TEST BANK FOR COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 9TH EDITION JOHN ANDERSON ISBN:9781319106997 ISBN:9781319106959 ISBN:9781319067113

1. A current successful application of cognitive psychology is its contributions to our understanding of brain disorders that reflect abnormal functioning, such as schizophrenia. a. True b. False 2. There is a great deal of growth of new neurons and new synapses in the adult brain. a. True b. False 3. In the two decades between 1950 and 1970, cognitive psychology developed as a field by embracing behaviorism. a. True b. False 4. The terminal boutons of one neuron touch the dendrite of another. a. True b. False 5. Coarse coding, an aspect of neural information processing, implies that single neurons seem to respond to only specific events. a. True b. False 6. Cognitive neuroscience is the study of how cognition is realized in the brain. a. True b. False 7. Gestalt psychologists believe that the activity of the mind is more than the sum of its parts. a. True b. False