Cognition Review #1

Front

A Psychologist is which of the following:
Options:
a. a person who specializes in the study of the body
b. a person who studies a lot
c. a person who specializes in the study of mind and behavior or in the treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders
d. a person who specializes in the study of stray animals

Back

a person who specializes in the study of mind and behavior or in the treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders

Front

A concept, to a psychologist, is a mental group of similar things that organize everything that we experience in our daily lives is called:

Back

rows of mental "filing cabinets"

Front

Processes of thought such as attending, knowing, remembering, and making decisions is called:

Back

Cognition

Front

Any item or object that is an example of a given concept is called:

Back

Exemplar

Front

True or False, a concept is a mental representation of objects and categories

Back

True

Front

A mental representation that is NOT the "best example" of a concept is called a Prototype.

Back

False

Front

Concepts can be which of the following: objects, emotions, people; objects, animals, automobiles; objects, emotions, water; objects, locomotions, air?

Back

objects, emotions, people

Front

Formal concepts have clearly defined characteristics such as triangles and periodic tables

Back

True

Front

Harmful cognition can lead to: a. new categories in Psychology, b. Discrimination, c. Photosynthesis, d. a new concept

Back

Discrimination