Cognitive Psychology Quiz

What is the primary focus of cognitive psychologists?

• Direct observation of mental processes

• Indirect measurement of cognition

• Physical examination of the brain

• Emotional analysis

What is the significance of the invention of the computer in the 1960s for cognitive psychology?

• It provided a metaphor for the mind

• It replaced human cognition

• It simplified psychological experiments

• It eliminated the need for theoretical models

What is the main assumption of the cognitive approach regarding mental processes?

• They are identical to brain processes

• They can be scientifically and objectively studied

• They are irrelevant to behavior

• They are purely emotional

What is the main focus of cognitive neuroscience?

• Emotional well-being

• Study of cognition and neural connections

• Physical health

• Genetic research

What effect does demand characteristics have on the reliability of findings?

• They may reduce the reliability.

• They may increase the reliability.

• They have no effect.

• They always improve accuracy.

What is inference in cognitive psychology?

• Asking people to report on their own thoughts

• Wundt's method of investigation to reveal the processes of the mind

• Making assumptions about mental processes that cannot be directly observed

• Direct observation of mental processes

What is meant my a 'schema' in cognitive psychology?

• organised patterns of thought and behaviour

• map of the physical structure of the brain

• a type mental disorder when a person cannot distinguish between a dog and a chair

• A form of racism when people make assumptions about others

What does the cognitive approach have in common with the behavioural approach?

• Both measure observable behaviour

• Both believe you can create theories of the internal functions of the mind

• Both think human abilities, attitudes and personality are entirely learned and not innate

• Both approaches would say abnormality comes from faulty thinking

What did Allport and Postman discover when they showed people of knife crime involving a black man and a white man?

• Americans are not as racist as Germans

• People recalled only details of the weapon and not the man's face

• There was no evidence of preconceived ideas or expectations about black people

• Many people recalled the picture incorrectly suggesting they have a schema of black people as the perpetrators of crime

The rat-man study in cognitive psychology demonstrates

• Classical conditioning

• Schema

• Inference

• Learning