Cognitive Psychology: Understanding the Psychology of Thinking

Fill in the blank: ________ are used to represent relationships between things in cognitive psychology.

• Mental Categories

• Physical Objects

• Chemical Reactions

• Mathematical Equations

Fill in the blank: ________ help organize and simplify experiences in cognitive psychology.

• Concepts

• Memories

• Emotions

• Reflexes

Which of the following is an example of a concept in cognitive psychology?

• A bird is often pictured as an animal with wings that can fly.

• Hypothesizing that all animals with wings can fly.

• Modifying existing knowledge with new information.

• Buying a ticket at the movies.

Fill in the blank: ________ are ideas used to explore and verify understanding of relationships in cognitive psychology.

• Hypotheses

• Experiments

• Variables

• Statistics

Which of the following is an example of a hypothesis?

• Schema for birds includes wings, feathers, and flying.

• Hypothesizing that all animals with wings can fly.

• A scientist is imagined as someone who excels in math and conducts experiments.

• Going to the movies involves buying a ticket, finding a seat, and staying quiet.

Fill in the blank: ________ are collections of knowledge from past experiences, helping anticipate and interpret new situations.

• Schemas

• Neurons

• Reflexes

• Instincts

What is an example of accommodation in cognitive psychology?

• Modifying existing knowledge with new information, such as encountering a penguin.

• Organizing and simplifying experiences.

• Buying a ticket at the movies.

• Recognizing the need to switch study methods.

Fill in the blank: ________ are expectations about how events typically unfold, such as going to the movies involves buying a ticket, finding a seat, and staying quiet.

• Scripts

• Schemas

• Heuristics

• Biases

Fill in the blank: The most typical example of a concept is called a ________.

• Prototype

• Schema

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

Fill in the blank: Awareness of one’s own thought processes is known as ________.

• Metacognition

• Cognition

• Perception

• Intuition