Ch.1 - Foundations Of Cognitive Psych

Question 1

Self concept is derived from

Answer 1

Knowledge

Question 2

Interpreting our environment requires

Answer 2

Knowledge

Question 3

Emotional adjustments to our world require

Answer 3

Memories

Question 4

Who published first cog textbook and when?

Answer 4

Ulric Neisser, 1967

Question 5

Wilhelm Wundt & Bradford Titchner launched research psych. What did they study and how?

Answer 5

Conscious mental events by introspection

Question 6

Behaviours and stimuli are

Answer 6

Objective

Question 7

What else shapes our behaviour?

Answer 7

Subjective, unobservable entities such as beliefs, memories etc

Question 8

Are stimuli straight forward in causing a reaction?

Answer 8

No. Sometimes they need interpreting by the individual. ‘Can you please pass the salt?’

Question 9

What is the best probable way of measuring cognition?

Answer 9

Indirectly

Question 10

What does ‘working memory’ do?

Answer 10

Holds information actively being worked on

Question 11

How can we test working memory?

Answer 11

Span test: 1st ANGK, 2nd DSKLF, 3rd JTYFBW etc until fail

Question 12

When people make mistakes with the span test it is usually

Answer 12

Similar sounding or looking, depending upon experiential form

Question 13

Working memory is a part of the

Answer 13

Working memory system

Question 14

What is at the heart of the working memory system?

Answer 14

Central executive

Question 15

The executive is helped by

Answer 15

Assistants, information storage kind of like post it notes

Question 16

The assistant that helps with rehearsing working memory items is

Answer 16

The articulary rehearsal loop

Question 17

The articulary rehearsal loop is launched by

Answer 17

Subvocalisation

Question 18

Subvocalisation produces a representation of memory item in the

Answer 18

Phonological buffer

Question 19

Rehearsal loop requires two things:

Answer 19

1) Subvocal speech

2) Phonological buffer

Question 20

When the rehearsal loop is functioning, what isn’t needed?

Answer 20

The central executive

Question 21

How can we influence and demonstrate the working memory system?

Answer 21

Perform a phonological action such as vocalising a word, won’t do as well

Question 22

What is the scope of cognitive psychology?

Answer 22

The scientific study of the acquisition, retention and use of knowledge