Chapter 1: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
What does the term 'cognition' refer Cognition refers to all processes by which sensory
to? input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored,
recovered, and used.
Who defined cognition as the Ulric Neisser in 1967.
processes of sensory input?
What are some components of Perception, attention, memory, language
cognition? understanding and production, problem solving,
reasoning, and decision making.
What is cognitive psychology? The branch of psychology concerned with the
scientific study of the mind and its mental
processes.
How does the mind contribute to our The mind helps in forming and recalling memories,
daily functioning? solving problems, making decisions, and creating
representations of the world.
What was the focus of Donders's Donders measured how long it takes a person to
(1868) study? make a decision using reaction time experiments.
, What is the difference between In simple RT, a participant pushes a button quickly
simple RT and choice RT tasks? after a light appears; in choice RT, they push
different buttons based on the light's position.
What does the equation Choice RT - It represents the time taken to make a decision.
Simple RT represent?
Who established the first scientific Wilhelm Wundt at the University of Leipzig in 1879.
psychology lab?
What is structuralism in psychology? An approach that suggests overall experience is
determined by combining basic elements of
experience called sensations.
What method did Wundt use to Analytic introspection, where participants describe
study sensations? their experiences and thought processes in
response to stimuli.
What was Ebbinghaus's contribution Ebbinghaus studied memory and forgetting by
to memory studies? measuring the number of repetitions needed to
learn lists of nonsense syllables.
What does the savings score in Savings score measures the difference between
Ebbinghaus's experiments measure? the original time to learn a list and the time to
relearn it after a delay.
What does Ebbinghaus's savings It shows that forgetting occurs rapidly over the first
curve illustrate? two days and then more slowly after that.
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
What does the term 'cognition' refer Cognition refers to all processes by which sensory
to? input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored,
recovered, and used.
Who defined cognition as the Ulric Neisser in 1967.
processes of sensory input?
What are some components of Perception, attention, memory, language
cognition? understanding and production, problem solving,
reasoning, and decision making.
What is cognitive psychology? The branch of psychology concerned with the
scientific study of the mind and its mental
processes.
How does the mind contribute to our The mind helps in forming and recalling memories,
daily functioning? solving problems, making decisions, and creating
representations of the world.
What was the focus of Donders's Donders measured how long it takes a person to
(1868) study? make a decision using reaction time experiments.
, What is the difference between In simple RT, a participant pushes a button quickly
simple RT and choice RT tasks? after a light appears; in choice RT, they push
different buttons based on the light's position.
What does the equation Choice RT - It represents the time taken to make a decision.
Simple RT represent?
Who established the first scientific Wilhelm Wundt at the University of Leipzig in 1879.
psychology lab?
What is structuralism in psychology? An approach that suggests overall experience is
determined by combining basic elements of
experience called sensations.
What method did Wundt use to Analytic introspection, where participants describe
study sensations? their experiences and thought processes in
response to stimuli.
What was Ebbinghaus's contribution Ebbinghaus studied memory and forgetting by
to memory studies? measuring the number of repetitions needed to
learn lists of nonsense syllables.
What does the savings score in Savings score measures the difference between
Ebbinghaus's experiments measure? the original time to learn a list and the time to
relearn it after a delay.
What does Ebbinghaus's savings It shows that forgetting occurs rapidly over the first
curve illustrate? two days and then more slowly after that.
