Test Bank for Cognitive Psychology Mind and Brain Edward E. smith Stephen M. Kosslyn 1-Edition complete test bank solution

Test Bank for Cognitive Psychology Mind and Brain Edward E. smith Stephen M. Kosslyn 1-Edition complete test bank solution Chapter 1: How the Brain Gives Rise to the Mind Multiple Choice 1. deals with the processing of information from the senses. a. Encoding c. Perception b. Executive processing d. Mental simulation *2. The cognitive process responsible for entering new information into memory is . a. executive processing c. attention b. encoding d. representation in long-term memory *3. allows you to hold information in awareness and to think about it. a. Working memory c. Mental simulation b. Attention d. Executive processing 4. Preparing and executing a response to a stimulus requires . a. attention c. working memory b. executive processing d. motor cognition 5. Plato made a distinction between . a. wax and stone tablets c. memories for facts and events b. the brain and its functions d. etching and carving 6. The mind-body problem was originally articulated by . a. Plato c. Aristotle b. Locke d. Descartes 7. The idea that thought was composed of a series of images was espoused by . a. Plato c. Locke b. Descartes d. Berkeley 8. Looking within oneself to assess one’s mental activity is referred to as . a. reflectance c. transference b. introspection d. metacognition 9. was interested in understanding the nature of consciousness. a. Locke c. Chomsky b. Berkeley d. Wundt 10. When you describe to your friend how a stunning sunset looked, you are engaging in . a. verbal report c. introspection b. self-report d. perception 11. According to Wundt and Tichner, consciousness can be understood by characterizing and the . a. basic elements, rules that combine them c. physical stimulus, behavioral response b. thoughts, associated processing resources d. perceptions, decisions about them 12. One of the problems with introspection is that people . a. are unaware of sensations c. could not do it b. could not be trained in it d. can make decisions without knowing how 13. Functionalist psychology was developed by and motivated by . a. Tichner, Wundt c. James, Darwin b. Wundt, James d. Skinner, Hull 14. William James was more interested in the of mental activity than the of mental activities. a. function, nature c. observation, implication b. basic components, whole d. conscious aspect, unconscious aspect 15. The central doctrine of the behaviorists was that psychologists should only study . a. stimuli and responses c. stimuli, processes, and responses b. animal behavior d. stimuli, responses, and consequences *16. Consequences are important for behaviorist theories because consequences establish between stimuli and behavior. a. testable outcomes c. specific laws b. associations d. observable events 17. If you opened the case of your desktop computer to determine what the different parts of the computer do, you might be considered a . a. structuralist c. functionalist b. behaviorist d. rationalist 18. If you studied your desktop computer to determine the basic units used by the computer to store information, you might be considered a . a. structuralist c. functionalist b. behaviorist d. rationalist 19. If you examined the relationship between what you type on the keyboard and what appears on your computer monitor, you might be considered a . a. structuralist c. functionalist b. behaviorist d. rationalist 20. believed that internal events such as motivation could be inferred directly from behaviors. a. Skinner c. Hull b. Thorndike d. Watson.........................