PSY 372 Exam 1 Review

Who conducted the first experiment in cognitive psychology?

• Wundt

• Donders

• James

• Ebbinghaus

What event is known as the "birthday" of cognitive psychology?

• Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Information Theory

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Symposium on Information Theory

• The development of the first digital computers

• The development of fMRI

What lobe of the brain is primarily associated with analyzing incoming visual information?

• Temporal Lobe

• Frontal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

What part of a neuron receives signals from other neurons?

• Synapse
• Cell body
• Dendrites
• Axon

Prosopagnosia is the inability to recognize faces. What area of the brain is damaged in this condition?

• Temporal lobe
• Occipital lobe
• Parietal Lobe

• Cerebellum

Lucy picks up a cup of hot coffee and instantly drops it. What type of processing probably occurred?

• Cognitive processing
• Top-Down processing

• Bottom-Up processing

• Reflex processing

Which Gestalt Principle of Perceptual Organization describes how similar things appear to be grouped together?

• Principle of similarity

• Apparent movement

• Principle of good continuation

• Principle of good figure

Which is better? The Early Selection Model to the Late Selection Model?

• Early Selection Model
• No Selection Model
• Evidence supports both models so we can't say.

• Late Selection Model

Which of the following are possible examples of "high-load" tasks?

• Eating a snack

• Reading a book
• Passively listening to music

• Studying for an exam

What term describes our ability to focus on specific stimuli or locations?

• Load theory of attention

• Perception

• Distraction
• Attention