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a. less than one second. - ✔✔(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.
c. It produces variable results from person to person. - ✔✔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.
b. inferred from the participants' behavior. - ✔✔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.
c. measured by comparing the presentation of the stimulus and the
participant's response.
d. measured by comparing responses between the different
participants.
, c. these words are unlikely to be available as conditioned responses
because adults don't produce them. - ✔✔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.
Attention
Perception
Problem Solving
Decision Making
Categorization - ✔✔List at least five of the features of the mind that
cognitive psychology investigates (e.g. mental processes and
operations).
a. continuous - ✔✔(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
Double dissociation is when two related mental processes are shown
to function independently of each other. This is an effective
approach for cognitive neuroscience because it allows us to identify
functions that are controlled by different parts of the brain. -
✔✔What is a double dissociation and why is it an effective approach
for cognitive neuroscience?
b. distributed processing - ✔✔The idea that specific cognitive
functions activate many areas of the brain is known as:
a. localization of function
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