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PYC3703 COGNITION
TEST BANK CHAPTER 1
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following would not be studied by a Cognitive Psychologist?
a. whether people can pay attention to multiple stimuli at once without losing accuracy
b. if advertising using animation is more memorable than advertising using no animation
c. whether a group of people present affect how much is given to charity
d. if the reading speed of college graduates differs from that of high school graduates
ANS: c REF: 6 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Applied
2. The combination of rational with empirical methods so as to get the “best of both worlds”
represents, in dialectical terms, a(n)
a. thesis.
b. antithesis.
c. synthesis.
d. antisynthesis.
ANS: c REF: 8 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
3. Part of dialectic thinking is when a statement of belief is proposed. This statement would
be called the .
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: c REF: 8 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
4. This part of dialectic thinking is when a counterstatement to previous beliefs
emerges. This counterstatement would be called the.
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: a REF: 8 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
5. The philosopher who advanced the notion of a dialectic was .
a. Plato
b. Hegel
c. Descartes
d. Aristotle
ANS: b REF: 9 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
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6. A rationalist
a. uses logical analysis to understand the world and people’s relations to it.
b. is a follower of Aristotle’s empiricist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of monism.
d. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
ANS: a REF: 10 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
7. Rationalism is to as empiricism is to .
a. empirical evidence; theory
b. theory; empirical evidence
c. manipulation; measure
d. hypothesis; theory
ANS: b REF: 11 DIF: Hard MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
8. This particular approach emphasizes logical analysis as the means to acquiring new
knowledge.
a. Tabula rasa
b. Synthesis
c. Rationalist
d. Empiricist
ANS: c REF: 11 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
9. An empiricist
a. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
b. is a follower of Plato’s rationalist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of mind-body dualism.
d. believes that the mind and the body are separate entities.
ANS: a REF: 11 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
10. This particular approach emphasizes empirical evidence as the means to acquiring new
knowledge.
a. Rationalist
b. Monist
c. Empiricist
d. Nativist
ANS: c REF: 11 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE:
Factual NOT: WWW
11. Theresa, a judge, does not accept circumstantial evidence as evidence in her court.
Theresa will not convict anyone of a crime, based on general principles of anticipated
behavior of people brought to court. Instead, Theresa allows only evidence that she can
see, or “hard,” observational evidence, to be used in a prosecution. Theresa could be
referred to as a(n)
a. Monist
b. Empiricist
c. Rationalist
d. Nativist
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PYC3703 highlighted test bank
Cognition: Thinking, Memory and Problem Solving (University of
South Africa)
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PYC3703 COGNITION
TEST BANK CHAPTER 1
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following would not be studied by a Cognitive Psychologist?
a. whether people can pay attention to multiple stimuli at once without losing accuracy
b. if advertising using animation is more memorable than advertising using no animation
c. whether a group of people present affect how much is given to charity
d. if the reading speed of college graduates differs from that of high school graduates
ANS: c REF: 6 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Applied
2. The combination of rational with empirical methods so as to get the “best of both worlds”
represents, in dialectical terms, a(n)
a. thesis.
b. antithesis.
c. synthesis.
d. antisynthesis.
ANS: c REF: 8 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
3. Part of dialectic thinking is when a statement of belief is proposed. This statement would
be called the .
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: c REF: 8 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
4. This part of dialectic thinking is when a counterstatement to previous beliefs
emerges. This counterstatement would be called the.
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: a REF: 8 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
5. The philosopher who advanced the notion of a dialectic was .
a. Plato
b. Hegel
c. Descartes
d. Aristotle
ANS: b REF: 9 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
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6. A rationalist
a. uses logical analysis to understand the world and people’s relations to it.
b. is a follower of Aristotle’s empiricist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of monism.
d. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
ANS: a REF: 10 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
7. Rationalism is to as empiricism is to .
a. empirical evidence; theory
b. theory; empirical evidence
c. manipulation; measure
d. hypothesis; theory
ANS: b REF: 11 DIF: Hard MSC: TYPE: Conceptual
8. This particular approach emphasizes logical analysis as the means to acquiring new
knowledge.
a. Tabula rasa
b. Synthesis
c. Rationalist
d. Empiricist
ANS: c REF: 11 DIF: Moderate MSC: TYPE:
Factual
9. An empiricist
a. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
b. is a follower of Plato’s rationalist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of mind-body dualism.
d. believes that the mind and the body are separate entities.
ANS: a REF: 11 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE: Factual
10. This particular approach emphasizes empirical evidence as the means to acquiring new
knowledge.
a. Rationalist
b. Monist
c. Empiricist
d. Nativist
ANS: c REF: 11 DIF: Easy MSC: TYPE:
Factual NOT: WWW
11. Theresa, a judge, does not accept circumstantial evidence as evidence in her court.
Theresa will not convict anyone of a crime, based on general principles of anticipated
behavior of people brought to court. Instead, Theresa allows only evidence that she can
see, or “hard,” observational evidence, to be used in a prosecution. Theresa could be
referred to as a(n)
a. Monist
b. Empiricist
c. Rationalist
d. Nativist
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