COGNITIVE SCIENCE END SEMESTER. SAMPLE END YAR
EXAM REVISION PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS (2024 UPDATE)
According to the connectionist view, knowledge is represented - ANSWER- as a pattern of
activation throughout a network
Michelle misplaced her umbrella. Instead of looking everywhere for it, she first checks in the
hallway outside her apartment door. Michelle has just used a - ANSWER- means-end analysis
Bill wants to buy a used car. Before he can do this he must make $5,000. Which of the following
is the goal in this problem? - ANSWER- buying the car
Any process that monitors, regulates, or controls an aspect of cognition is referred to as -
ANSWER- metacognition
According to the connectionist view of computation, processing occurs - ANSWER- in parallel
Electroencephalograms (EEG) are used to - ANSWER- measure the brain�s gross electrical
activity
If you think an object is heavy, you may mentally rotate it more slowly. To which critique of the
Kosslyn-Schwartz theory of visual imagery does this apply? - ANSWER- not too many free
parameters cognitive penetration or none of the above
The transformation of the problem-solving situation corresponds best to which characteristic of
problem solving? - ANSWER- cognitive operations
, Sarah forgot the answer to a test question but recalled it later. What is the best explanation for this?
- ANSWER- decay chunking encoding *retrieval failure
In this perspective the mind is constantly changing as it adapts to new information - ANSWER-
dynamical perspective
Mental rotation is an example of - ANSWER- a shift transformation
If you match a target to all the items in a list at once then you are performing a __________ search
- ANSWER- parallel
For Triesman, a stimulus that signifies danger will not be filtered out because it has - ANSWER-
a low threshold
The brain is composed of physical matter as we know it, including atoms and molecules. The mind,
being mental, is made up of completely different elements of which we have no idea. A person
who made this statement is a: - ANSWER- substance dualist
An experimental psychologist presents a word on a computer screen for 250 ms and then follows
it with a random pattern of letters for 500 ms. The random pattern is known as: - ANSWER- a
mask
In Churchland's neurocomputational model of consciousness, information is passed back and forth
between the __________ and the __________ - ANSWER- thalamus, cortex
You are a participant in an iconic memory experiment. A letter array is flashed briefly followed by
a tone indicating that you should recall the letters from the top row. What will you report? -
ANSWER- most of the letters in the top row
EXAM REVISION PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS (2024 UPDATE)
According to the connectionist view, knowledge is represented - ANSWER- as a pattern of
activation throughout a network
Michelle misplaced her umbrella. Instead of looking everywhere for it, she first checks in the
hallway outside her apartment door. Michelle has just used a - ANSWER- means-end analysis
Bill wants to buy a used car. Before he can do this he must make $5,000. Which of the following
is the goal in this problem? - ANSWER- buying the car
Any process that monitors, regulates, or controls an aspect of cognition is referred to as -
ANSWER- metacognition
According to the connectionist view of computation, processing occurs - ANSWER- in parallel
Electroencephalograms (EEG) are used to - ANSWER- measure the brain�s gross electrical
activity
If you think an object is heavy, you may mentally rotate it more slowly. To which critique of the
Kosslyn-Schwartz theory of visual imagery does this apply? - ANSWER- not too many free
parameters cognitive penetration or none of the above
The transformation of the problem-solving situation corresponds best to which characteristic of
problem solving? - ANSWER- cognitive operations
, Sarah forgot the answer to a test question but recalled it later. What is the best explanation for this?
- ANSWER- decay chunking encoding *retrieval failure
In this perspective the mind is constantly changing as it adapts to new information - ANSWER-
dynamical perspective
Mental rotation is an example of - ANSWER- a shift transformation
If you match a target to all the items in a list at once then you are performing a __________ search
- ANSWER- parallel
For Triesman, a stimulus that signifies danger will not be filtered out because it has - ANSWER-
a low threshold
The brain is composed of physical matter as we know it, including atoms and molecules. The mind,
being mental, is made up of completely different elements of which we have no idea. A person
who made this statement is a: - ANSWER- substance dualist
An experimental psychologist presents a word on a computer screen for 250 ms and then follows
it with a random pattern of letters for 500 ms. The random pattern is known as: - ANSWER- a
mask
In Churchland's neurocomputational model of consciousness, information is passed back and forth
between the __________ and the __________ - ANSWER- thalamus, cortex
You are a participant in an iconic memory experiment. A letter array is flashed briefly followed by
a tone indicating that you should recall the letters from the top row. What will you report? -
ANSWER- most of the letters in the top row
