Cognitive Psychology And Its Implications, 9th Edition By Anderson Test Bank

CopyrightMacmillan Learning.PoweredbyCognero. Page1 1. Acurrentsuccessfulapplicationofcognitivepsychologyisitscontributionstoourunderstandingofbraindisordersthatreflectabnormalfunctioning,suchasschizophrenia.a. Trueb. False 2. Information-processinganalysisbreaksacognitivetaskdownintoasetofsteps.a. Trueb. False 3. Thereisagreatdealofgrowthofnewneuronsandnewsynapsesintheadultbrain.a. Trueb. False 4. Fromaninformation-processingpointofview,theMOSTimportantcomponentsofthenervoussystemaretheneurons.a. Trueb. False 5. Theterminalboutonsofoneneurontouchthedendriteofanother.a. Trueb. False 6. Artificialintelligenceresearchershavecreatedaprogramthatmatcheshumanintelligence.a. Trueb. False 7. Inthetwodecadesbetween1950and1970,cognitivepsychologydevelopedasafieldbyembracingbehaviorism.a. Trueb. False 8. Gestaltpsychologistsbelievethattheactivityofthemindismorethanthesumofitsparts.a. Trueb. False 9. Cognitiveneuroscienceisthestudyofhowcognitionisrealizedinthebrain.a. Trueb. False Name: Class: Date: CopyrightMacmillan Learning.PoweredbyCognero. Page2 10. Coarsecoding,anaspectofneuralinformationprocessing,impliesthatsingleneuronsseemtorespondtoonlyspecificevents.a. Trueb. False 11. Anaxon's_____offiringdetermine(s)howitwillaffectnearbycellstowhichitsynapses.a. intensityb. patternc. rated. intensity,pattern,andrate 12. CognitivesciencedoesNOTintegrateresearcheffortsfromwhichfield?a. physicsb. linguisticsc. neuroscienced. philosophy 13. Thebodysendsmorebloodtomoreactiveareasofthebrain.Thisisreferredtoasthe:a. hemodynamicresponse.b. hemoglobinresponse.c. MRIeffect.d. PETeffect. 14. TheclaimsofGestaltpsychologists,thattheactivityofthebrainandthemindwasmorethanthesumofitsparts,conflictedwiththe_____programthattriedtoanalyzeconsciousthoughtsintoitsparts.a. behavioristb. introspectionistc. functionalistd. psychoanalytic 15. Whywasn'tcognitivepsychologyafieldoffocusbeforethe19thcentury?a. Beforethe19thcentury,mostsciencesremainedlargelyundeveloped.b. Itwasbelievedthatthehumanmindcouldnotbescientificallystudied.c. Questionsaboutthehumanmindwerenotaskedbeforethe19thcentury.d. Theequipmentneededtoconductresearchhadnotyetbeeninvented. Name: Class: Date: CopyrightMacmillan Learning.PoweredbyCognero. Page3 16. Brodmann(1909/1960)identified_____distinctregionsofthehumancortexbasedondifferencesinthecelltypesinvariousregions.a. 18b. 25c. 37d. 52 17. Damagetothe_____resultsinamnesia.a. amygdalab. hippocampusc. hypothalamusd. thalamus 18. _____recordstheelectricalpotentialsthatarepresentonthescalp.a. EEGb. fMRIc. MRId. PET 19. Spatialprocessingoccursinthe_____lobe.a. frontalb. occipitalc. parietald. temporal 20. Whoestablishedthefirstpsychologylaboratory?a. Jamesb. Thorndikec. Watsond. Wundt 21. Themainbodyoftheneuroniscalledthe:a. axon.b. dendrite.c. soma.d. synapse. Name: Class: Date: CopyrightMacmillan Learning.PoweredbyCognero. Page4 22. Abulgeinthecortexiscalleda(n):a. aphasia.b. gyrus.c. sulcus.d. synapse. 23. _____formthefixedpathwaysbywhichneuronstransmitactionpotentials.a. Axonsb. Dendritesc. Somasd. Muscles 24. Themainfunctionof_____isthoughttobesupportiveoftheneurons.a. motorneuronsb. sensoryneuronsc. inter-neuronsd. glialcells 25. DevelopmentsinwhichfielddidNOTinfluencetheemergenceofcognitivepsychology?a. artificialintelligence(AI)b. Internettechnologyc. informationtheoryd. linguistics 26. Cellsofthenervoussystemcommunicatebyreleasingchemicalscalled:a. dendrites.b. hormones.c. neurotransmitters.d. syno-transmitters. 27. Theprimaryvisualareasarecontainedinthe_____lobe.a. frontalb. occipitalc. parietald. temporal Name: Class: Date: CopyrightMacmillan Learning.PoweredbyCognero. Page5 28. Acreasepassingbetweengyriiscalleda(n):a. aphasia.b. gyrus.c. sulcus.d. synapse. 29. _____referstoreportingthecontentsofone'sownconsciousnessundercarefullycontrolledconditions.a. Behaviorismb. Gestaltpsychologyc. Introspectiond. Relativism 30. Hemisphericspecializationofthebrain:a. occursinallspecies.b. occursinallprimates.c. occursonlyinhumans.d. hasbeenstudiedonlyinhumans. 31. Higher-levelprocesses,suchasplanning,arecontrolledbythe_____lobe.a. frontalb. occipitalc. parietald. temporal 32. In_____,aradioactivetracerisinjectedintothebloodstream.a. EEGb. fMRIc. MEGd. PET 33.