OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM
WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY PRE
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Which of the following events is most closely associated with a resurgence in interest in the mind
within the study of psychology?
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a.
Watson's "Little Albert" experiment
b.
Skinner's publication of the book, Verbal Behavior
c.
Development of the technique of analytic introspection
d.
Tolman's proposal of cognitive maps - Answer ✓✓b
Which of the following does NOT characterize the information processing (IP) approach to the
study of cognition?
a.
IP depicts the mind as processing information in a sequence of stages.
b.
IP emphasizes stimulus-response relationships in cognitive processes.
c.
IP involves the use of computers as a metaphor to understand human cognition.
d.
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IP traces the sequence of mental operations involved in cognition. - Answer ✓✓b
Your text describes the occurrence of a "cognitive revolution" during which dramatic changes took
place in the way psychology was studied. This so-called revolution occurred parallel to (and, in
part, because of) the introduction of
a.
cognitive psychology textbooks.
b.
analytic introspection.
c.
Skinner boxes.
d.
computers. - Answer ✓✓d
Wundt's approach, which dominated psychology in the late 1800s and early 1900s, was known as
a.
structuralism.
b.
analytic introspection.
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c.
sensations.
d.
cognitive psychology. - Answer ✓✓a
Colin Cherry's experiment in which participants listen to two messages simultaneously, one in each
ear, found all but which of the following?
a.
People can focus on one message and ignore the other one.
b.
People can focus on the message they were repeating.
c.
People take in very little information about the ignored message.
d.
People who are deaf process auditory information on a nonconscious level. - Answer ✓✓d
Donald Broadbent was the first person to develop which of the following?
a.
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