Cognitive Psychology Flashcards: Unit Three Q&A

What tends to be the most readily used hierarchical level?

Basic

You believe that humans learn language the way they do some other skills and abilities-- through experience. With which theory would you agree?

Behaviorist

According to Semantic Network Theory, which of the following illustrates cognitive economy?

Both of these (Exceptions are stored at lower-level nodes AND higher-level nodes)

How is human language typically governed?

Both of these (Hierarchically and through rules)

Experts always solve problems more effectively than novices

False

Using objects in a new or unexpected way is the opposite of

Functional fixedness

For most adults over age 40, the reminiscence bump describes enhanced memory for

Adolescence and young adulthood

Problem solvers...

Attempt to resolve differences between problem states

Our body posture, gestures, and eye gaze are examples of:

Language pragmatics

Answers that appear out of the blue to solve problems are

Insights

What is a benefit of the prototype approach?

It allows for classification by resemblance (i.e, we can recognize a likely classification by its characteristics)

Flashbulb memory is best represented by which of the following statements?

It is memory for the circumstances surrounding how a person heard about an emotional event that remains especially vivid but not necessarily accurate over time

While considering how to tackle her senior thesis paper, Eliza considers of breaking down her overall goal into subgoals: first, she'll select her topic, then she'll determine what research is available, then she'll develop her research question, etc. Eliza is using which of the following approaches?

Means-end analysis

Your friend has been sick for several days, so you go over to her home to make her some chicken soup. Searching for a spoon, you first reach in a top drawer beside the dishwasher. Then, you turn to the big cupboard beside the stove to search for a pan. In your search, you have relied on a kitchen

Schema

Jackie went to the grocery store to pick up yogurt, bread, and apples. First, she picked up a hand basket for carrying her groceries, and then she searched the store. After finding what she needed, she stood in a check-out line. Then, the cashier put her items in a plastic bag, and soon after, Jackie left the store. As readers of this event, we understand that Jackie paid for the groceries, even though it wasn't mentioned, because we are relying on a grocery store _____

Script

Some words can have more than one meaning. For example, the word crash can refer to an auto accident or decline in the stock market. The meaning of words in a particular language relates to which of the following?

Semantics

Human conversation would not be possible without acquisition of

Theory of Mind

According to Piaget, how do we learn about the world?

Through adaptation

When do we tend to rely on rules and definition?

When the context or stimuli is complicated