2 MSC:u Evaluating



7. Patientsusufferingufromuclinicaluamnesiauareucharacterizeduby

a. memoryudysfunction.

b. anuinabilityutourecognizeupatterns.

c. inarticulateuspeech.

d. impairedulanguageucomprehension.

CORRECTuANSWER:uA DIF: Easy REF: AmnesiauanduMemoryuLossuOBJ: 1.2
MSC:uRemembering



8. Theutermu―introspection‖urefersutouthe

a. processubyuwhichuoneuindividualuseeksutouinferutheuthoughtsuofuanotheruindividual.

b. procedureuofuexamininguthoughtuprocessingubyumonitoringutheubrain‘suelectricaluactivity.

c. processuofueachupersonulookinguwithin,utouobserveuhisuoruheruownuthoughtsuanduideas.

d. techniqueuofustudyinguthoughtubyuinterpretingutheusymbolsuuseduinucommunication.

CORRECTuANSWER:uC DIF: Easy REF: TheuLimitsuofuIntrospectionuOBJ: 1.3
MSC:uRemembering




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