WorksheetsCognitive Psychology
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is cognitive psychology?
refers to all processes by which sensory input is transformed, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used.
the study of the physical operations that support people's movement and use of boyd-parts.
the study of interaction among people and communities, organization-non-organizational
the study of the mental operations that support people's acquisition and use of knowledge.
If Ozi sees his groupmate's smile and believes it means the he is happy to see him, what stage of social information processing would Ozi be in?
Encoding
Mental representations
Response accessing
Evaluation
Enhancement
Which of these descriptions most accurately relates to the traditional role cognitive psychologists typically play in psychology?
Studying in the ways cognitive processes change throughout the lifespan.
Studying mental processes and how they relate to perception, attention, and decision making.
Studying the mental processes involved in thinking about others and their social interactions
Studying the association between mental processing and brain activity.
The measure used by researchers that indicates the speed with which someone completes a task is known as
an independent variable
self-report
accuracy
reaction-time
Upon entering a bathroom for the first time you will recognize it is a bathroom but noticing the color of the walls and the layout of the room requires
schema
recognition
memory
encoding
Long term memory is defined as
is the process of repeatedly verbalizing or thinking about a piece of information
the unlimited capacity memory store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time.
bringing a thought or idea learned previously, and thus stored in memory into conscious awareness
The retention of encoded material over time.
Short Term Memory
The retention of encoded material over time.
the process in which information in your memory can be recalled
the part of the memory system where information is stored for roughly 30 seconds
a way of organizing information into familiar groupings.
Perception is
how our brain interacts with our nervous system
how we relay information to others
how we comprehend objects and events in the world around us
what our eyes see
The best definition of Cognitive Psychology would be
The study of how people perceive, learn, remember, and think.
The study of how the brain functions
The analysis of how the brain, neurotransmitters, and other aspects of our biology influence our behaviors, thoughts, and actions
The analysis of sensation within the neural function of the brain.
Transforming incoming information into a usable form is the stage of memory called
organization
storage
encoding
retrieval
Which of the following are a cognitive function?
Cardiovascular system
Critical thinking
reasoning
endocrine system
judgement
This approach focuses on the way you think
Sociocultural
Humanistic
Behavioral
Cognitive
Psychoanalytic
Which of the following are studied by cognitive psychologists?
Attention
Memory
Perception
Thoughts
Defence mechanisms
Schemas are based on:
Past experiences
Future experiences
An individual's biology
An individual's family environment
the ability to add new information to what is already known
Deprivation
Autonomy
Assimilation
Egocentric
the ability to create a new cognitive structure for new information
Accommodation
Assimilation
Arithmetic
Crisis
cannot see the world through anyone's eyes except for their own
Crisis
Accommodation
Maturation
Egocentric
a conclusion based on logical reasoning
Inference
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Systematic reasoning
Generating multiple possible answers to a problem illustrates
the availability heuristic
Everyday reasoning
divergent thinking.
Convergent thinking
