PSYC 2000 EXAM 3 (PIPER BOARDES) QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
What is cognition - Answers - how we integrate, organize, and use out conscious
cognitive experiences
What umbrella do Perception, Knowledge, Problem-solving, Judgement, Language, and
Memory fall under - Answers - cognition
Cognition = ___________ - Answers - thinking
The field of psychology dedicated to examining how people think - Answers - cognitive
psychology
What does cognitive psychology attempt to do - Answers - explain how and why we
think the way we do
What does cognitive psychology measure - Answers - it measures different types of
intelligents
What does cognitive psychology identify - Answers - how we organize thoughts and info
in meaningful categories
What meaningful categories does cognitive psychology organize thoughts and info into -
Answers - concepts & prototypes
What is the nature of thought or processes involved in thinking - Answers - how people
think...
What is variations among people in thinking ability - Answers - how WELL people
think...
How does the brain organize info - Answers - 1. Senses pull info from the environment
(sensation)
2. Then the brain synthesizes info (perception) to create thoughts
What is pulling info from the environment - Answers - sensation
What is the brain synthesizing information to create thoughts - Answers - perception
What happens to thoughts during perception - Answers - thoughts are expressed
through language or stored as memories
,What are thoughts filtered through - Answers
- emotions and memories
What does cognition involve, and give an analogy for it - Answers - sorting information
into concepts, like a file folder in out mind's file cabinet
Categories of information, ideas, images, experiences that share characteristics or
attributes - Answers - concepts
What are concepts - Answers - groupings of similar information
Why do we use concepts - Answers - to view relationships among the different
experiences and integrate new info
What is a technique used by your brain to organize info - Answers - identifying
prototypes for the concepts you have developed
A strong example or representation of a concept, the first thing that comes to mind -
Answers - prototype
What are prototypes influenced by - Answers - culture, experience, and knowledge
about a concept
What classifications are concepts split into - Answers - natural and artificial concepts
Formed through direct and indirect experiences, most concepts we form - Answers -
natural concepts
What concepts are defined by a GENERAL set of features, not all of which must be
present for an object to be considered part of the concept - Answers - natural concepts
Examples of natural concepts - Answers - snow, birds, fruits
Formed by learning specific rules that define it, many acquired in school - Answers -
artificial concepts
, What concept is defined by a SPECIFIC set of features; the concept must meet a set of
rules/have certain defining properties - Answers - artificial concepts
What is an example of artificial concepts - Answers - geometry
What concept is crucial to complex thought - Answers - artificial concepts
A mental collection of related concepts that organizes info and allows brain to work
more efficiently - Answers - schema (plural: schemata)
When does your brain automatically make assumptions based on "known" info about
that collection of info - Answers - when a schema is activated
Mental collection of the information about how individuals in certain roles behave -
Answers - role schema
What are some examples of role schemata - Answers - firefighter, professor
Mental collection about a set of behaviors (i.e. Routine) - Answers - event schema
What is another term for Event Schema - Answers - cognitive script
What are examples of event schema/cognitive script - Answers - how to board an
elevator, how to greet someone
Communication system that involves using words and systematic rules to organize
those words to transmit info from one individual to another - Answers - language
Words of a given language (vocabulary) - Answers - lexicon
Set of rules for organizing words to convey meaning - Answers - grammar
The theory that the language a person speaks largely determines the nature of a
person's thoughts - Answers - linguistic determinism
How are words made - Answers - by combining various phonemes
Basic sound unit, the basic building block of speech sounds, the smallest distinctive
sound unit in a spoken language - Answers - phoneme
What are the phonemes in "chat" - Answers - (3 phonemes) ch - a - t
The smallest units of language that convey some type of meaning - Answers -
morphemes
WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
What is cognition - Answers - how we integrate, organize, and use out conscious
cognitive experiences
What umbrella do Perception, Knowledge, Problem-solving, Judgement, Language, and
Memory fall under - Answers - cognition
Cognition = ___________ - Answers - thinking
The field of psychology dedicated to examining how people think - Answers - cognitive
psychology
What does cognitive psychology attempt to do - Answers - explain how and why we
think the way we do
What does cognitive psychology measure - Answers - it measures different types of
intelligents
What does cognitive psychology identify - Answers - how we organize thoughts and info
in meaningful categories
What meaningful categories does cognitive psychology organize thoughts and info into -
Answers - concepts & prototypes
What is the nature of thought or processes involved in thinking - Answers - how people
think...
What is variations among people in thinking ability - Answers - how WELL people
think...
How does the brain organize info - Answers - 1. Senses pull info from the environment
(sensation)
2. Then the brain synthesizes info (perception) to create thoughts
What is pulling info from the environment - Answers - sensation
What is the brain synthesizing information to create thoughts - Answers - perception
What happens to thoughts during perception - Answers - thoughts are expressed
through language or stored as memories
,What are thoughts filtered through - Answers
- emotions and memories
What does cognition involve, and give an analogy for it - Answers - sorting information
into concepts, like a file folder in out mind's file cabinet
Categories of information, ideas, images, experiences that share characteristics or
attributes - Answers - concepts
What are concepts - Answers - groupings of similar information
Why do we use concepts - Answers - to view relationships among the different
experiences and integrate new info
What is a technique used by your brain to organize info - Answers - identifying
prototypes for the concepts you have developed
A strong example or representation of a concept, the first thing that comes to mind -
Answers - prototype
What are prototypes influenced by - Answers - culture, experience, and knowledge
about a concept
What classifications are concepts split into - Answers - natural and artificial concepts
Formed through direct and indirect experiences, most concepts we form - Answers -
natural concepts
What concepts are defined by a GENERAL set of features, not all of which must be
present for an object to be considered part of the concept - Answers - natural concepts
Examples of natural concepts - Answers - snow, birds, fruits
Formed by learning specific rules that define it, many acquired in school - Answers -
artificial concepts
, What concept is defined by a SPECIFIC set of features; the concept must meet a set of
rules/have certain defining properties - Answers - artificial concepts
What is an example of artificial concepts - Answers - geometry
What concept is crucial to complex thought - Answers - artificial concepts
A mental collection of related concepts that organizes info and allows brain to work
more efficiently - Answers - schema (plural: schemata)
When does your brain automatically make assumptions based on "known" info about
that collection of info - Answers - when a schema is activated
Mental collection of the information about how individuals in certain roles behave -
Answers - role schema
What are some examples of role schemata - Answers - firefighter, professor
Mental collection about a set of behaviors (i.e. Routine) - Answers - event schema
What is another term for Event Schema - Answers - cognitive script
What are examples of event schema/cognitive script - Answers - how to board an
elevator, how to greet someone
Communication system that involves using words and systematic rules to organize
those words to transmit info from one individual to another - Answers - language
Words of a given language (vocabulary) - Answers - lexicon
Set of rules for organizing words to convey meaning - Answers - grammar
The theory that the language a person speaks largely determines the nature of a
person's thoughts - Answers - linguistic determinism
How are words made - Answers - by combining various phonemes
Basic sound unit, the basic building block of speech sounds, the smallest distinctive
sound unit in a spoken language - Answers - phoneme
What are the phonemes in "chat" - Answers - (3 phonemes) ch - a - t
The smallest units of language that convey some type of meaning - Answers -
morphemes
