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SAGE Publishing, 2018 Chapter 1: Cognitive Psychology: History, Methods, and Paradigms Test Bank

Multiple Choice

• Which of the following is NOT an example of a cognitive process?
• attention
• perception
• reflex
• problem solving

Ans: c

Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify examples of cognitive activity that occur in everyday life

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Setting the Stage

Difficulty Level: Easy

• That guest star on your favorite television show looks familiar. You are sure that you have

seen him before, but you are unable to think of his name. The fact that you know you have seen the face before, however, illustrates the cognitive process of ______.

• perception
• attention
• recognition
• problem solving

Ans: c

Learning Objective: 1-1: Identify examples of cognitive activity that occur in everyday life

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Setting the Stage

Difficulty Level: Medium 2 / 4

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• The earliest theories about cognitive abilities date back to ______.
• Aristotle and Plato
• John Locke
• Sigmund Freud
• Williams James

Ans: a

Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the various schools of psychology as their history relates to cognitive psychology

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Influences on the Study of Cognition

Difficulty Level: Easy

• All of the following statements are central to empiricism EXCEPT ______.
• Knowledge comes from an individual’s experience.
• Learning takes place through the mental association of two ideas.
• Environment plays a powerful role in determining intellectual ability.
• Important structures of the human mind are present at birth.

Ans: d

Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the various schools of psychology as their history relates to cognitive psychology

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Influences on the Study of Cognition

Difficulty Level: Easy

• The philosopher John Locke was a strong believer in ______, which rests on the assumption

that knowledge comes from an individual’s own experience.

• nativism
• empiricism 3 / 4

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• behaviorism
• structuralism

Ans: b

Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the various schools of psychology as their history relates to cognitive psychology Influences on the Study of Cognition

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Difficulty Level: Easy

• The belief that most of our abilities and tendencies are with us from birth is known as ______.
• nativism
• empiricism
• associationism
• behaviorism

Ans: a

Learning Objective: 1-2: Describe the various schools of psychology as their history relates to cognitive psychology

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Influences on the Study of Cognition

Difficulty Level: Easy

• ______ emphasizes the role of constitutional factors over the role of learning in the acquisition

of abilities and tendencies.

• Behaviorism
• Empiricism
• Nativism
• Functionalism

Ans: c

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