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1.1. Describe the scope and goals of cognitive psychology.
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1.2. Understand the case of H.M., and the many ways that memory influences our lives.
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1.3. Describe the limitations of introspection as a method for scientific inquiry.
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1.4. Compare and contrast classical (Watsonian) behaviorism and cognitive psychology.
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1.5. Kant‘s ―transcendental method‖ is sometimes called ―inference to best explanation.‖ Explain
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this method and how it works.
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1.6. Describe the role, in the emergence of cognitive psychology, that was played by computer
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science and the development of ―computer intelligence.‖
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1. Which of the following topics is NOT commonly studied within cognitive psychology?
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c. memory
d. Attention
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2. Cognitive processes are NOT necessary for which daily activity?
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d. breathing
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3. Alyssa wants to be a psychologist but is unsure which topic within psychology most
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interests her. Which of the following topics would be LEAST likely to lead her into
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cognitive psychology?
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a. amnesia
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4. Consider the sequence ―Betsy wanted to bring Jacob a present. She shook her piggy bank.‖
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Most people, after hearing this sequence, believe Betsy was checking her piggy bank to see if
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she had money to spend on the gift. This inference about Betsy‘s goals depends on the fact
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that
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a. our previous knowledge fills in background information whenever we‘re understanding an
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event or conversation.
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b. readers are likely to know someone named Jacob.
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c. English, unlike other languages, requires speakers to mention all of the people involved
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in an event.
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d. the individual sentences are short.
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5. Which of the following statements is LEAST likely to apply to patient H.M.?
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a. ―He cannot remember what he did earlier today, including events that took place just an
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hour ago.‖
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b. ―He read this story last month, but he was still surprised by how the story turned out.‖
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c. ―Even though he has encountered the nurse many times, he is still unable to recognize her.‖
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d. ―He remembered that it was only a week ago that he‘d heard the sad news that his uncle
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, had died.‖
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1.1. Describe the scope and goals of cognitive psychology.
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1.2. Understand the case of H.M., and the many ways that memory influences our lives.
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1.3. Describe the limitations of introspection as a method for scientific inquiry.
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1.4. Compare and contrast classical (Watsonian) behaviorism and cognitive psychology.
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1.5. Kant‘s ―transcendental method‖ is sometimes called ―inference to best explanation.‖ Explain
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this method and how it works.
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1.6. Describe the role, in the emergence of cognitive psychology, that was played by computer
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science and the development of ―computer intelligence.‖
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MULTIPLE CHOICE vv
1. Which of the following topics is NOT commonly studied within cognitive psychology?
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a. anger management vv
b. decision making vv
c. memory
d. Attention
CORRECT ANSWER: A DIF:
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2. Cognitive processes are NOT necessary for which daily activity?
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a. reading a newspaper vv vv
b. studying for a test vv vv vv
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d. breathing
CORRECT ANSWER: D vv vv DIF: Easy REF: The Scope of Cognitive Psychology
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3. Alyssa wants to be a psychologist but is unsure which topic within psychology most
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interests her. Which of the following topics would be LEAST likely to lead her into
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cognitive psychology?
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a. amnesia
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CORRECT ANSWER: C DIF: vv vv Easy REF: The Scope of Cognitive Psychology OBJ:
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4. Consider the sequence ―Betsy wanted to bring Jacob a present. She shook her piggy bank.‖
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Most people, after hearing this sequence, believe Betsy was checking her piggy bank to see if
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she had money to spend on the gift. This inference about Betsy‘s goals depends on the fact
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that
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a. our previous knowledge fills in background information whenever we‘re understanding an
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event or conversation.
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b. readers are likely to know someone named Jacob.
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c. English, unlike other languages, requires speakers to mention all of the people involved
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in an event.
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d. the individual sentences are short.
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5. Which of the following statements is LEAST likely to apply to patient H.M.?
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a. ―He cannot remember what he did earlier today, including events that took place just an
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hour ago.‖
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b. ―He read this story last month, but he was still surprised by how the story turned out.‖
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c. ―Even though he has encountered the nurse many times, he is still unable to recognize her.‖
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d. ―He remembered that it was only a week ago that he‘d heard the sad news that his uncle
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, had died.‖
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