PSY 341 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
EXAM 1 MATERIAL EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(1) Donders' measurement of reaction time is particularly important because it demonstrated
the "time course" on which the mind operates. Donders found that it took to make a decision
as to which buttons to push in response to a stimulus.
a. less than one second.
b. between one and two seconds.
c. two to five seconds.
d. more than five seconds. - ANS a. less than one second.
Which of the following is a criticism of analytic introspection?
a. It infers mental processes based on objective data.
b. It produces results that are too easy to verify.
c. It produces variable results from person to person.
d. It requires no training. - ANS c. It produces variable results from person to person.
The first experiments in cognitive psychology were based on the idea that mental responses
can be _____ .
a. measured directly.
b. inferred from the participants' behavior.
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, c. measured by comparing the presentation of the stimulus and the participant's response.
d. measured by comparing responses between the different participants. - ANS b. inferred
from the participants' behavior.
The fact that all young children go through a stage in language development in which they
produce words like "wented" and "goed" was a problem for Behaviorism because:
a. these words are likely to be part of an innate grammar system.
b. correct speech is rewarded.
c. these words are unlikely to be available as conditioned responses because adults don't
produce them.
d. all of the above. - ANS c. these words are unlikely to be available as conditioned responses
because adults don't produce them.
List at least five of the features of the mind that cognitive psychology investigates (e.g. mental
processes and operations). - ANS Attention
Perception
Problem Solving
Decision Making
Categorization
(2) Early studies of brain tissue that used staining techniques and microscopes from the 19th
century described the "nerve net." These early understandings were in error in the sense that
the nerve net was believed to be ____________.
a. Continuous
b. Composed of discrete individual units
c. Composed of cell bodies, axons, and dendrites
d. Composed of neurotransmitters rather than neurons - ANS a. continuous
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EXAM 1 MATERIAL EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(1) Donders' measurement of reaction time is particularly important because it demonstrated
the "time course" on which the mind operates. Donders found that it took to make a decision
as to which buttons to push in response to a stimulus.
a. less than one second.
b. between one and two seconds.
c. two to five seconds.
d. more than five seconds. - ANS a. less than one second.
Which of the following is a criticism of analytic introspection?
a. It infers mental processes based on objective data.
b. It produces results that are too easy to verify.
c. It produces variable results from person to person.
d. It requires no training. - ANS c. It produces variable results from person to person.
The first experiments in cognitive psychology were based on the idea that mental responses
can be _____ .
a. measured directly.
b. inferred from the participants' behavior.
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, c. measured by comparing the presentation of the stimulus and the participant's response.
d. measured by comparing responses between the different participants. - ANS b. inferred
from the participants' behavior.
The fact that all young children go through a stage in language development in which they
produce words like "wented" and "goed" was a problem for Behaviorism because:
a. these words are likely to be part of an innate grammar system.
b. correct speech is rewarded.
c. these words are unlikely to be available as conditioned responses because adults don't
produce them.
d. all of the above. - ANS c. these words are unlikely to be available as conditioned responses
because adults don't produce them.
List at least five of the features of the mind that cognitive psychology investigates (e.g. mental
processes and operations). - ANS Attention
Perception
Problem Solving
Decision Making
Categorization
(2) Early studies of brain tissue that used staining techniques and microscopes from the 19th
century described the "nerve net." These early understandings were in error in the sense that
the nerve net was believed to be ____________.
a. Continuous
b. Composed of discrete individual units
c. Composed of cell bodies, axons, and dendrites
d. Composed of neurotransmitters rather than neurons - ANS a. continuous
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