Test Bank
to accompany
Cognition, First Edition
Chun • Most
Chapter 1
What Is Cognitive Psychology?
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following provides the best example of automaticity, similar to that
shown by Chesley Sullenberger’s emergency plane landing?
a. Smelling a flower
b. Scratching an itch
c. Driving a car
d. Avoiding an obstacle while driving
e. Deciding what to eat for lunch
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 The Study of Cognition
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe the types of topics cognitive psychologists investigate.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
2. Cognitive psychology uses _______ to study how the mind encodes, stores, and uses
information.
a. trial and error
b. subjective feelings about experiences
c. polling responses from different interest groups
d. objective measures of behaviors
e. self-experimentation
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 The Study of Cognition
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe the types of topics cognitive psychologists investigate.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
3. Which example is analogous to understanding information processing independent of
understanding what the information means?
a. Drawing a picture of a toaster and oven to represent machines that cook
b. Understanding how an oven generates heat to cook different meals
c. Cooking food with a toaster to understand how a blender works
d. Paying for a meal to figure out how the food was cooked
e. Eating a meal cooked in an oven versus on a barbeque
Answer: b
© 2022 Oxford University Press
to accompany
Cognition, First Edition
Chun • Most
Chapter 1
What Is Cognitive Psychology?
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following provides the best example of automaticity, similar to that
shown by Chesley Sullenberger’s emergency plane landing?
a. Smelling a flower
b. Scratching an itch
c. Driving a car
d. Avoiding an obstacle while driving
e. Deciding what to eat for lunch
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 The Study of Cognition
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe the types of topics cognitive psychologists investigate.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
2. Cognitive psychology uses _______ to study how the mind encodes, stores, and uses
information.
a. trial and error
b. subjective feelings about experiences
c. polling responses from different interest groups
d. objective measures of behaviors
e. self-experimentation
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 The Study of Cognition
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe the types of topics cognitive psychologists investigate.
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
3. Which example is analogous to understanding information processing independent of
understanding what the information means?
a. Drawing a picture of a toaster and oven to represent machines that cook
b. Understanding how an oven generates heat to cook different meals
c. Cooking food with a toaster to understand how a blender works
d. Paying for a meal to figure out how the food was cooked
e. Eating a meal cooked in an oven versus on a barbeque
Answer: b
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