Test Bank for Cognition 6th Edition by Radvansky

Test Bank for Cognition 6th Edition by Radvansky

 wroteareviewofSkinner’sVerbalBehavior.Thisreviewclearlyillu
stratedtheshortcomingsof thebehaviorist accountoflanguage.
a. Descartes
b. James
c. Watson
d. Chomsky
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15Type:
factualA
nswer:d

 Thecognitivemanifestoisassociatedwith .
a. Thorndike
b. Chomsky
c. Sperling
d. Bartl
ettPage:15
Type:
factualA
nswer:c
 TheessenceofChomsky’sreviewofSkinner’sVerbalBehaviorbookwasthat .
a. Skinnerfailedtosupplyanadequatecomputermodelofverbal learning
b. Skinnerrelied tooheavilyonanimalmodels
c. Skinnerfailedtoconsiderthe roleof attention
d. Skinner’sworkwasamereterminologicalrevision,inwhichtermsborro
wedfromthelaboratorywereused in thefull
vaguenessoftheirordinaryusage

,Test Bank for Cognition 6th Edition by Radvansky
Page:15
Type:
conceptual
Answer:d


 Whichofthefollowingisacommonanalogy
usedbycognitivepsychologiststodescribeorcharacterizehowpeoplethi
nk?
a. attention
b. digitalcomputer
c. context
d. structuralistperspective
Page:19
Type:
conceptual
Answer:b


 Whichofthefollowingisacentralanalogy ofcognitivepsychology?
e. theflowchart
f. thebuildingblocksunderlyingthestructureofthe brain
g. thewhole isgreater thanthe sumofthe parts:theimportanceofcontext.
h. thedigitalcomputer
Page:19
Type:
conceptual
Answer:d

,Test Bank for Cognition 6th Edition by Radvansky
 Inresponsetoadifficultquestion,apersonislikelytorespondmoreslowlyt
hanifaneasyquestionhadbeenasked.Intermsoftheoverallresponsetime
s,thedifficultquestionwouldyield .
a. responsetimeswithlowernumbers
b. responsetimeswithhighernumbers
c. responsetimeswouldnotdiffer
d. notenoughinformationhasbeenprovided
Page:
20Type:
appliedA
nswer:b

, Test Bank for Cognition 6th Edition by Radvansky
 Inresponsetoaneasyquestion,apersonislikelytoanswerquickerthanifahar
dquestionwasasked.Withasufficientlypowerfulexperiment,itislikelythat
astatisticalanalysiswouldrevealthat .
a. responsetimeswouldbelowerfordifficultquestionsthanforeasyquesti
ons
b. responsetimeswouldbehigherfordifficultquestionsthanforeasyquest
ions
c. responsetimeswouldnotdifferforeasyanddifficultquestions
d. notenoughinformationhasbeenprovided
Page:
20Type:
appliedA
nswer:b


 Howmanymillisecondsin
asecond?a. 1/100th
b. 10
c. 100
d. 1000
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20Type:
factualA
nswer:d


 What
isagoodmeansofassessinghowmuchapersonremembersfromsomethingth
eyreadearlier?