PSY 367 - Exam 1

Our course consists of _________ units. The quizzes within each until will be available for ______.

26; 3.5 days

Which statement below is not an assumption in the field of Cognitive Psychology?

Only observable behaviors can be scientifically studied.

What happened when you watched the "Black Bunny Illusion" Video as part of this week's activities? Why was your experience important in the field of Cognitive Psychology?

The black bunny video made me feel uncomfortable because one part of me thought it was a black bunny having its nose rubbed and another part of me thought it was a crow. My experience was important in the field of psychology because context causes us to perceive things differently, and in this case, there was no context.

In Donder's classic reaction time study, he measured reaction times during tasks that required simple reactions versus choices. What was the important discovery that Donder made?

We need about 100 milliseconds to make a simple decision

Remember the "stop sign" demonstration from lecture? Why did you struggle to remember exactly what an American stop sign looks like?

We only remember things that are meaningful or rehearsed.

Simple models of memory include three basic stages. Three of the possible answers below describe an actual basic stage of memory. Which answer is NOT a stage of memory?

attending

According to Cognitive Psychologists, why are distracted drivers, including drivers who text while driving, unaware of how poorly they are driving?

because they are not paying enough attention to their driving

John Watson's case study involving Little Albert and his eventual fear of all fuzzy things represented an important point in Behaviorism because it showed that ______.

classical conditioning could explain complex mental illness

The field of Cognitive Psychology includes all of the following processes except one. Which process is NOT typically considered part of the field of Cognitive Psychology?

long lasting traits

According to Ebbignhaus, how much info do you lose after 20 mins?

lose about half of the info (only retain about 58%)

The field of behaviorism, assumes that _____________________.

mental processes cannot be studied scientifically

In Hermann Ebbinghaus's famous studies of memory, what stimuli were used? And who were Ebbinghaus's subjects in his studies?

nonsense syllables; just himself

When B.F. Skinner referred to the mind as a "black box" he meant that mental processes are not ____.

observable

B. F. Skinner's behaviorist theory of language development considers _______ as the most important contributor to a child's learning of language.

reinforcement

This semester, the structure of our course will be

semi asynchronous

In this class, your final course grade will be calculated from ______________.

the graded quizzes and your best 3 exams

Back in the 1800s, Donder carried out the first reaction time study. What is the best definition of "reaction time"?

the time needed to respond to a stimulus

Wilhelm Wundt created the first Psychology laboratory in Germany in 1879. In that lab, he studied cognitive processes using a technique called introspectionism. During introspectionism, subjects _______________.

verbally describe their experiences as they recognize objects or recall memories

Noam Chomsky famously argued that language develops ______________.

without reinforcement