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# TEST BANK FOR COGNITION# COMPLETE
EXAM PREP BANK (200+ QUESTIONS)### HIGH-
YIELD CONTENT | GRADED A+ | FIRST TIME
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## Table of Contents
1. **Foundations of Cognitive Psychology** (15 questions)
2. **Neural Basis of Cognition** (15 questions)
3. **Perception** (15 questions)
4. **Attention** (15 questions)
5. **Short-Term and Working Memory** (15 questions)
6. **Long-Term Memory** (20 questions)
7. **Encoding, Retrieval, and Forgetting** (15 questions)
8. **Everyday Memory and Memory Errors** (10 questions)
9. **Conceptual Knowledge and Semantic Memory** (10 questions)
10. **Language** (15 questions)
11. **Visual Imagery** (10 questions)
12. **Problem Solving** (15 questions)
13. **Judgment, Decision Making, and Reasoning** (15 questions)
14. **Intelligence and Cognitive Development** (10 questions)
15. **Final Comprehensive Review** (20 questions)
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## Section 1: Foundations of Cognitive Psychology (15 Questions)
**1.** The term "cognition" refers to:
A. The study of behavior only
B. The mental processes involved in acquiring, processing, storing, and
using information
C. The biological basis of behavior
D. The study of emotions
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Cognition encompasses perception, attention, memory,
language, problem-solving, decision-making, and reasoning. It is the
mental activity of knowing.
---
**2.** Which of the following is considered a "cognitive process"?
A. Breathing
B. Digestion
C. Remembering
D. Reflexes
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**Correct Answer: C**
*Rationale:* Remembering is a cognitive process. Breathing, digestion,
and reflexes are physiological or automatic processes not typically
considered cognitive.
---
**3.** The cognitive revolution in psychology occurred primarily
during which era?
A. 1890s (Wundt)
B. 1920s-1930s (behaviorism)
C. 1950s-1960s (reaction against behaviorism)
D. 1980s-1990s (cognitive neuroscience)
**Correct Answer: C**
*Rationale:* The cognitive revolution emerged in the 1950s-1960s as
researchers (e.g., Miller, Chomsky, Neisser) argued that mental
processes could be studied scientifically. It was a reaction against
behaviorism's rejection of internal mental states.
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**4.** Behaviorism, the dominant school of psychology before the
cognitive revolution, focused primarily on:
A. Observable behavior and the relationship between stimuli and
responses
B. Unconscious mental processes
C. The structure of consciousness
D. The biological basis of thought
**Correct Answer: A**
*Rationale:* Behaviorists like B.F. Skinner argued that psychology
should study observable behavior only, not internal mental events. They
emphasized stimulus-response (S-R) relationships.
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**5.** The information-processing approach to cognition models the
mind as:
A. A blank slate (tabula rasa)
B. A computer that processes information through stages (input,
processing, output)
C. A network of neurons without structure
D. A black box that cannot be studied
# TEST BANK FOR COGNITION# COMPLETE
EXAM PREP BANK (200+ QUESTIONS)### HIGH-
YIELD CONTENT | GRADED A+ | FIRST TIME
PASS
## Table of Contents
1. **Foundations of Cognitive Psychology** (15 questions)
2. **Neural Basis of Cognition** (15 questions)
3. **Perception** (15 questions)
4. **Attention** (15 questions)
5. **Short-Term and Working Memory** (15 questions)
6. **Long-Term Memory** (20 questions)
7. **Encoding, Retrieval, and Forgetting** (15 questions)
8. **Everyday Memory and Memory Errors** (10 questions)
9. **Conceptual Knowledge and Semantic Memory** (10 questions)
10. **Language** (15 questions)
11. **Visual Imagery** (10 questions)
12. **Problem Solving** (15 questions)
13. **Judgment, Decision Making, and Reasoning** (15 questions)
14. **Intelligence and Cognitive Development** (10 questions)
15. **Final Comprehensive Review** (20 questions)
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## Section 1: Foundations of Cognitive Psychology (15 Questions)
**1.** The term "cognition" refers to:
A. The study of behavior only
B. The mental processes involved in acquiring, processing, storing, and
using information
C. The biological basis of behavior
D. The study of emotions
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Cognition encompasses perception, attention, memory,
language, problem-solving, decision-making, and reasoning. It is the
mental activity of knowing.
---
**2.** Which of the following is considered a "cognitive process"?
A. Breathing
B. Digestion
C. Remembering
D. Reflexes
,3|Page
**Correct Answer: C**
*Rationale:* Remembering is a cognitive process. Breathing, digestion,
and reflexes are physiological or automatic processes not typically
considered cognitive.
---
**3.** The cognitive revolution in psychology occurred primarily
during which era?
A. 1890s (Wundt)
B. 1920s-1930s (behaviorism)
C. 1950s-1960s (reaction against behaviorism)
D. 1980s-1990s (cognitive neuroscience)
**Correct Answer: C**
*Rationale:* The cognitive revolution emerged in the 1950s-1960s as
researchers (e.g., Miller, Chomsky, Neisser) argued that mental
processes could be studied scientifically. It was a reaction against
behaviorism's rejection of internal mental states.
---
, 4|Page
**4.** Behaviorism, the dominant school of psychology before the
cognitive revolution, focused primarily on:
A. Observable behavior and the relationship between stimuli and
responses
B. Unconscious mental processes
C. The structure of consciousness
D. The biological basis of thought
**Correct Answer: A**
*Rationale:* Behaviorists like B.F. Skinner argued that psychology
should study observable behavior only, not internal mental events. They
emphasized stimulus-response (S-R) relationships.
---
**5.** The information-processing approach to cognition models the
mind as:
A. A blank slate (tabula rasa)
B. A computer that processes information through stages (input,
processing, output)
C. A network of neurons without structure
D. A black box that cannot be studied
