Test bank for cognition 6th edition by radvansky

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1. Thebstudentbofbmentalbactivitybandbthinking,bbroadlybconceived,bisbcalled .
a. cognitivebscience
b. mindbscience
c. cognitivebstudies
d. mindbstudies
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Type:bconceptualb
Answer:ba


2. Whenbdidbthebcognitivebrevolutionboccur?
a. earlyb1970s
b. lateb1950s
c. lateb1850s
d. mid-1940s
Page:b2bType
:bfactualbAns
wer:bb


3. MemorybdoesbNOTbinvolve .
a. abmentalbstoragebsystem
b. acquiringbinformation
c. complexbdecisionbmaking
d. mentalbprocesses
Page:b6
Type:bconceptualb
Answer:bc


4. Thebmentalbprocessbofbacquiringbandbretainingbinformationbforblaterbretrievalbis .
a. cognition
b. memory
c. planning
d. forecasting
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Type:bconceptualb
Answer:bb


5. CognitionbdoesbNOTbinvolve .
a. reflexes
b. mentalbactivities
c. perceiving
d. understanding
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Answer:ba




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6. Thebcollectionbofbmentalbprocessesbandbactivitiesbusedbinbperceiving,bremembering,bthinking,ba
ndbunderstandingbis .
a. operations
b. mentalism
c. cognition
d. computationalbneuroscience
Page:b6
Type:bconceptualb
Answer:bc


7. Peoplebfirstbbeganbwonderingbaboutbhowbthebmindbworked .
a. afterbthebcognitivebrevolution
b. afterbAristotle
c. afterbDescartes
d. beforebanybofbthesebpeopleborbevents
Page:b7
Type:bconceptualb
Answer:bd


8. Reductionismbis .
a. thebmethodbinbwhichbobserversbarebcarefullybtrainedbtobreportbonbinnerbsensationsbandbexperiences
b. thebbuildingbblocksbunderlyingbthebstructurebofbthebbrain
c. thebbranchbofbexperimentalbpsychologybthatbdealsbwithbhumanbparticipantsbasbtheyblearnbverbalbmateri
als,be.g.,bitemsborbstimulibcomposedbofblettersband/orbwords
d. attemptingbtobunderstandbabcomplexbeventbbybbreakingbthebeventbdownbintobitsbcomponents
Page:b7
Type:bconceptualb
Answer:bd


9. Ecologicalbvaliditybmeans .
a. thebamountbofbexperimentalbcontrolbthebexperimenterbhasboverbthebimportantbmanipulations
b. acquiringbandbretainingbinformationbforblaterbretrieval
c. attemptingbtobbreakbdownbcomplexbeventsbbybbreakingbthembdownbintobtheirbcomponents
d. representativebofbthebrealbworld
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Type:bconceptualb
Answer:bd


10. Ifbwebhearbabcomplaintbthatbexperimentalbpsychologybresearchblacksbecologicalbvalidity,bthebperson
bisbcomplainingbthat .
a. thebresearchbisbnotbrepresentativebofbreal-worldbsituations
b. thebresearchblacksbsufficientbprecision
c. thebresearchblacksbanbappropriatebcomparisonbgroup
d. webarebattemptingbtobunderstandbcomplexbphenomenabbybbreakingbthembdownbintobtheirbcompon
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11. Ifbsomethingbisbgeneralizablebtobreal-worldbsituations,bit .
a. isbpragmatic
b. acquiresbanbairbofbconfidence
c. hasbecologicalbvalidity
d. noblongerbisbbasicbscience
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