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AU PSYC 355 Cognitive Psychology ACTUAL EXAM
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
CORRECT SOLUTIONS ||100% GUARANTEED PASS
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Define Cognition. Why is the study of cognition important?
.......Answer.........The term cognition refers to our mental activities.
It is used to describe how we receive, store, transform and use
knowledge. The term also refers to our memory, language,
problem solving, reasoning and decision making.
In Psychology, cognition can mean mental activity, and it can
also refer to a particular theoretical approach.
Psychology is interested in cognition because humans mental
processes are pivotal to daily life. Almost everything we do
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requires use of our ability to think, remember, make decisions
and use language. Cognition influences behaviours.
Further, cognitive psychology influences other areas of
psychology, for example, a depressed patient may provide a
very brief example when asked to recall a specific memory,
whereas a person who is not depressed tends to describe an
extended memory in more detail. Also, facial recognition in
neuropsychology. Finally, Cognitive Psychology helps us
understand our personal mind better and could help us improve
our own performance.
Describe the early history of cognitive psychology, focusing on
the contributions of each of the following:
Wilhelm Wundt
Hermann Ebbinghaus
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Mary Calkins
William James
Frederick Bartlett .......Answer.........Wundt: Most people would
consider him the "founder of psychology". He proposed that
psychology should be the study of mental processes, or
"introspection", however the techniques used were very
subjective/not scientific.
Ebbinghaus: A German psychologist and the first person to study
human memory and developed factors that may influence
memory performance. Used nonsense syllables in his research.
Ebbinghaus also reported the classic forgetting curve, in which
there is rapid forgetting in the first 24 hours, followed by a
plateau that persists for months and even years.
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Calkins: Also a memory researcher, but from the U.S. She
discovered the recency effect through her work, which refers to
the observation that we best recall the final item in a list. SHe
also emphasized that psychology should study how people use
their cognition in the real world, not just lab. First Woman
president of the APA.
James: Was not impressed with introspection and preferred to
study everyday psychological experiences. Best known for his
textbook called "Principles of Psychology", which emphasized
that the human mind is active and inquiring.
Bartlett: A British psychologist who conducted research on human
memory. He used meaningful materials, such as lengthy stories in
his research and discovered that people make errors when
recalling stories. He proposed that memory is an active,
constructive process in which we interpret and transform the info
AU PSYC 355 Cognitive Psychology ACTUAL EXAM
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
CORRECT SOLUTIONS ||100% GUARANTEED PASS
<LATEST VERSION>
Define Cognition. Why is the study of cognition important?
.......Answer.........The term cognition refers to our mental activities.
It is used to describe how we receive, store, transform and use
knowledge. The term also refers to our memory, language,
problem solving, reasoning and decision making.
In Psychology, cognition can mean mental activity, and it can
also refer to a particular theoretical approach.
Psychology is interested in cognition because humans mental
processes are pivotal to daily life. Almost everything we do
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requires use of our ability to think, remember, make decisions
and use language. Cognition influences behaviours.
Further, cognitive psychology influences other areas of
psychology, for example, a depressed patient may provide a
very brief example when asked to recall a specific memory,
whereas a person who is not depressed tends to describe an
extended memory in more detail. Also, facial recognition in
neuropsychology. Finally, Cognitive Psychology helps us
understand our personal mind better and could help us improve
our own performance.
Describe the early history of cognitive psychology, focusing on
the contributions of each of the following:
Wilhelm Wundt
Hermann Ebbinghaus
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Mary Calkins
William James
Frederick Bartlett .......Answer.........Wundt: Most people would
consider him the "founder of psychology". He proposed that
psychology should be the study of mental processes, or
"introspection", however the techniques used were very
subjective/not scientific.
Ebbinghaus: A German psychologist and the first person to study
human memory and developed factors that may influence
memory performance. Used nonsense syllables in his research.
Ebbinghaus also reported the classic forgetting curve, in which
there is rapid forgetting in the first 24 hours, followed by a
plateau that persists for months and even years.
, age 4 of 194
Calkins: Also a memory researcher, but from the U.S. She
discovered the recency effect through her work, which refers to
the observation that we best recall the final item in a list. SHe
also emphasized that psychology should study how people use
their cognition in the real world, not just lab. First Woman
president of the APA.
James: Was not impressed with introspection and preferred to
study everyday psychological experiences. Best known for his
textbook called "Principles of Psychology", which emphasized
that the human mind is active and inquiring.
Bartlett: A British psychologist who conducted research on human
memory. He used meaningful materials, such as lengthy stories in
his research and discovered that people make errors when
recalling stories. He proposed that memory is an active,
constructive process in which we interpret and transform the info
