PSYC 230 - Exam 1 Review Questions With Complete
Solutions
As a result of gaps in the behaviorist paradigm, the new
cognitive paradigm began to emerge in which decade?
A.) 1930s
B.) 1940s
C.) 1950s
D.) 1920s Correct Answers C.) 1950s
Broadbent's model is called the early selection model because
A.) Sensory memory holds all of the information for fraction of
a second and then transfers all of it to filter.
B.) The attended information has been let through the filter, the
detector processes all information that enters it.
C.) The output is sent to short-term memory, which holds the
information for 10-15 seconds and also transfers the information
to long-term memory.
D.) The filter eliminates the unattended information right at the
beginning of the flow of information. Correct Answers D.) The
filter eliminates the unattended information right at the
beginning of the flow of information.
,Broadbent's model is called the early selection model because
A.) The attended information has been let through the filter, the
detector processes all information that enters it.
B.) The filter eliminates the unattended information right at the
beginning of the flow of information.
C.) Sensory memory holds all of the information for fraction of
a second and then transfers all of it to filter.
D.) The output is sent to short-term memory, which holds the
information for 10-15 seconds and also transfers the information
to long-term memory. Correct Answers B.) The filter eliminates
the unattended information right at the beginning of the flow of
information.
Due to our environment and the oblique effect, which shapes are
we MORE likely to perceive with greater ease?
A.) Vertical and angled
B.) Flat and slanted
C.) Horizontal and vertical
D.) Horizontal and angled Correct Answers C.) Horizontal and
vertical
, Endel Tulving, one of the most prominent early memory
researchers, proposed that long-term memory is subdivided into
all of the following components EXCEPT:
A.) Short-term memory
B.) Episodic memory
C.) Semantic memory
D.) Procedural memory Correct Answers A.) Short-term
memory
How did the introduction of the digital computer influence
cognitive psychology?
A.) Theorists proposed that human mental processing was
superior to that of digital computers in speed of problem
solving.
B.) Theorists began to understand that, whereas digital
computers can filter unnecessary information, the human brain
cannot.
C.) Theorists began to model the way the brain works in stages
after the information processing model of computers.
D.) Theorists began to understand how logically the brain
processes information just like a computer, free of errors.
Correct Answers C.) Theorists began to model the way the
Solutions
As a result of gaps in the behaviorist paradigm, the new
cognitive paradigm began to emerge in which decade?
A.) 1930s
B.) 1940s
C.) 1950s
D.) 1920s Correct Answers C.) 1950s
Broadbent's model is called the early selection model because
A.) Sensory memory holds all of the information for fraction of
a second and then transfers all of it to filter.
B.) The attended information has been let through the filter, the
detector processes all information that enters it.
C.) The output is sent to short-term memory, which holds the
information for 10-15 seconds and also transfers the information
to long-term memory.
D.) The filter eliminates the unattended information right at the
beginning of the flow of information. Correct Answers D.) The
filter eliminates the unattended information right at the
beginning of the flow of information.
,Broadbent's model is called the early selection model because
A.) The attended information has been let through the filter, the
detector processes all information that enters it.
B.) The filter eliminates the unattended information right at the
beginning of the flow of information.
C.) Sensory memory holds all of the information for fraction of
a second and then transfers all of it to filter.
D.) The output is sent to short-term memory, which holds the
information for 10-15 seconds and also transfers the information
to long-term memory. Correct Answers B.) The filter eliminates
the unattended information right at the beginning of the flow of
information.
Due to our environment and the oblique effect, which shapes are
we MORE likely to perceive with greater ease?
A.) Vertical and angled
B.) Flat and slanted
C.) Horizontal and vertical
D.) Horizontal and angled Correct Answers C.) Horizontal and
vertical
, Endel Tulving, one of the most prominent early memory
researchers, proposed that long-term memory is subdivided into
all of the following components EXCEPT:
A.) Short-term memory
B.) Episodic memory
C.) Semantic memory
D.) Procedural memory Correct Answers A.) Short-term
memory
How did the introduction of the digital computer influence
cognitive psychology?
A.) Theorists proposed that human mental processing was
superior to that of digital computers in speed of problem
solving.
B.) Theorists began to understand that, whereas digital
computers can filter unnecessary information, the human brain
cannot.
C.) Theorists began to model the way the brain works in stages
after the information processing model of computers.
D.) Theorists began to understand how logically the brain
processes information just like a computer, free of errors.
Correct Answers C.) Theorists began to model the way the
