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PSYCH206 Final Exam - Cognitive Psychology
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PSYCH206 Final Exam - Cognitive Psychology
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1. Which famous cognitive psychologist was credited with determining that short-term memory can generally only hold seven items of information?
2. In one study, the researchers found that stockbrokers were guided more by past experience and existing beliefs than by logical thinking and rational decision making.The authors conclude which of the following?
3. This part of the brain becomes active when participants are asked to create detailed images.
4. One research study showed that if letters have many features in common, such as the letters C and G, then subjects are particularly prone to confuse them.This provides evidence for what theory of pattern recognition?
5. Which statement best captures the main difference between drives and motives?
6. You bring Sally outside and point to a tree and ask her to identify what it is.Sally says 'brown, leaves, trunks.'Which brain-based problem does Sally have?
7. This portion of the brain is linked with the transformation of information from short-term to long-term memories.
8. Which is true of the processing of syntax and semantics?
9. The Stroop Effect demonstrates which of the following phenomena?
10. According to your readings on knowledge representation/categorization, a lamp would be an example of what level of category of knowledge/information?
11. Which statement best characterizes the relationship between emotions and moods?
12. __________ technology can identify the two areas of the brain associated with language production and comprehension.
13. Although there are many similarities between the Signal Detection theory and the Similarity Choice theory, according to your reading, what is the one fundamental distinction between these two theories?
14. This technique modulates brain activity and is currently being researched for its potential clinical applications (e.g., as an alternative to antidepressant medication).
15. Which of the following questions would most likely interest a cognitive psychologist?
16. This theory of attention proposes that people's intentions and the demands of the task determine the information processing stage at which information is selected.
17. The drive-reduction theory was conceived by _____.
18. Most individuals diagnosed with ADHD have a problem retaining information in working memory due to inattentiveness or impairment in ____ environmental interference—both difficulties broadly indicate problems of ____.
19. If a problem is specified in terms of ____, people tend to use a risk-aversion strategy, while a problem description in terms of ____ leads to applying a risk-taking strategy.
20. Which of the following items represents the one idea that remains current in psychology today?
21. Which of the following would occur if someone asked you not to think about something?
22. What is the 'magic number' which refers to our limits on our capacity for information processing?
23. You read an article entitled, 'Gestalt Perception and Local-Global Processing in High-Functioning Autism.'In this article, they found that individuals with HFA processed gestalt stimuli ____ in accord with gestalt laws, particularly in regard to the principle of ____.
24. Ulric Neisser is best known for his work on which topic?
25. The experimenter gives Sally the following list of words to view for a short period of time: chirp, sparrow, bluejay, canary, feathers, nest, pigeon, and robin.When asked which words were in the original list, Sally indicates that bird was one of the words listed.This is an example of a ____.

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