Test Bank for Cognition: Exploring the
Science of the Mind, 8th Edition by Daniel
Reisberg (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021)
ISBN: 9780393877601 All Chapters
CHAPTER 1: THE SCIENCE OF THE MIND
Question 1
What historical approach to psychology focused on the basic elements of consciousness through
self-report methods?
A) Behaviorism
B) Functionalism
C) Structuralism
D) Gestalt psychology
Answer: C
Question 2
Who is credited with establishing the first laboratory of experimental psychology in Leipzig,
Germany in 1879?
A) William James
B) Wilhelm Wundt
C) John Watson
D) B.F. Skinner
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,Answer: B
Question 3
Which school of psychology argued that psychology should study only observable behavior, not
internal mental processes?
A) Structuralism
B) Functionalism
C) Behaviorism
D) Gestalt psychology
Answer: C
Question 4
John Watson and B.F. Skinner are most closely associated with which psychological
perspective?
A) Cognitive psychology
B) Behaviorism
C) Psychoanalysis
D) Humanistic psychology
Answer: B
Question 5
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,The "cognitive revolution" of the 1950s and 1960s represented a shift away from behaviorism
toward:
A) The study of unconscious processes
B) The study of mental processes such as memory, attention, and problem-solving
C) The study of brain anatomy only
D) The study of social influences on behavior
Answer: B
Question 6
Which metaphor has been most influential in cognitive psychology?
A) The telephone switchboard
B) The computer (information-processing model)
C) The hydraulic system
D) The camera
Answer: B
Question 7
The information-processing approach compares the human mind to:
A) A telephone network
B) A digital computer
C) A filing cabinet
D) A reflex arc
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, Answer: B
Question 8
A researcher who uses reaction time measurements to infer cognitive processes is using which
method?
A) Introspection
B) Mental chronometry
C) Free association
D) Observational learning
Answer: B
Question 9
Franciscus Donders' subtraction method involves comparing:
A) Reaction times in simple versus choice tasks
B) Accuracy rates in recall versus recognition
C) Brain activity during different tasks
D) Response latencies between age groups
Answer: A
Question 10
What technique measures the time course of mental events by recording brain electrical activity?
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Science of the Mind, 8th Edition by Daniel
Reisberg (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021)
ISBN: 9780393877601 All Chapters
CHAPTER 1: THE SCIENCE OF THE MIND
Question 1
What historical approach to psychology focused on the basic elements of consciousness through
self-report methods?
A) Behaviorism
B) Functionalism
C) Structuralism
D) Gestalt psychology
Answer: C
Question 2
Who is credited with establishing the first laboratory of experimental psychology in Leipzig,
Germany in 1879?
A) William James
B) Wilhelm Wundt
C) John Watson
D) B.F. Skinner
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,Answer: B
Question 3
Which school of psychology argued that psychology should study only observable behavior, not
internal mental processes?
A) Structuralism
B) Functionalism
C) Behaviorism
D) Gestalt psychology
Answer: C
Question 4
John Watson and B.F. Skinner are most closely associated with which psychological
perspective?
A) Cognitive psychology
B) Behaviorism
C) Psychoanalysis
D) Humanistic psychology
Answer: B
Question 5
2
,The "cognitive revolution" of the 1950s and 1960s represented a shift away from behaviorism
toward:
A) The study of unconscious processes
B) The study of mental processes such as memory, attention, and problem-solving
C) The study of brain anatomy only
D) The study of social influences on behavior
Answer: B
Question 6
Which metaphor has been most influential in cognitive psychology?
A) The telephone switchboard
B) The computer (information-processing model)
C) The hydraulic system
D) The camera
Answer: B
Question 7
The information-processing approach compares the human mind to:
A) A telephone network
B) A digital computer
C) A filing cabinet
D) A reflex arc
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, Answer: B
Question 8
A researcher who uses reaction time measurements to infer cognitive processes is using which
method?
A) Introspection
B) Mental chronometry
C) Free association
D) Observational learning
Answer: B
Question 9
Franciscus Donders' subtraction method involves comparing:
A) Reaction times in simple versus choice tasks
B) Accuracy rates in recall versus recognition
C) Brain activity during different tasks
D) Response latencies between age groups
Answer: A
Question 10
What technique measures the time course of mental events by recording brain electrical activity?
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