Test Bank for Cognition: Exploring The Science Of The Mind 8th
Edition
By Daniel Reisberg
All (Chapters 1-15) Q&A Verified | Grade A+ Assured
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: The Science of the Mind LEARNING OBJECTIVES ......................................... 3
CHAPTER 2:The Neural Basis for Cognition ................................................................... 18
CHAPTER 3:Visual Perception ........................................................................................ 46
CHAPTER 4: Recognizing Objects ................................................................................... 74
CHAPTER 5: Paying Attention ....................................................................................... 106
CHAPTER 6:The Acquisition of Memories and the Working- Memory System ............. 131
CHAPTER 7:Interconnections between Acquisition and Re- trieval............................. 162
CHAPTER 8: Remembering Complex Events ................................................................ 188
CHAPTER 9:Concepts and Generic Knowledge ............................................................. 217
CHAPTER 10 Language ................................................................................................. 237
CHAPTER 11 Visual Knowledge .................................................................................... 271
CHAPTER 12 Judgment and Reasoning ........................................................................ 299
CHAPTER 13 Problem Solving and Intelligence ........................................................... 330
CHAPTER 14 Conscious Thought, Unconscious Thought ............................................. 358
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CHAPTER 1: The Science of the Mind LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1.1. Describe the scope and goals of cognitive psychology.
1.2. Understand the case of H.M., and the many ways that memory influences our lives.
1.3. Describe the limitations of introspection as a method for scientific inquiry.
1.4. Compare and contrast classical (Watsonian) behaviorism and cognitive psychology.
1.5. Kant‘s ―transcendental method‖ is sometimes called ―inference to best explanation.‖
Explain this
method and how it works.
1.6. Describe the role, in the emergence of cognitive psychology, that was played by
computer science and the development of ―computer intelligence.‖
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following topics is NOT commonly studied within cognitive psychology?
a. anger management
b. decision making
c. memory
d. Attention
CORRECT ANSWER: A DIF: Easy REF: The Scope of Cognitive Psychology OBJ:
1.1 MSC: Understanding
2. Cognitive processes are NOT necessary for which daily activity?
a. reading a newspaper
b. studying for a test
c. talking on the phone
d. breathing
CORRECT ANSWER: D DIF: Easy REF: The Scope of Cognitive Psychology
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Applying
3. Alyssa wants to be a psychologist but is unsure which topic within psychology most
interests her. Which of the following topics would be LEAST likely to lead her into cognitive
psychology?
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a. amnesia
b. language acquisition
c. Lyme disease
d. problem-solving strategies
CORRECT ANSWER: C DIF: Easy REF: The Scope of Cognitive Psychology OBJ:
1.1 MSC: Applying
4. Consider the sequence ―Betsy wanted to bring Jacob a present. She shook her piggy
bank.‖ Most people, after hearing this sequence, believe Betsy was checking her piggy bank to
see if she had money to spend on the gift. This inference about Betsy‘s goals depends on the fact
that
a. our previous knowledge fills in background information whenever we‘re understanding
an event
or conversation.
b. readers are likely to know someone named Jacob.
c. English, unlike other languages, requires speakers to mention all of the people involved
in an event.
d. the individual sentences are short.
CORRECT ANSWER: A DIF: Easy REF: The Broad Role for Memory OBJ: 1.1
MSC: Understanding
5. Which of the following statements is LEAST likely to apply to patient H.M.?
a. ―He cannot remember what he did earlier today, including events that took place just an
hour
ago.‖
b. ―He read this story last month, but he was still surprised by how the story turned out.‖
c. ―Even though he has encountered the nurse many times, he is still unable to recognize
her.‖
d. ―He remembered that it was only a week ago that he‘d heard the sad news that his uncle
had died.‖
CORRECT ANSWER: D DIF: Moderate REF: Amnesia and Memory Loss OBJ:
1.2 MSC: Applying
6. Research with H.M. provides an illustration for which major theme of the chapter?
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