chapter 1

A technique in which trained participants described their experiences and thought processes in response to stimuli is known as

. analytic introspection.

As a result of gaps in the behaviorist paradigm, the new cognitive paradigm began to emerge in which decade?

1950s

Why can we consider Tolman one of the early cognitive psychologists?

Because he used behavior to infer mental processes

What does the field of neuropsychology study?

Behavior of people with brain damage

Which of the following is NOT true of positron emission tomography (PET)?

It replaced functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) because it was less expensive.

By comparing reaction times across different tasks, Donders was able to conclude how long the mind needs to perform a certain cognitive task. Donders interpreted the difference in reaction time between the simple and choice conditions of his experiment as indicating how long it took to

make a decision about the stimulus.

Which of the following terms is correct in context with "Pairing one stimulus with another"?

Classical conditioning

Which one of these early pioneers in cognitive psychology was the first to undertake quantitative measurements of mental processes?

Ebbinghaus

Who founded the first laboratory of scientific psychology at the University of Leipzig in Germany?

Wilhelm Wundt

While George takes the bus home, he is thinking about how to resolve a difficult issue at work. This is an example of the mind ___.

as a problem solver

Attention, perception, memory, and decision making are all different types of mental processes in which the mind engages. These are known as different types of

cognition.

Which of the following terms best reflects the concept of cognition?

ideas

The first experiments in cognitive psychology were based on the idea that mental responses can be

inferred from the participant's behavior

John Watson believed that psychology should focus on the study of

observable behavior.

Joe and Meg are doing a study in psychology. Joe is asked to push a button as soon as he sees a red light, whereas Meg is asked to push a red button if she sees a red light and a green button if she sees a green light. From the information, who appear(s) to be involved in a task measuring choice reaction time

only Meg

An animal might learn how to navigate a maze through the use of ___.

cognitive map

The branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of the mind is called

cognitive psychology.

In your CogLab experiment, the reaction time measure was the time between the:

stimulus onset and the subject's response

Wundt's approach, which dominated psychology in the late 1800s and early 1900s, was known as

structuralism.

In your CogLab experiment, which of the following was not necessarily involved in a simple detection task of a visual stimulus?

the brain double checks the stimulus information.