Cognition, Cdn. Ed. (Ashcraft/Klein)
Chapter 1 Cognitive Psychology: An Introduction
1) People first began wondering about how the mind worked:
A) After the cognitive revolution
B) After Aristotle
C) After Descartes
D) Before any of these people or events
Answer: D
Type: MC Page Ref: 12
Skill: conceptual
2) In response to a difficult question, the participant is likely to answer more slowly than
if an easy question was asked. With a sufficiently powerful experiment, it is likely that a
statistical analysis would reveal:
A) Response times would be lower for difficult questions than for easy questions
B) Response times would be higher for difficult questions than for easy questions
C) Response times would not differ for easy and difficult questions
D) Not enough information has been provided
Answer: B
Type: MC Page Ref: 6-7
Skill: applied
3) Introspection is:
A) The method in which observers are carefully trained to report on inner sensations and
experiences
,B) The building blocks underlying the structure of the brain
C) The branch of experimental psychology that deals with human subjects as they learn
verbal materials, such as items or stimuli composed of letters and/or words
D) Attempting to understand a complex event by breaking the event down into its
components
Answer: A
Type: MC Page Ref: 14
Skill: conceptual
4) Ecological validity is:
A) The amount of experimental control the experimenter has over the important
manipulations
B) The acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval
C) The attempting to break down complex events by breaking them down into their
components
D) Representative of the real world
Answer: D
Type: MC Page Ref: 10
Skill: conceptual
,5) If we hear a complaint that our research lacks ecological validity. The person is
complaining that:
A) It is not representative of real-world situations
B) Our research lacks sufficient precision
C) Our research lacks an appropriate comparison group
D) We are attempting to understand complex phenomena by breaking them down into
their components
Answer: A
Type: MC Page Ref: 10
Skill: applied
6) Which is true of behaviourism?
A) The scientific study of behaviour
B) Focus on both observable and unobservable behaviour
C) They linked the mind with behaviour
D) They were interested in the structure of the mind
Answer: A
Type: MC Page Ref: 17-18
Skill: conceptual
7) Which is true of Ebbinghaus?
A) Was interested in memory
B) Was interested in perception
C) Was interested in reasoning
D) Was interested in studying introspection
Answer: A
, Type: MC Page Ref: 15
Skill: applied
8) Ebbinghaus:
A) Used many first year students as subjects
B) Used a "saving score" to measure memory
C) Used meaningful verbal materials
D) Used a "saving score" to study reaction time
Answer: B
Type: MC Page Ref: 15
Skill: conceptual
9) Which of the following stimuli were used by Ebbinghaus in his memory experiment?
A) Meaningful words
B) Three-letter nonsense words
C) Words of different lengths presented on a sheet of paper
D) Different coloured words presented on a computer screen
Answer: B
Type: MC Page Ref: 15
Skill: conceptual
10) Donald Hebb is associated with:
A) The Misbehavior of Organisms
B) A History of Experimental Psychology
C) The Behavior of Organisms
D) The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
Chapter 1 Cognitive Psychology: An Introduction
1) People first began wondering about how the mind worked:
A) After the cognitive revolution
B) After Aristotle
C) After Descartes
D) Before any of these people or events
Answer: D
Type: MC Page Ref: 12
Skill: conceptual
2) In response to a difficult question, the participant is likely to answer more slowly than
if an easy question was asked. With a sufficiently powerful experiment, it is likely that a
statistical analysis would reveal:
A) Response times would be lower for difficult questions than for easy questions
B) Response times would be higher for difficult questions than for easy questions
C) Response times would not differ for easy and difficult questions
D) Not enough information has been provided
Answer: B
Type: MC Page Ref: 6-7
Skill: applied
3) Introspection is:
A) The method in which observers are carefully trained to report on inner sensations and
experiences
,B) The building blocks underlying the structure of the brain
C) The branch of experimental psychology that deals with human subjects as they learn
verbal materials, such as items or stimuli composed of letters and/or words
D) Attempting to understand a complex event by breaking the event down into its
components
Answer: A
Type: MC Page Ref: 14
Skill: conceptual
4) Ecological validity is:
A) The amount of experimental control the experimenter has over the important
manipulations
B) The acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval
C) The attempting to break down complex events by breaking them down into their
components
D) Representative of the real world
Answer: D
Type: MC Page Ref: 10
Skill: conceptual
,5) If we hear a complaint that our research lacks ecological validity. The person is
complaining that:
A) It is not representative of real-world situations
B) Our research lacks sufficient precision
C) Our research lacks an appropriate comparison group
D) We are attempting to understand complex phenomena by breaking them down into
their components
Answer: A
Type: MC Page Ref: 10
Skill: applied
6) Which is true of behaviourism?
A) The scientific study of behaviour
B) Focus on both observable and unobservable behaviour
C) They linked the mind with behaviour
D) They were interested in the structure of the mind
Answer: A
Type: MC Page Ref: 17-18
Skill: conceptual
7) Which is true of Ebbinghaus?
A) Was interested in memory
B) Was interested in perception
C) Was interested in reasoning
D) Was interested in studying introspection
Answer: A
, Type: MC Page Ref: 15
Skill: applied
8) Ebbinghaus:
A) Used many first year students as subjects
B) Used a "saving score" to measure memory
C) Used meaningful verbal materials
D) Used a "saving score" to study reaction time
Answer: B
Type: MC Page Ref: 15
Skill: conceptual
9) Which of the following stimuli were used by Ebbinghaus in his memory experiment?
A) Meaningful words
B) Three-letter nonsense words
C) Words of different lengths presented on a sheet of paper
D) Different coloured words presented on a computer screen
Answer: B
Type: MC Page Ref: 15
Skill: conceptual
10) Donald Hebb is associated with:
A) The Misbehavior of Organisms
B) A History of Experimental Psychology
C) The Behavior of Organisms
D) The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
