Exam 12: The Cognitive Perspective

The term social cognition is used to refer to problem-solving that occurs in groups

Semantic memory is memory for events or "episodes."

Measures of implicit self-esteem do not correlate well with explicit measures of self- esteem.

People with an entity view of ability:

People tend to interpret their own failures as being caused by:

In Beck's view of therapy, people should:

People are more likely to remember information that confirms rather than violates expectations.

One goal of cognitive therapy is to:

What are the differences between episodic memory and semantic memory?

Epstein's cognitive-experiential self-theory describes three modes of thought.

__________interfere with behavior by creating a cycle of negativity based on schemas.

Research by Csikszentmihalyi using thought sampling assessment techniques suggests that positive feelings tend to be tied to voluntary activities.

A(n)__________ refers to criteria that are important but not absolutely necessary to define a schema.

The metaphor for cognitive processes used by connectionists is based on:

Briefly describe partial activation, including some discussion of its effects.

__________is memory organized according to meaning, but__________ is memory for events.

The cognitive self-regulation perspective suggests that all decisions are made consciously.

The parallel distributed processing approach is also known as:

When a person experiences enough events of a given type, they tend to form scripts

Prototypes may be viewed either as actual "best members" of categories or as idealized "best members" of categories.