COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY FINAL
EXAM WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025
"Mental activity," acquisition, storage, transformation, and use of knowledge -
CORRECT-ANSWERSCognition
Emphasizes that we humans have basic tendencies to actively organize what we see;
the whole is greater than the sum of its parts - CORRECT-ANSWERSGestalt
Psychology
The overall quality that transcends the individual elements - CORRECT-
ANSWERSGestalt
Argues that our mental processes are similar to the operations of a computer, and
information progresses through our cognitive system in a series of stages, one step
at a time - CORRECT-ANSWERSInformation Processing Approach
, Argues that the cognitive processes can be understood in terms of networks that
link together neuron-like units; in addition, many operations can proceed
simultaneously - CORRECT-ANSWERSConnectionist Approach
Uses previous knowledge to gather and interpret the stimuli registered by the
senses - CORRECT-ANSWERSPerception
You identify a complex arrangement of sensory stimuli, and you perceive that this
pattern is separate from its background - CORRECT-ANSWERSObject/Pattern
Recognition
See edges even when they are not physically present - CORRECT-ANSWERSIllusory
Contours
Fail to detect change in object or scene - CORRECT-ANSWERSChange Blindness
paying attention to something else so you don't notice the completely visible
change - CORRECT-ANSWERSInattentional Blindness
EXAM WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025
"Mental activity," acquisition, storage, transformation, and use of knowledge -
CORRECT-ANSWERSCognition
Emphasizes that we humans have basic tendencies to actively organize what we see;
the whole is greater than the sum of its parts - CORRECT-ANSWERSGestalt
Psychology
The overall quality that transcends the individual elements - CORRECT-
ANSWERSGestalt
Argues that our mental processes are similar to the operations of a computer, and
information progresses through our cognitive system in a series of stages, one step
at a time - CORRECT-ANSWERSInformation Processing Approach
, Argues that the cognitive processes can be understood in terms of networks that
link together neuron-like units; in addition, many operations can proceed
simultaneously - CORRECT-ANSWERSConnectionist Approach
Uses previous knowledge to gather and interpret the stimuli registered by the
senses - CORRECT-ANSWERSPerception
You identify a complex arrangement of sensory stimuli, and you perceive that this
pattern is separate from its background - CORRECT-ANSWERSObject/Pattern
Recognition
See edges even when they are not physically present - CORRECT-ANSWERSIllusory
Contours
Fail to detect change in object or scene - CORRECT-ANSWERSChange Blindness
paying attention to something else so you don't notice the completely visible
change - CORRECT-ANSWERSInattentional Blindness
