Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Introduction & Learning

Multiple Choice

What is an example of "double dissociation"?

• Short term & long term memory

• Working memory & short term memory

• Behaviourism & Cognition

• FMRI & PET

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a focus of cognitive psychology?

• Language

• Reflexes

• Long term memory

• Attention

Multiple Choice

How do behaviourists view the mind?

• As the only important subject of study

• As something that can be directly measured

• As a way to better understand behaviour

• As a "black box", that isn't worth investigating directly

Multiple Choice

What inspired the "information processing approach"?

• Biology

• Advances in computing

• operant conditioning

• Lesion studies

Multiple Choice

What was Pavlov originally researching?

• Dog's digestive systems

• Classical conditioning

• How animals react to bells

• Dog's recognition of the researchers

Multiple Choice

What term is used to describe a newly associated stimulus?

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Target stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus

• A bell

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a negative reinforcer?

• Shocking the subject for each wrong answer

• Back-handed compliments for each right answer

• Reducing the level of shock for each right answer

• Providing a reward for each wrong answer

Multiple Choice

What is a disadvantage of the various reinforcement schedules compared to consistent reinforcement?

• Longer lasting learning

• Extinction occurs more slowly

• Inconsistently applied reinforcers

• Slower time to learn associations