TEST BANK FOR COGNITION 6TH EDITION BY RADVANSKY

1. The student of mental activity and thinking, broadly conceived, is called __________. a. cognitive science b. mind science c. cognitive studies d. mind studies Page: 2 Type: conceptual Answer: a 2. When did the cognitive revolution occur? a. early 1970s b. late 1950s c. late 1850s d. mid-1940s Page: 2 Type: factual Answer: b 3. Memory does NOT involve __________. a. a mental storage system b. acquiring information c. complex decision making d. mental processes Page: 6 Type: conceptual Answer: c 4. The mental process of acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval is __________. a. cognition b. memory c. planning d. forecasting Page: 6 Type: conceptual Answer: b 5. Cognition does NOT involve __________. a. reflexes b. mental activities c. perceiving d. understanding Page: 6 Type: conceptual Answer: a 1 Full file at 6. The collection of mental processes and activities used in perceiving, remembering, thinking, and understanding is __________. a. operations b. mentalism c. cognition d. computational neuroscience Page: 6 Type: conceptual Answer: c 7. People first began wondering about how the mind worked __________. a. after the cognitive revolution b. after Aristotle c. after Descartes d. before any of these people or events Page: 7 Type: conceptual Answer: d