Cog Psych test bank 1 questions &
correct answers.
A cognitive psychologist is LEAST LIKELY to study whether ____.
a. people can pay attention to multiple stimuli at once without losing accuracy
b. advertising using animation is more memorable than advertising using no animation
c. a group of people present affect how much is given to charity
d. the reading speed of college graduates differs from that of high school graduates ANS - c
The combination of rational with empirical methods so as to get the "best of both worlds" represents, in
dialectical terms, a(n) ____.
a. thesis
b. antithesis
c. synthesis
d. antisynthesis ANS - c
Part of dialectic thinking includes a(n) ____, where a statement of belief is proposed.
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics ANS - c
Part of dialectic thinking includes a(n) ____, where a counterstatement to previous beliefs emerges.
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics ANS - a
,.The philosopher who believed that the route to knowledge is through thinking and logical analysis was
____.
a. Plato
b. Locke
c. Wundt
d. Aristotle ANS - a
A rationalist ____.
a. uses logical analysis to understand the world and people's relations to it
b. is a follower of Aristotle's empiricist philosophy
c. supports the idea of monism over dualism
d. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation ANS - a
Rationalism is to ____ as empiricism is to ____.
a. observable evidence; theory
b. theory; observable evidence
c. manipulation; measure
d. hypothesis; theory ANS - b
Which approach emphasizes logical analysis as the means to acquiring new knowledge?
a. tabula rasa
b. synthesis
c. rationalism
d. empiricism ANS - c
An empiricist ____.
a. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
b. is a follower of Plato's rationalist philosophy about the source of knowledge
c. supports the idea of mind-body dualism
, d. believes that the mind and the body are separate entities ANS - a
. Which approach emphasizes observable evidence as the means to acquiring new knowledge?
a. rationalism
b. monism
c. empiricism
d. nativism ANS - c
Theresa, the assistant principal of a middle school, often finds herself dealing with accusations of
wrongdoing made by one student against another. When she does so, she will not accept circumstantial
evidence. Instead, Theresa allows only evidence that she can see, or "hard," observational evidence, to
be used in deciding whether a student has violated rules. Theresa could be referred to as a(n) ____.
a. monist
b. empiricist
c. rationalist
d. nativist ANS - b
Elma, an automobile factory worker, learns how to install a car air conditioner by watching a fellow
worker install the part. The knowledge Elma has just acquired is ____ acquired knowledge.
a. experimentally
b. reductively
c. innately
d. empirically ANS - d
Psychology is sometimes viewed as a merging of ____.
a. philosophy and monism
b. rationalism and physiology
c. physiology and empiricism
d. philosophy and physiology ANS - d
correct answers.
A cognitive psychologist is LEAST LIKELY to study whether ____.
a. people can pay attention to multiple stimuli at once without losing accuracy
b. advertising using animation is more memorable than advertising using no animation
c. a group of people present affect how much is given to charity
d. the reading speed of college graduates differs from that of high school graduates ANS - c
The combination of rational with empirical methods so as to get the "best of both worlds" represents, in
dialectical terms, a(n) ____.
a. thesis
b. antithesis
c. synthesis
d. antisynthesis ANS - c
Part of dialectic thinking includes a(n) ____, where a statement of belief is proposed.
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics ANS - c
Part of dialectic thinking includes a(n) ____, where a counterstatement to previous beliefs emerges.
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics ANS - a
,.The philosopher who believed that the route to knowledge is through thinking and logical analysis was
____.
a. Plato
b. Locke
c. Wundt
d. Aristotle ANS - a
A rationalist ____.
a. uses logical analysis to understand the world and people's relations to it
b. is a follower of Aristotle's empiricist philosophy
c. supports the idea of monism over dualism
d. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation ANS - a
Rationalism is to ____ as empiricism is to ____.
a. observable evidence; theory
b. theory; observable evidence
c. manipulation; measure
d. hypothesis; theory ANS - b
Which approach emphasizes logical analysis as the means to acquiring new knowledge?
a. tabula rasa
b. synthesis
c. rationalism
d. empiricism ANS - c
An empiricist ____.
a. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
b. is a follower of Plato's rationalist philosophy about the source of knowledge
c. supports the idea of mind-body dualism
, d. believes that the mind and the body are separate entities ANS - a
. Which approach emphasizes observable evidence as the means to acquiring new knowledge?
a. rationalism
b. monism
c. empiricism
d. nativism ANS - c
Theresa, the assistant principal of a middle school, often finds herself dealing with accusations of
wrongdoing made by one student against another. When she does so, she will not accept circumstantial
evidence. Instead, Theresa allows only evidence that she can see, or "hard," observational evidence, to
be used in deciding whether a student has violated rules. Theresa could be referred to as a(n) ____.
a. monist
b. empiricist
c. rationalist
d. nativist ANS - b
Elma, an automobile factory worker, learns how to install a car air conditioner by watching a fellow
worker install the part. The knowledge Elma has just acquired is ____ acquired knowledge.
a. experimentally
b. reductively
c. innately
d. empirically ANS - d
Psychology is sometimes viewed as a merging of ____.
a. philosophy and monism
b. rationalism and physiology
c. physiology and empiricism
d. philosophy and physiology ANS - d
