Question 1

George Miller is best known for an article he wrote that defined the capacity for short-term memory (also called working memory). According to Miller that capacity is

Accepted Answer

A) unlimited 
B) variable, depending on how much practice a person has with memory improvement techniques 
C) variable, depending on a person's verbal intelligence 
D) seven, plus or minus two 
A) unlimited 
B) variable, depending on how much practice a person has with memory improvement techniques 
C) variable, depending on a person's verbal intelligence 
D) seven, plus or minus two

Question 2

The statement that "the whole is different from the sum of its parts" is associated with which school of psychology?

Accepted Answer

A) functionalism 
B) behaviorism 
C) psychoanalysis 
D) Gestalt psychology 
A) functionalism 
B) behaviorism 
C) psychoanalysis 
D) Gestalt psychology

Question 3

Discuss the origins of psycholinguistics, especially in the work of Noam Chomsky and George Miller.

Accepted Answer

Psycholinguistics is the study of the ps

Question 4

Which one of the following characterizes Gestalt psychology?

Accepted Answer

A) environmentalism and reductionism 
B) a focus on S-R connections 
C) wholism and nativism 
D) processing experience at a molecular level 
A) environmentalism and reductionism 
B) a focus on S-R connections 
C) wholism and nativism 
D) processing experience at a molecular level

Question 5

Frederic Bartlett's research using the story of The War of the Ghosts convinced him that

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A) cultural factors were the major determinants in perception 
B) memory involved construction, not just reconstruction 
C) cognitive factors were key to the utility of intelligence 
D) learning rarely occurred in the absence of reinforcement 
A) cultural factors were the major determinants in perception 
B) memory involved construction, not just reconstruction 
C) cognitive factors were key to the utility of intelligence 
D) learning rarely occurred in the absence of reinforcement

Question 6

A phenomenological approach to psychology means that

Accepted Answer

A) environmentalistic factors are emphasized 
B) experience is studied just as it occurs 
C) explanations are likely to draw from nativistic causes 
D) unconscious factors play a large role in determining behavior 
A) environmentalistic factors are emphasized 
B) experience is studied just as it occurs 
C) explanations are likely to draw from nativistic causes 
D) unconscious factors play a large role in determining behavior

Question 7

Allen Newell and Herbert Simon are important in the history of cognitive psychology because of their pioneering development of the field known as

Accepted Answer

A) transformational grammar 
B) artificial intelligence 
C) ecological memory 
D) heuristics 
A) transformational grammar 
B) artificial intelligence 
C) ecological memory 
D) heuristics

Question 8

The demonstration of apparent movement that is regarded as the birth of Gestalt psychology was about

Accepted Answer

A) the phi phenomenon 
B) the autokinetic effect 
C) the spiral aftereffect 
D) induced motion 
A) the phi phenomenon 
B) the autokinetic effect 
C) the spiral aftereffect 
D) induced motion

Question 9

Many of psychology's earliest pioneers such as Wilhelm Wundt, William James,
Hermann Ebbinghaus, and Edward Titchener, could all be described as cognitive psychologists. But their brand of psychology mostly disappeared in America for a 50-year period because

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A) their research methods were found to be inaccurate 
B) of the influence of Darwinian ideas that emphasized a focus on learning 
C) of the advent and dominance of behaviorism 
D) they were too closely tied to philosophical questions 
A) their research methods were found to be inaccurate 
B) of the influence of Darwinian ideas that emphasized a focus on learning 
C) of the advent and dominance of behaviorism 
D) they were too closely tied to philosophical questions

Question 10

Ulric Neisser's 1967 book on cognitive psychology

Accepted Answer

A) invented the concept of schema, a critical development for the field 
B) is said to have given the field of cognitive psychology its name 
C) called for a strictly behavioristic approach to the study of cognitions 
D) criticized modern cognitive psychology for its failure to develop methods that were truly scientific 
A) invented the concept of schema, a critical development for the field 
B) is said to have given the field of cognitive psychology its name 
C) called for a strictly behavioristic approach to the study of cognitions 
D) criticized modern cognitive psychology for its failure to develop methods that were truly scientific

George Miller is best known for an article he wrote that defined the capacity for short-term memory (also called working memory). According to Miller that capacity is

The statement that "the whole is different from the sum of its parts" is associated with which school of psychology?

Discuss the origins of psycholinguistics, especially in the work of Noam Chomsky and George Miller.

Which one of the following characterizes Gestalt psychology?

Frederic Bartlett's research using the story of The War of the Ghosts convinced him that

A phenomenological approach to psychology means that

Allen Newell and Herbert Simon are important in the history of cognitive psychology because of their pioneering development of the field known as

The demonstration of apparent movement that is regarded as the birth of Gestalt psychology was about

Many of psychology's earliest pioneers such as Wilhelm Wundt, William James, Hermann Ebbinghaus, and Edward Titchener, could all be described as cognitive psychologists. But their brand of psychology mostly disappeared in America for a 50-year period because

Ulric Neisser's 1967 book on cognitive psychology

Pre-Scientific Psychology

Physiology, Psychophysics, and the Science of Mind

Germany and the Birth of a New

Origins of Scientific Psychology in America

The Early Schools of American Psychology

The Birth of the New Applied Psychology in America

Psychoanalysis

Behaviorism

The New Profession of Psychology

A Psychology of Social Action and Social Change

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Exam 11: Cognitive Psychology

George Miller is best known for an article he wrote that defined the capacity for short-term memory (also called working memory). According to Miller that capacity is

The statement that "the whole is different from the sum of its parts" is associated with which school of psychology?

Discuss the origins of psycholinguistics, especially in the work of Noam Chomsky and George Miller.

Which one of the following characterizes Gestalt psychology?

Frederic Bartlett's research using the story of The War of the Ghosts convinced him that

A phenomenological approach to psychology means that

Allen Newell and Herbert Simon are important in the history of cognitive psychology because of their pioneering development of the field known as

The demonstration of apparent movement that is regarded as the birth of Gestalt psychology was about

Many of psychology's earliest pioneers such as Wilhelm Wundt, William James, Hermann Ebbinghaus, and Edward Titchener, could all be described as cognitive psychologists. But their brand of psychology mostly disappeared in America for a 50-year period because

Ulric Neisser's 1967 book on cognitive psychology

Pre-Scientific Psychology

Physiology, Psychophysics, and the Science of Mind

Germany and the Birth of a New

Origins of Scientific Psychology in America

The Early Schools of American Psychology

The Birth of the New Applied Psychology in America

Psychoanalysis

Behaviorism

The New Profession of Psychology

A Psychology of Social Action and Social Change

Filters