Cognitive Psychology Quiz

What movement took place in the early 1950s in response to behaviorism?

• Behavioral Revolution

• Cognitive Revolution

• Gestalt Movement

• Psychoanalytic Shift

What is the belief of cognitivism regarding human behavior?

• Behavior is predetermined by genetics

• Human behavior can be understood through mental processes

• Behavior is solely influenced by external factors

• Behavior is random and unpredictable

Who challenged the behaviorist view that the human brain is a passive organ?

• Noam Chomsky

• John Watson

• B.F. Skinner

• Karl Spencer Lashley

What did Hebb propose in 1949 regarding neural structures?

• Synaptic pruning

• Neural plasticity

• Neurotransmitter regulation

• Cell assemblies through frequent stimulation

Who wrote a scathing review of Skinner's ideas on language acquisition?

• Karl Spencer Lashley

• Noam Chomsky

• John Watson

• Herbert Simon

What test did Turing suggest to distinguish communication between machines and humans?

• Hebb Test

• Skinner Test

• Turing Test

• Watson Test

Who proposed detailed models of human thinking and problem solving in the early 1970s?

• John Watson

• B.F. Skinner

• Allen Newell and Herbert Simon

• Noam Chomsky

What technique did Hubel and Weisel demonstrate the importance of in nervous system development?

• Cognitive training

• Early experience

• Neurofeedback

• Brain imaging

What does Cognitive Neuroscience focus on?

• Developing AI systems

• Exploring human thinking processes

• Understanding consumer behavior

• Studying the brain postmortem

Which field of research has psychologists and neuroscientists working together ?

• Cognitive psychology

• Behaviourism

• Neuropsychology

• Personality psychology