EXP3604 final exam UCF correctly
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All of the following are ways that cognitive researchers measure mental processing, EXCEPT
_____.
speed of hand movements
What kind of research methodology focuses on intensive analyses of a single individual?
Case studies
The independent variable is the factor in an experiment that is manipulated by the researcher.
T
Who coined the term, "cognitive psychology"?
Ulric Neisser
A researcher designs a study to see if height and weight are related. They would use an
experimental design to carry out this study.
False
The _____ approach to the study of cognition views our cognitive processes as providing a
means of interacting with the world around us.
embodied cognition
,Modern day psychologists accept the study of both behavior and cognition.
T
Noam Chomsky suggested that language is learned via behavioral conditioning.
F
Dr. Johnson performed a study in which participants in one group studied for an e - correct
answer ✔✔
left temporal lobe
All of the following are noninvasive ways of imaging the brain, except:
Positron emission tomography
The ion that is mainly responsible for maintaining the positive charge found in the extracellular
space of a neuron at rest is _____.
Sodium
All behavior can undoubtedly be connected to specific brain activity.
F
Neuroscientists have learned a great deal about which brain areas contribute to different
cognitive abilities through _____.
case studies
,One of the first clinical cases that contributed to our knowledge of brain function, Phinneas
Gage, suffered damage to his _____.
frontal lobe
The space between two neurons where neurotransmitters are released and received is called
the _____.
Synapse
When the features of individual letters are combined to identify each letter, and then the letters
are combined to identify a word, what does this illustrate?
Bottom-up processing
John suff - correct answer ✔✔
long-term memory
Memories have been classified according to duration.
True
Retroactive interference in when old information interferes with the storage or retrieval of new
information.
False
Clive Wearing's hippocampus was damaged due to meningitis.
, F
Which of the following is the correct order of memory formation?
Encoding, storage, retrieval
Proactive interference is when new information interferes with the storage or retrieval of old
information.
F
You are participating in a study in which you are presented with an array of letters. However,
you are only asked to report the top line of 5 rows (much like an eye exam). This best illustrates
_____.
A partial-report method
When you took your introductory psychology course, you likely learned a little bit about many
different areas of psychology. However, as you began taking other psychology courses, you likely
found that your professors would elaborate o - correct answer ✔✔
retrieval
The beginning of a word list is to _____ as the end of a word list is to _____.
The primacy effect - correct answer ✔✔
the recency effect
People who are depressed are more likely to remember sad memories.
T
answered already passed (latest update)
All of the following are ways that cognitive researchers measure mental processing, EXCEPT
_____.
speed of hand movements
What kind of research methodology focuses on intensive analyses of a single individual?
Case studies
The independent variable is the factor in an experiment that is manipulated by the researcher.
T
Who coined the term, "cognitive psychology"?
Ulric Neisser
A researcher designs a study to see if height and weight are related. They would use an
experimental design to carry out this study.
False
The _____ approach to the study of cognition views our cognitive processes as providing a
means of interacting with the world around us.
embodied cognition
,Modern day psychologists accept the study of both behavior and cognition.
T
Noam Chomsky suggested that language is learned via behavioral conditioning.
F
Dr. Johnson performed a study in which participants in one group studied for an e - correct
answer ✔✔
left temporal lobe
All of the following are noninvasive ways of imaging the brain, except:
Positron emission tomography
The ion that is mainly responsible for maintaining the positive charge found in the extracellular
space of a neuron at rest is _____.
Sodium
All behavior can undoubtedly be connected to specific brain activity.
F
Neuroscientists have learned a great deal about which brain areas contribute to different
cognitive abilities through _____.
case studies
,One of the first clinical cases that contributed to our knowledge of brain function, Phinneas
Gage, suffered damage to his _____.
frontal lobe
The space between two neurons where neurotransmitters are released and received is called
the _____.
Synapse
When the features of individual letters are combined to identify each letter, and then the letters
are combined to identify a word, what does this illustrate?
Bottom-up processing
John suff - correct answer ✔✔
long-term memory
Memories have been classified according to duration.
True
Retroactive interference in when old information interferes with the storage or retrieval of new
information.
False
Clive Wearing's hippocampus was damaged due to meningitis.
, F
Which of the following is the correct order of memory formation?
Encoding, storage, retrieval
Proactive interference is when new information interferes with the storage or retrieval of old
information.
F
You are participating in a study in which you are presented with an array of letters. However,
you are only asked to report the top line of 5 rows (much like an eye exam). This best illustrates
_____.
A partial-report method
When you took your introductory psychology course, you likely learned a little bit about many
different areas of psychology. However, as you began taking other psychology courses, you likely
found that your professors would elaborate o - correct answer ✔✔
retrieval
The beginning of a word list is to _____ as the end of a word list is to _____.
The primacy effect - correct answer ✔✔
the recency effect
People who are depressed are more likely to remember sad memories.
T
