PSY 357 Midterm #1 || Error-free Answers 100%.
Cognitive psychology is primarily concerned with which of the following? correct answers what
we know, what we remember, and how we think
Psychologist Edward Titchener claimed to have identified and catalogued nearly 10,000
sensations that he observed within himself. What method best describes his approach? correct
answers Introspection
A researcher says she is of the same school of thought as scholars Wilhelm Wundt and Edward
Titchener. You can gather from this statement that she feels that the best way to study thoughts is
to: correct answers have only highly trained and qualified people introspect about their own
thoughts
Which of the following was NOT one of the problems associated with introspection as a research
technique? correct answers how people react to a stimulus is heavily influenced by past
experience
A psychologist who adheres to the behaviorist school of thought would most likely attribute
someone reaching for a slice of pie to: correct answers a learned behavior in response to specific
environmental triggers
Which of the following behaviors is most difficult to explain from a behaviorist perspective?
correct answers your response to a stimulus is dependent on how you interpret that stimulus
Which of the following is the LEAST accurate statement about behaviorism? correct answers
behaviorism is primarily designed to explained why organisms believe their behavior is justified
or reasonable
Modern psychologists follow Kant in arguing that the solution to the impasse between
introspectionism and behaviorism lies in a method in which we begin with _________ and then
proceed to ___________. correct answers observable facts; likely internal causes
,What is the most precise explanation for why many aspects of psychology (and most of cognitive
psych) rely on inferential methods? correct answers psychology often demands hypotheses about
process that can't be observed directly in order to explain the capacities and the behaviors that we
can observe
Which of the following is a way in which cognitive psych is different from physics? correct
answers psychologists must take into account the way in which participants interpret their study
Which of the following concerns is NOT addressed by adopting a cognitive approach to the
study of psychology? correct answers (?) many mental processes unfold so rapidly that it is
difficult to observe them
Martin is trying to understand why he has been forgetting things lately. As a well-trained
cognitive psychologist, Martin is likely to investigate this puzzle by: correct answers examining
the circumstances associated with his memory failures, including the complexity or familiarity of
the material and how fully he paid attention to the material during learning
Which of the following claims about the cognitive revolution is true? correct answers its methods
and tools spread to many other areas of psychology
Tolman's work with rats in mazes: correct answers showed that learning involves the acquisition
of knowledge
Who wrote a strong critique of behaviorism in the 1950s? correct answers Noam Chomsky
The statements "please pass the salt" and "gee, this food really needs some salt" are both likely to
produce the same salt-passing response at the dinner table. This illustrates that: correct answers
the meaning of an utterance, not the physical stimulus, is most important for predicting behavior
Gestalt psychologists argued which of the following? correct answers the perceiver is of central
importance in organizing his or her own experience
, Bartlett contributed which of the following to the field of cognitive psychology? correct answers
the idea of a "schema," which is a perception and mental framework
Broadbent used the language of ____________ to describe important aspects of human
cognition, including how we direct our ______________. correct answers computer science;
attention
How do cognitive psychologists use speed to assess behavior? correct answers they measure
small differences in response times to gain insight into the mental processing that is necessary for
those responses
H.M. was an important case from the field of: correct answers clinical neuropsychology
If a patient were to suffer amnesia similar to the amnesia suffered by H.M., which of the
following would pose a particular problem? correct answers remembering his or her divorce,
which occurred after brain surgery
Researchers in cognitive psychology rely on all of the following forms of data EXCEPT: correct
answers anecdotes and testimonials
Cognitive psychology uses which of the following? correct answers a diverse set of
methodologies for collecting data
When reading a story about a child shaking a piggy bank because he or she wants to buy
something, we understand the reasons for this action because: correct answers we provide
additional background knowledge base on our own experience
Which of the following tasks has NOT been connected with the amygdala? correct answers
discriminating between internal and external events
Cognitive psychology is primarily concerned with which of the following? correct answers what
we know, what we remember, and how we think
Psychologist Edward Titchener claimed to have identified and catalogued nearly 10,000
sensations that he observed within himself. What method best describes his approach? correct
answers Introspection
A researcher says she is of the same school of thought as scholars Wilhelm Wundt and Edward
Titchener. You can gather from this statement that she feels that the best way to study thoughts is
to: correct answers have only highly trained and qualified people introspect about their own
thoughts
Which of the following was NOT one of the problems associated with introspection as a research
technique? correct answers how people react to a stimulus is heavily influenced by past
experience
A psychologist who adheres to the behaviorist school of thought would most likely attribute
someone reaching for a slice of pie to: correct answers a learned behavior in response to specific
environmental triggers
Which of the following behaviors is most difficult to explain from a behaviorist perspective?
correct answers your response to a stimulus is dependent on how you interpret that stimulus
Which of the following is the LEAST accurate statement about behaviorism? correct answers
behaviorism is primarily designed to explained why organisms believe their behavior is justified
or reasonable
Modern psychologists follow Kant in arguing that the solution to the impasse between
introspectionism and behaviorism lies in a method in which we begin with _________ and then
proceed to ___________. correct answers observable facts; likely internal causes
,What is the most precise explanation for why many aspects of psychology (and most of cognitive
psych) rely on inferential methods? correct answers psychology often demands hypotheses about
process that can't be observed directly in order to explain the capacities and the behaviors that we
can observe
Which of the following is a way in which cognitive psych is different from physics? correct
answers psychologists must take into account the way in which participants interpret their study
Which of the following concerns is NOT addressed by adopting a cognitive approach to the
study of psychology? correct answers (?) many mental processes unfold so rapidly that it is
difficult to observe them
Martin is trying to understand why he has been forgetting things lately. As a well-trained
cognitive psychologist, Martin is likely to investigate this puzzle by: correct answers examining
the circumstances associated with his memory failures, including the complexity or familiarity of
the material and how fully he paid attention to the material during learning
Which of the following claims about the cognitive revolution is true? correct answers its methods
and tools spread to many other areas of psychology
Tolman's work with rats in mazes: correct answers showed that learning involves the acquisition
of knowledge
Who wrote a strong critique of behaviorism in the 1950s? correct answers Noam Chomsky
The statements "please pass the salt" and "gee, this food really needs some salt" are both likely to
produce the same salt-passing response at the dinner table. This illustrates that: correct answers
the meaning of an utterance, not the physical stimulus, is most important for predicting behavior
Gestalt psychologists argued which of the following? correct answers the perceiver is of central
importance in organizing his or her own experience
, Bartlett contributed which of the following to the field of cognitive psychology? correct answers
the idea of a "schema," which is a perception and mental framework
Broadbent used the language of ____________ to describe important aspects of human
cognition, including how we direct our ______________. correct answers computer science;
attention
How do cognitive psychologists use speed to assess behavior? correct answers they measure
small differences in response times to gain insight into the mental processing that is necessary for
those responses
H.M. was an important case from the field of: correct answers clinical neuropsychology
If a patient were to suffer amnesia similar to the amnesia suffered by H.M., which of the
following would pose a particular problem? correct answers remembering his or her divorce,
which occurred after brain surgery
Researchers in cognitive psychology rely on all of the following forms of data EXCEPT: correct
answers anecdotes and testimonials
Cognitive psychology uses which of the following? correct answers a diverse set of
methodologies for collecting data
When reading a story about a child shaking a piggy bank because he or she wants to buy
something, we understand the reasons for this action because: correct answers we provide
additional background knowledge base on our own experience
Which of the following tasks has NOT been connected with the amygdala? correct answers
discriminating between internal and external events
