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 our lives.
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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
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1.6. Describe the role, in the emergence of cognitive psychology, that was played by computer science and
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3. Alyssa wants to be a psychologist but is unsure which topic within psychology most interests
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4. Consider the sequence ―Betsy wanted to bring Jacob a present. She shook her piggy bank.‖ u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u
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5. Which of the following statements is LEAST likely to apply to patient
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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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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 an illustration 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
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7. Patients suffering from clinical amnesia are characterized by
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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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