PSYC 435 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY ATHABASCA ALL IN ONE CERTIFICATION REVIEW SET 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+

PSYC 435 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
ATHABASCA ALL IN ONE CERTIFICATION
REVIEW SET 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+

⫸ What do cognitive psychologists study? Answer: mainly the brain
and how different things affect it (memory, learning, language,
development)


⫸ Who started studying ng pyschylogy first (and when)? What were
they interested in? Answer: Wundt made the first psych lab (1879),
interested in elements and process of conscious experience


⫸ what is behaviorism and what were some challenges for behaviorism?
Answer: -the scientific study of observable behavior
Challenges:
- WWII (study of attention)
-Verbal learning (Ebbinghaus)
- Linguistics (Chomsky vs skinner)


⫸ 3 assumptions of Cognitive Psychology Answer: 1) Mental processes
exist
2) Mental processes can be studied scientifically
3) People are active information processors

, ⫸ 7 Themes of Cognition Answer: ADREMBE
1)Attention
2)Data-driven vs conceptually driven processing
3)Representation
4) Explicit vs implicit memory
5) Metacognition
6) Brain
7)Embodiment


⫸ 7 Themes of Cognition: Data-driven vs conceptually driven
processing Answer: Data-driven (bottom-up)- relies on information from
the environment
Conceptually-driven (top-down)- relies heavily on existing knowledge


⫸ 7 Themes of Cognition: representation Answer: How is information
represented in memory?


⫸ 7 Themes of Cognition: Explicit vs implicit memory Answer:
Explicit memory- involves intentionally retrieving past experience/
knowledge
Implicit memory- Involves influence of past experiences on behavior/
performance without conscious recollection