Test Bank for Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind, 8th Edition by Daniel Reisberg (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021) | ISBN: 9780393877601 | All Chapters (1-15)

TEST BANK for Cognition: Exploring the Science of
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the Mind 8th Edition by Daniel Reisberg
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15 with Verified Questions & Correct Answers| A+ GRA
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, CHAPTER 1: The Science of the Mind LEA
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1.1. Describe the scope and goals of cognitive psychology.
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1.2. Understand the case of H.M., and the many ways that memory influences our lives.
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1.3. Describe the limitations of introspection as a method for scientific inquiry.
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1.4. Compare and contrast classical (Watsonian) behaviorism and cognitive psychology.
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1.5. Kant‘s ―transcendental method‖ is sometimes called ―inference to best explanation.‖ Explain this
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method and how it works.
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1.6. Describe the role, in the emergence of cognitive psychology, that was played by comp
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uter science and the development of ―computer intelligence.‖
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1. Which of the following topics is NOT commonly studied within cognitive psychology?
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a. anger management
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b. decision making &@




c. memory

d. Attention

CORRECT ANSWER: A DIF:
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2. Cognitive processes are NOT necessary for which daily activity?
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c. talking on the phone
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d. breathing

CORRECT ANSWER: D &@ &@ DIF: Easy REF: The Scope of Cognitive Psychology
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3. Alyssa wants to be a psychologist but is unsure which topic within psychology most i
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nterests her. Which of the following topics would be LEAST likely to lead her into co
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gnitive psychology?
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a. amnesia

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c. Lyme disease&@




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CORRECT ANSWER: C DIF:
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4. Consider the sequence ―Betsy wanted to bring Jacob a present. She shook her piggy ban
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k.‖ Most people, after hearing this sequence, believe Betsy was checking her piggy bank to s
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ee if she had money to spend on the gift. This inference about Betsy‘s goals depends on th
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e fact that
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a. our previous knowledge fills in background information whenever we‘re understanding an event
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or conversation.
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b. readers are likely to know someone named Jacob.
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c. English, unlike other languages, requires speakers to mention all of the people inv
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olved in an event.
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d. the individual sentences are short.
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CORRECT ANSWER: A &@ &@ DIF: Easy REF: The Broad Role for Memory OBJ:
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5. Which of the following statements is LEAST likely to apply to patient H.M.?
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a. ―He cannot remember what he did earlier today, including events that took place just an hour
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ago.‖

b. ―He read this story last month, but he was still surprised by how the story turned out.‖
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c. ―Even though he has encountered the nurse many times, he is still unable to recognize her.‖
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d. ―He remembered that it was only a week ago that he‘d heard the sad news that
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, his uncle had died.‖
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