D570 Cognitive Psychology (HMO1) (second attempt)

Test HMO1

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1. What was Wundt’s technique of asking subjects to describe their thought processes in response to stimuli?

A. Operant conditioning

B. Analytic introspection

C. Behavioral response

D. Reaction-response

2. Which cognitive psychologist measured the process of forgetting by repeating lists of 13 nonsense syllables to memorize?

A. James

B. Ebbinghaus

C. Wundt

D. Skinner

3. Watson ran an experiment in which a subject was presented with a rat and a loud noise simultaneously. Which research concept is associated with this experiment?

A. Information processing

B. Classical conditioning

C. Operant conditioning

D. Emotional intelligence

4. Which condition occurs when the right parietal lobe is damaged?

A. Bilateral hyperfocus

B. Unilateral hyperfocus

C. Unilateral neglect

D. Bilateral neglect

5. Which modern technology did Simon and Newell demonstrate by programming a computer to solve logic problems?

A. Mind-body conundrum

B. Cognitive appraisal

C. Inductive reasoning

D. Artificial intelligence

7. A person falsely remembers feeding their dog because it is usually the last thing they do before leaving the house. Which process does this demonstrate?

A. The effect of scripts on memory

B. The effect of fluency on memory

C. The effect of source misattribution on memory

D. The effect of repeated reproduction on memory

8. Which term describes the knowledge that the thoughts, beliefs, and emotions of others are different from one’s own?

A. Theory of Mind

B. Theory of Recognition

C. Theory of Results

D. Theory of Environment

9. What stage of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory is characterized by abstract thinking?

A. Sensorimotor

B. Concrete Operational

C. Preoperational

D. Formal operational

10. Which factor is a key contributor to a child’s development, according to Vygotsky?

A. Culture

B. Genes

C. Education

D. Nutrition

11. Which term describes the sequence of changes in behavior and appearance with age?

A. Coordination

B. Maturation

C. Expiration

D. Lamentation

12. Which subdomain do cognitive psychologists study pertaining to the way an individual understands and interprets information?

A. Attention

B. Memory

C. Perception

D. Learning

13. Which subdomain do cognitive psychologists study pertaining to information that is acquired?

A. Learning

B. Attention

C. Perception

D. Memory

14. Which activity becomes more difficult when Wernicke’s area is damaged?

A. Rowing a boat

B. Recognizing a face

C. Reading a book

D. Smelling a flower

15. Which term describes the idea that all brain lobes work together as a single unit to control all brain functions?

A. Hierarchical processing

B. Experience-dependent plasticity

C. Localization of function

D. Cortical equipotentiality

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