Pysch Exam Chapter 8
Chapter 8
SECTION 1
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS:
1. Psychologists use the term _________ to refer to the ability to store and retrieve information over time. The process of acquiring and using knowledge is called ________.
a. learning; perception
b. memory; perception
c. learning; cognition
d. memory; cognition
Answer: d; Moderate
2. Psychologists use the term _________ to refer to the ability to store and retrieve information over time.
a. learning
b. memory
c. cognition
d. perception
Answer: c; Easy
3. The process of acquiring and using knowledge is called ________.
a. learning
b. cognition
c. sensation
d. perception
Answer: b; Easy
4. Which of the following scientists could be considered a cognitive psychologist?
a. Dr. Abdalla, who investigates problem solving
b. Dr. Braithwaite, who studies formal reasoning processes
c. Dr. Clark, who examines how people encode information from the environment
d. All three scientists could be considered cognitive psychologists
Answer: d; Moderate
5. According to your text, the cognitive approach became the most important school of psychology in the ____.
a. 1940s
b. 1950s
c. 1960s
d. 1970s
Answer: c; Moderate
6. Which of these statements does NOT accurately identify a general difference between computers and the human brain?
a. Computers process information in a parallel fashion, whereas the brain processes information in a serial fashion.
b. The brain processes information slower than computers do.
c. Whereas computers distinguish between memory and processing, the brain does not.
d. The brain is more powerful than any computer.
Answer: a; Difficult
7. Which of these statements does NOT accurately identify a general difference between computers and the human brain?
a. Computers process information in a serial fashion, whereas the brain processes information in a parallel fashion.
b. The brain processes information faster than computers do.
c. Whereas computers distinguish between memory and
SECTION 1
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS:
1. Psychologists use the term _________ to refer to the ability to store and retrieve information over time. The process of acquiring and using knowledge is called ________.
a. learning; perception
b. memory; perception
c. learning; cognition
d. memory; cognition
Answer: d; Moderate
2. Psychologists use the term _________ to refer to the ability to store and retrieve information over time.
a. learning
b. memory
c. cognition
d. perception
Answer: c; Easy
3. The process of acquiring and using knowledge is called ________.
a. learning
b. cognition
c. sensation
d. perception
Answer: b; Easy
4. Which of the following scientists could be considered a cognitive psychologist?
a. Dr. Abdalla, who investigates problem solving
b. Dr. Braithwaite, who studies formal reasoning processes
c. Dr. Clark, who examines how people encode information from the environment
d. All three scientists could be considered cognitive psychologists
Answer: d; Moderate
5. According to your text, the cognitive approach became the most important school of psychology in the ____.
a. 1940s
b. 1950s
c. 1960s
d. 1970s
Answer: c; Moderate
6. Which of these statements does NOT accurately identify a general difference between computers and the human brain?
a. Computers process information in a parallel fashion, whereas the brain processes information in a serial fashion.
b. The brain processes information slower than computers do.
c. Whereas computers distinguish between memory and processing, the brain does not.
d. The brain is more powerful than any computer.
Answer: a; Difficult
7. Which of these statements does NOT accurately identify a general difference between computers and the human brain?
a. Computers process information in a serial fashion, whereas the brain processes information in a parallel fashion.
b. The brain processes information faster than computers do.
c. Whereas computers distinguish between memory and