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TEST BANK for Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience 4th edition by Bruce Goldstein. ISBN 9781285763880_ TABLE OF CONTENTS_ 1. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology. 2 . Cognitive Neuroscience. 3. Perception. 4. Attention. 5. Short-Term and Working Memory. 6. Long-Te...
,Chapter 1
1. The example at the beginning of the book, in which Raphael talks to his friend on a cell phone on his way to class,
was used to illustrate how
a. cognitive psychologists study problem solving in adults.
b. several different cognitive processes can take place at one time.
c. human cognition is affected by emotional events.
d. both physiology and behavior is important to the study of cognition.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: MODERATE
REFERENCES: Introduction
2. Attention, perception, memory, and decision making are all different types of mental processes in which the mind
engages. These are known as different types of
a. models.
b. cognition.
c. reaction times.
d. savings.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: EASY
REFERENCES: Introduction
3. The branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of the mind is called
a. cognitive psychology.
b. introspection.
c. behaviorism.
d. memory consolidation.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: EASY
REFERENCES: Introduction
,4. Donders' main reason for doing his choice reaction time experiment was to study
a. sensation.
b. childhood attachment styles.
c. decision making.
d. personality development.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: MODERATE
REFERENCES: Cognitive Psychology: Studying the Mind
5. By comparing reaction times across different tasks, Donders was able to conclude how long the mind needs to
perform a certain cognitive task. Donders interpreted the difference in reaction time between the simple and choice
conditions of his experiment as indicating how long it took to
a. perceive the stimulus.
b. process the stimulus.
c. attend to the stimulus.
d. make a decision about the stimulus.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: MODERATE
REFERENCES: Cognitive Psychology: Studying the Mind
6. The main point of the Donders' reaction time experiments was to
a. show that reaction times can be measured accurately.
b. measure the amount of time it takes to make a decision.
c. determine differences in the way people react to stimuli.
d. show that our cognitions are often based on unconscious inferences.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: MODERATE
REFERENCES: Cognitive Psychology: Studying the Mind
, 7. In Donders' experiment on decision making, when participants were asked to press a button upon presentation of a
light, they were engaged in a
a. reaction time task.
b. simple reaction time task.
c. choice reaction time task.
d. presentation task.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: MODERATE
REFERENCES: Cognitive Psychology: Studying the Mind
8. Reaction time refers to the time between the of a stimulus and a person's response to it.
a. sensation
b. transduction
c. change in intensity
d. presentation
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: EASY
REFERENCES: Cognitive Psychology: Studying the Mind
9. In Donders' experiment on decision making, when participants were asked to press one button if the light on the left
was illuminated and another button if the light on the right was illuminated, they were engaged in a
a. reaction time task.
b. simple reaction time task.
c. choice reaction time task.
d. presentation task.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: MODERATE
REFERENCES: Cognitive Psychology: Studying the Mind
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