Chapter 8 - Psychology Flashcards
Which of the following topics is NOT an interest to researchers within the field of
cognitive science?
a. linguistics
b. animal cognition
c. computer science
d. neuroscience
e. None of the above are true.
e. None of the above are true.
One problem with the methodology and interpretation of research in animal cognition is
________________, which means that we have a tendency to believe animals think and
act like humans.
a. anthropomorphism
b. humanism
c. anthropogenesis
d. human-centrism
e. polymorphism
a. anthropomorphism
Which of the following is a description of chunking?
a. connecting a particular memory to specific emotions to help with storage
b. putting items into meaningful groups to facilitate short-term memory
c. attaching items to be remembered to specific locations in a familiar place like one’s house, wherein memory retrieval is facilitated by mentally walking through the
house to locate the memories
d. using a pneumatic to help memorize a list of words, such as using ROYGBIV to recall
the colors of the rainbow in order
e. All of the above are correct.
b. putting items into meaningful groups to facilitate short-term memory
Which of the following is a task that is often used to evaluate short-term memory in
people and other animals?
a. delayed-matching-to-sample task
b. interference memory task
c. reference-card task
d. go/no-go task
e. schema-location task
a. delayed-matching-to-sample task
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is when someone shows problems with certain
memory tasks. MCI tends to occur before someone develops:
a. schizophrenia
b. depression
c. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
d. Alzheimer’s disease
e. substance use disorder
d. Alzheimer’s disease
Converting short-term to long-term memory is called memory:
a. organization
b. consolidation
c. reiteration
d. association
e. unification
b. consolidation
The ______________ tends to be responsible for the cool memory system, while the
______________ tends to be responsible for the hot memory system.
a. hippocampus; frontal lobe
b. hippocampus; amygdala
c. amygdala; hippocampus
d. frontal lobe; temporal lobe
e. hypothalamus; amygdala
b. hippocampus; amygdala
The saying “neurons that fire together wire together” is also known as:
a. Hebb’s rule
b. Kandel’s rule
c. Pavlov’s postulate
d. Lashley’s law
e. Thorndike’s axiom
a. Hebb’s rule
A Morris water maze is often used to study which type of memory?
a. episodic memory
b. semantic memory
c. spatial memory
d. flashbulb memory
e. short-term memory
c. spatial memory
While playing soccer, Hillary got kicked in the head by another player. She had a minor
concussion and reported that she had no memory of anything happening the morning
before the soccer match. Hillary had ______________ amnesia.
a. anterograde
b. interograde
c. retrograde
d. preliminary
e. anticipatory
c. retrograde
