,TEST BANK FOR COGNITION, 6TH EDITION, MARK H. ASHCRAFT, GABRIEL A.
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RADVANSKY ISBN-10: 0205985807, ISBN-13: 9780205985807, ISBN-10: 0205991653, ISBN-13:
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9780205991655
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TABLE OF CONTENTS c2 c2
Chapter 1: Cognitive Psychology: An Introduction
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c2 Chapter 2: Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive
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Science Chapter 3:Sensation and Perception
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Chapter 4: Attention
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Chapter 5: Short-Term Working Memory
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c2 Chapter 6: Learning and Remembering
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c2 Chapter 7: Knowing c2 2c
Chapter 8: c2 Using Knowledge in the Real
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World Chapter 9: Language
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Chapter 10: Comprehension: Written and Spoken
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Language Chapter 11:
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Chapter 12: Problem Solving
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Chapter 13: Cognition and Emotion 470
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Chapter 14: Cognitive Development (online chapter)
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,Test Bank for Cognition 6th Edition by Radvansky
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1. The student of mental activity and thinking, broadly conceived, is called
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a. cognitive science c2
b. mind science c2
c. cognitive studies c2
d. mind studies c2
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: a
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2. When did the cognitive revolution occur?
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a. early 1970s c2
b. late 1950s c2
c. late 1850s c2
d. mid-1940s
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Type:
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factual
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Answer: b
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3. Memory does NOT involve
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a. a mental storage system
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b. acquiring information c2
c. complex decision making c2 c2
d. mental processes c2
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: c
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4. The mental process of acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval is
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a. cognition
b. memory
c. planning
d. forecasting
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: b
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5. Cognition does NOT involve c2 c2 c2 .
a. reflexes
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c. perceiving
d. understanding
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: a
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, 6. The collection of mental processes and activities used in perceiving, remembering,
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thinking, and understanding is
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a. operations
b. mentalism
c. cognition
d. computational neuroscience c2
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: c
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7. People first began wondering about how the mind worked
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a. after the cognitive revolution
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b. after Aristotle c2
c. after Descartes c2
d. before any of these people or events
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: d
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8. Reductionism is . c2
a. the method in which observers are carefully trained to report on inner sensations and experiences
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b. the building blocks underlying the structure of the brain
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c. the branch of experimental psychology that deals with human participants as they learn verbal
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materials, e.g., items or stimuli composed of letters and/or words
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d. attempting to understand a complex event by breaking the event down into its components
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: d
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9. Ecological validity means .c2 c2
a. the amount of experimental control the experimenter has over the important manipulations
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b. acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval
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c. attempting to break down complex events by breaking them down into their components
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d. representative of the real world c2 c2 c2 c2
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Answer: d
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10. If we hear a complaint that experimental psychology research lacks ecological validity, the
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person is complaining that .
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d. we are attempting to understand complex phenomena by breaking them downinto their components
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11. If something is generalizable to real-world situations, it
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c. has ecological validity c2 c2
d. no longer is basic science c2 c2 c2 c2
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RADVANSKY ISBN-10: 0205985807, ISBN-13: 9780205985807, ISBN-10: 0205991653, ISBN-13:
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9780205991655
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TABLE OF CONTENTS c2 c2
Chapter 1: Cognitive Psychology: An Introduction
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c2 Chapter 2: Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive
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Science Chapter 3:Sensation and Perception
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Chapter 4: Attention
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Chapter 5: Short-Term Working Memory
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c2 Chapter 6: Learning and Remembering
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c2 Chapter 7: Knowing c2 2c
Chapter 8: c2 Using Knowledge in the Real
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World Chapter 9: Language
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Chapter 10: Comprehension: Written and Spoken
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Language Chapter 11:
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2c c2 c2
c2 Reasoning
Chapter 12: Problem Solving
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Chapter 13: Cognition and Emotion 470
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Chapter 14: Cognitive Development (online chapter)
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,Test Bank for Cognition 6th Edition by Radvansky
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1. The student of mental activity and thinking, broadly conceived, is called
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a. cognitive science c2
b. mind science c2
c. cognitive studies c2
d. mind studies c2
Page: 2
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: a
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2. When did the cognitive revolution occur?
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a. early 1970s c2
b. late 1950s c2
c. late 1850s c2
d. mid-1940s
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Type:
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factual
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Answer: b
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3. Memory does NOT involve
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a. a mental storage system
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b. acquiring information c2
c. complex decision making c2 c2
d. mental processes c2
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: c
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4. The mental process of acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval is
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a. cognition
b. memory
c. planning
d. forecasting
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: b
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5. Cognition does NOT involve c2 c2 c2 .
a. reflexes
b. mental activities c2
c. perceiving
d. understanding
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: a
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, 6. The collection of mental processes and activities used in perceiving, remembering,
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thinking, and understanding is
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a. operations
b. mentalism
c. cognition
d. computational neuroscience c2
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: c
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7. People first began wondering about how the mind worked
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a. after the cognitive revolution
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b. after Aristotle c2
c. after Descartes c2
d. before any of these people or events
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: d
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8. Reductionism is . c2
a. the method in which observers are carefully trained to report on inner sensations and experiences
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b. the building blocks underlying the structure of the brain
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c. the branch of experimental psychology that deals with human participants as they learn verbal
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materials, e.g., items or stimuli composed of letters and/or words
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d. attempting to understand a complex event by breaking the event down into its components
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: d
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9. Ecological validity means .c2 c2
a. the amount of experimental control the experimenter has over the important manipulations
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b. acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval
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c. attempting to break down complex events by breaking them down into their components
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d. representative of the real world c2 c2 c2 c2
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Type: conceptual
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Answer: d
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10. If we hear a complaint that experimental psychology research lacks ecological validity, the
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person is complaining that .
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a. the research is not representative of real-world situations c2 c2 c2 c2 c2 c2 c2
b. the research lacks sufficient precision c2 c2 c2 c2
c. the research lacks an appropriate comparison group c2 c2 c2 c2 c2 c2
d. we are attempting to understand complex phenomena by breaking them downinto their components
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applied
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11. If something is generalizable to real-world situations, it
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a. is pragmatic c2
b. acquires an air of confidence c2 c2 c2 c2
c. has ecological validity c2 c2
d. no longer is basic science c2 c2 c2 c2
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