Cognitive Psych Final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The phoneme /b/ is a voiced bilabial plosive. What is the place of articulation for /b/? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Bilabial
In fluent speech, specific phonemes that make up a word might change based on neighboring phonemes
in order to "shortcut" articulation. This process is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Coarticulation
Speech that is fluent, but unintelligible, is characteristic of what form of aphasia? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Wernicke's
The "rhythm" of speech is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER -Prosody
The development of this part of speech appears to change how we think about spatial relations: -
CORRECT ANSWER -Prepositions
Hoe do embodied cognition theorists explain how an outfielder catches a baseball? - CORRECT
ANSWER -he outfielder updates their movement moment-to-moment based on the movement of
the ball and their own position
Embodied cognition aims to replace mental representation and complex cognition with... - CORRECT
ANSWER -The perception-action loop
According to embodied cognition, language is primarily understood through... - CORRECT
ANSWER -Embodied simulation
Looking at cross-cultural studies implies that conceptual metaphors are... - CORRECT ANSWER -
Relative to the culture/language used
, The most useful form of gesture for teaching difficult concepts is... - CORRECT ANSWER -iconic
A problem with one clear solution is known as a... - CORRECT ANSWER -Well-defined problem
The hill-climbing strategy is a(n)... - CORRECT ANSWER -Heuristic
The failure to make a decision due to consideration of too many options is known as: - CORRECT
ANSWER -Paralysis by analysis
The Gambler's fallacy is related to which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Representativeness heuristic
Simplifying an opponent's argument in order to easily argue against it is known as what fallacy? -
CORRECT ANSWER -strawman fallacy
This form of path integration seems to be necessary for generating a long-term cognitive map of an area. -
CORRECT ANSWER -Configural updating
The type of cells that fire in relation to the boundaries of the space you are in are known as... - CORRECT
ANSWER -Place cells
According to the competition model, GPS use activates the caudate nucleus which in turn inhibits what
structure? - CORRECT ANSWER -hippocampus
The process by which neural oscillations (brain waves) synchronize with an external rhythm is known
as... - CORRECT ANSWER -neural entrainment
Ronan the sea lion was an interesting case study, as Ronan could entrain to rhythm but was not... -
CORRECT ANSWER -a vocal mimic
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The phoneme /b/ is a voiced bilabial plosive. What is the place of articulation for /b/? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Bilabial
In fluent speech, specific phonemes that make up a word might change based on neighboring phonemes
in order to "shortcut" articulation. This process is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Coarticulation
Speech that is fluent, but unintelligible, is characteristic of what form of aphasia? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Wernicke's
The "rhythm" of speech is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER -Prosody
The development of this part of speech appears to change how we think about spatial relations: -
CORRECT ANSWER -Prepositions
Hoe do embodied cognition theorists explain how an outfielder catches a baseball? - CORRECT
ANSWER -he outfielder updates their movement moment-to-moment based on the movement of
the ball and their own position
Embodied cognition aims to replace mental representation and complex cognition with... - CORRECT
ANSWER -The perception-action loop
According to embodied cognition, language is primarily understood through... - CORRECT
ANSWER -Embodied simulation
Looking at cross-cultural studies implies that conceptual metaphors are... - CORRECT ANSWER -
Relative to the culture/language used
, The most useful form of gesture for teaching difficult concepts is... - CORRECT ANSWER -iconic
A problem with one clear solution is known as a... - CORRECT ANSWER -Well-defined problem
The hill-climbing strategy is a(n)... - CORRECT ANSWER -Heuristic
The failure to make a decision due to consideration of too many options is known as: - CORRECT
ANSWER -Paralysis by analysis
The Gambler's fallacy is related to which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Representativeness heuristic
Simplifying an opponent's argument in order to easily argue against it is known as what fallacy? -
CORRECT ANSWER -strawman fallacy
This form of path integration seems to be necessary for generating a long-term cognitive map of an area. -
CORRECT ANSWER -Configural updating
The type of cells that fire in relation to the boundaries of the space you are in are known as... - CORRECT
ANSWER -Place cells
According to the competition model, GPS use activates the caudate nucleus which in turn inhibits what
structure? - CORRECT ANSWER -hippocampus
The process by which neural oscillations (brain waves) synchronize with an external rhythm is known
as... - CORRECT ANSWER -neural entrainment
Ronan the sea lion was an interesting case study, as Ronan could entrain to rhythm but was not... -
CORRECT ANSWER -a vocal mimic
