Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Ashworth Semester Exam PS400 Cognitive Psychology

PS400 : Cognitive Psychology
All of the following researchers are associated with behaviorism, except
Watson.
Pavlov.
Piaget.
Skinner.

Question 2
Among the core concepts of cognitive psychology, which one provides the basis for all of our cognitive abilities?
Stages of processing
Hierarchical systems
Mental representation
Consciousness

Question 3
Blindsight is an important phenomenon because it demonstrates that
individuals can't identify objects not consciously seen.
visual consciousness is entirely dependent on retinal processing.
visual consciousness is partly dependent on processing in both the retina and the occipital cortex.
visual consciousness is entirely dependent on a functional optic nerve.

Question 4
When /p/ and /b/ differ continuously in voice onset time, we hear an abrupt transition; this is called
phonemic restoration.
verbal transformation.
categorical perception.
conversation implicature.

Question 5
The _______ , located in the temporal lobe of the brain, is critical in storing new information into long-term memory.
medulla
thalamus
hippocampus
corpus callosum

Question 6
Remembering a period of time in one's life and tying it to upper-level recollections of a job or place of residence is
an autobiographical memory.
a figurative memory.
constructed recall.
dependent recall.

Question 7
WordNet is based on which of the following approaches?
Object concepts
Rule-governed concepts
Semantic networks
Feature lists

Question 8
The eye-mind assumption is most directly related to
information processing during reading fixations.
bridging inferences.
dyslexia.
idiographic writing.

Question 9
What is one disadvantage of a heuristic approach to solving problems?
It may yield a wrong answer.
It takes sufficient time and effort to solve the problem this way.
It's too random
Remembering heuristics takes up too much working memory.

Question 10
In syllogistic reasoning, a valid conclusion is __________ true, given that the premises are true.
sometimes
never
necessarily
conditionally


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