Test Bank for Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind 7th Edition by Daniel Reisberg

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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 ourAlives.
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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 this method and how itworks.
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1.6. Describe the role, in the emergence of cognitive psychology, that was played by computer science and the d
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evelop- ment of “computer intelligence.”
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1. Which of the following topics is NOT commonly studied within cognitive psychology?
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a. anger management
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The Scope of Cognitive Psychology OBJ:
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2. Cognitive processes are NOT necessary for which daily activity?
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The Scope of Cognitive Psychol
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3. Alyssa wants to be a psychologist but is unsure which topic within psychology most interests her.
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sw Which o f the following topics would be LEAST likely to lead her into cognitive psychology?
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a. amnesia c. Lyme disease sw



b. language acquisition sw d. problem-solving strategies sw

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4. Consider the sequence “Betsy wanted to bring Jacob a present. She shook her piggy bank.” Most
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w people, aft er hearing this sequence, believe Betsy was checking her piggy bank to see if she had money to spend
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w on the gift. This inferen ce about Betsy’s goals depends on the fact that
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a. our previous knowledge fills in background information whenever we’re understanding a
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n ev ent 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 invol
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ved i n an event.
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d. the individual sentences are short.
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The Broad Role forAMemory OBJ:
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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 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 had died.”
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6. Research with H.M. provides anAillustration for which major theme of the chapter?
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a. Introspection is an important research tool for cognitive psychologists.
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b. Cognitive psychology can help us understand a wide range of activities that depend on s
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omeo ne’s ability to remember.
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c. Memory is not very important.
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d. The disruption caused by brain damage depends on how widespread the damage is, and no
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t on the specific sites that are damaged.
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ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF:
The Scope of Cognitive Psychol
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7. Patients sufferingAfrom clinical amnesia are characterized by
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b. an inability to recognize patter
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8. The term “introspection” refers to the
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a. process by which one individual seeks to infer the thoughts of another individual.
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, b. procedure of examining thought processing by monitoring the brain’s electrical activity.
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