Brain and Behavior Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective 1st Edition Eagleman Test Bank.docx

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1. Thegstudentgofgmentalgactivitygandgthinking,gbroadlygconceived,gisgcalled .
a. cognitivegscience
b. mindgscience
c. cognitivegstudies
d. mindgstudies
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2. Whengdidgthegcognitivegrevolutiongoccur?
a. earlyg1970s
b. lateg1950s
c. lateg1850s
d. mid-1940s
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nswer:gb

3. MemorygdoesgNOTginvolve .
a. agmentalgstoragegsystem
b. acquiringginformation
c. complexgdecisiongmaking
d. mentalgprocesses
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4. Thegmentalgprocessgofgacquiringgandgretainingginformationgforglatergretrievalgis .
a. cognition
b. memory
c. planning
d. forecasting
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5. CognitiongdoesgNOTginvolve .
a. reflexes
b. mentalgactivities
c. perceiving
d. understanding
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6. Thegcollectiongofgmentalgprocessesgandgactivitiesgusedgingperceiving,gremembering,gthinking,g
andgunderstandinggis .
a. operations
b. mentalism
c. cognition
d. computationalgneuroscience
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7. Peoplegfirstgbegangwonderinggaboutghowgthegmindgworked .
a. aftergthegcognitivegrevolution
b. aftergAristotle
c. aftergDescartes
d. beforeganygofgthesegpeoplegorgevents
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8. Reductionismgis .
a. thegmethodgingwhichgobserversgaregcarefullygtrainedgtogreportgonginnergsensationsgandgexperiences
b. thegbuildinggblocksgunderlyinggthegstructuregofgthegbrain
c. thegbranchgofgexperimentalgpsychologygthatgdealsgwithghumangparticipantsgasgtheyglearngverbalgmater
ials,ge.g.,gitemsgorgstimuligcomposedgofglettersgand/orgwords
d. attemptinggtogunderstandgagcomplexgeventgbygbreakinggthegeventgdowngintogitsgcomponents
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9. Ecologicalgvaliditygmeans .
a. thegamountgofgexperimentalgcontrolgthegexperimenterghasgovergthegimportantgmanipulations
b. acquiringgandgretainingginformationgforglatergretrieval
c. attemptinggtogbreakgdowngcomplexgeventsgbygbreakinggthemgdowngintogtheirgcomponents
d. representativegofgthegrealgworld
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10. Ifgwegheargagcomplaintgthatgexperimentalgpsychologygresearchglacksgecologicalgvalidity,gthegperso
ngisgcomplaininggthat .
a. thegresearchgisgnotgrepresentativegofgreal-worldgsituations
b. thegresearchglacksgsufficientgprecision
c. thegresearchglacksgangappropriategcomparisonggroup
d. wegaregattemptinggtogunderstandgcomplexgphenomenagbygbreakinggthemgdowngintogtheirgcompon
ents
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11. Ifgsomethinggisggeneralizablegtogreal-worldgsituations,git .
a. isgpragmatic
b. acquiresgangairgofgconfidence
c. hasgecologicalgvalidity
d. noglongergisgbasicgscience
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12. Agpersongtryinggtogunderstandgcomplexgeventsgbygbreakinggthemgdowngintogtheirgcomponentsgisgusing
g .
a. fragmentation
b. reductionism
c. agparsinggapproach
d. distillation
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13. Whogsaid,g“Igthink,gthereforegIgam”?
a. RenegDescartes
b. WilliamgJames
c. Aristotle
d. ImmanuelgKant
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e:gfactualgA
nswer:ga

14. Empiricalgobservationsgaregthosegthat .
a. relygongobservation,gexperimentation,gorgmeasurement
b. characterizegangentiregsetgofgresearchgdata
c. aregconductedgingagfieldgsettinggoutsidegtheglaboratory
d. comparegpeoplegofgdifferentgagesgatgaggivengmomentgingtime
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15. Thegphilosophygthatgobservationgisgtogbegthegbasisgforgmuchgofgsciencegis .
a. empiricism
b. rationalism
c. structuralism
d. functionalism
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lgAnswer:ga

16. WhichgofgthegfollowinggisgNOTgtrue?
a. Wundtgestablishedgthegfirstgpsychologicalglaboratory.
b. Wundt’sgstudentgTitchnergadvocatedgthegapproachgknowngasgstructuralism.
c. Wundtgbelievedgstronglygthatgthegpropergtopicgforgpsychologygwasg“consciousgprocessesgandgimmed
iategexperience.”
d. Wundtgadvocatedgthegapproachgknowngasgfunctionalis
m.gPage:g9
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17. Whogisgcreditedgwithgbeinggthegfirstgexperimentalgpsychologist?
a. WilhelmgWundt
b. WilliamgJames
c. EdwardgTitchner
d. JohngWatso
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18. Radicalgempiricistsgbelievegthatgthegmindgstartsgoutgasga .
a. cogitogblanco
b. tabulagrasa
c. scientiagestgpotestas
d. sempergfidele
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19. ManygofgthegtopicsgofgWundt’sgresearchgwouldgfallgundergwhatgwegnowglabelgas psychology.
a. clinical
b. counseling
c. industrial/organizational
d. cognitive
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20. Titchenergisgmostgstronglygassociatedgwith .
a. structuralism
b. functionalism
c. thegcognitivegrevolution
d. Gestaltgpsycholog
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21. HermanngEbbinghausgwasgthegfirstgpersongtogsystematicallygstudy .
a. perception
b. attention
c. problemgsolving
d. memory
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22. EdwardgTitchenergbelieved .
a. thatgnothinggworthwhilegwouldgcomegofgstudyinggmentalgprocesses
b. thatgmentalgillness,geducationalgapplications,gandgsocialgpsychologygwereg“impure”gbecausegtheygco
uldgnotgbegstudiedgusinggintrospection
c. thatgthegappropriateggoalgforgpsychologygwasgthegobjectivegassessmentgofgassociationgformation
d. thatgthegfunctionsgofgconsciousness,grathergthangitsgstructure,gweregofginterest
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23. WhichgisgtruegofgEbbinghaus?
a. Hegwasginterestedgingmemory.
b. Hegwasginterestedgingperception.
c. Hegwasginterestedgingreasoning.
d. Hegwasginterestedgingstudyinggintrospection.
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