Cognitive Psychology MCQs
Cognitive Psychology MCQs
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1: _____ memories always involve personal experiences.
A. Long-term
B. Mediation
C. Overlapping waves
D. Episodic
2: ________ is when our recollections of the past are done in a self-enhancing manner.
A. Egocentric bias
B. Flashbulb memory
C. Mnemonic devices
3: ________ memories are to experiences as ________ memories are to facts.
A. Indirect; direct
B. Episodic; semantic
C. Echoic; Explicit
D. Semantic; Explicit
4: __________ is to nondeclarative memory as ___________ is to declarative memory.
A. Explicit; Implicit
B. Implicit; Explicit
C. Both
D. None of these
5: According to ebbinghaus's forgetting curve, forgetting _____.
A. Is initially rapid, then slows
B. Is initially slow, then speeds
C. Occurs at a steady rate over time
D. Occurs rapidly in children and older adults, but slower in young adults
6: After the removal of his hippocampus, henry molaison was ______.
A. Unable to improve on any standard learning task
B. Unable to recall any events prior to the surgery
C. Able to intentionally bringing into awareness much of what he remembered
D. Unable to form new memories
7: Bottom-up processing is to top-down processing as _____ is to _____.
A. Sensation; perception
B. Subliminal; perception
C. Timing; intensity
D. Perception; intensity
8: Cerebellum is to ________ memory as hippocampus is to ________ memory.
A. Short-term; long-term
B. Explicit; implicit
C. Long-term; short-term
D. Implicit; explicit
9: Cheesman and merikle’s (1984) investigations on subliminal priming suggested that _______.
A. The type of processing should complement the material; for example, relational processing for material that is not well organized
B. If subliminally is defined subjectively, subliminal priming works; if its defined objectively, it doesn't
C. Faces tend to be recognized holistically and houses tend to be recognized based on features
D. The more propositions in a text, the more easily we comprehend it.
10: Declarative memories are to ________ memories as procedural memories are to ________ memories.
A. Explicit; implict
B. Implict; interference
C. Implict retroactive
D. Implict; Explicit
11: Emotional memory is stored in the _____.
A. Implicit
B. 30 seconds
C. Acronyms
D. Amygdala
12: Encoding failure is likely due to _____.
A. Motivated forgetting
B. Deciding the information wasn't important enough to transfer to LTM
C. The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
D. Proactive interference
13: Encoding is to _____ as storage is to _____.
A. Is something outside your head in the surrounding environment that is related to the memory you are trying to retrieve.
B. Data input into a computer; data saved on the hard drive
C. Recognition
D. Explicit memory and implicit memory
14: Episodic memory is best described as ______ memory of _______.
A. Explicit memory of personally experienced events
B. Sensory memory
C. Short-term memory
D. Long-term memory
15: Ethnic group differences in iq scores can be due to _____.
A. Genetic influences, socioeconomic differences, & cultural biases in IQ tests
B. Predicting the test-taker's behavior in a similar situation
C. Move on to unpopular ideas once past ideas are highly valued
D. Genetic abnormalities, environmental factors, & many times unknown
16: Experiments on subliminal perception have _____.
A. Supported the existence of the phenomenon, but it has little or no effect on persuasion;
B. Shown that subliminal perception occurs only among children and some adolescents;
C. Shown that subliminal messages affect only people who are highly suggestible;
D. Failed to support the phenomenon.
17: Explicit memory is to ________ as implicit memory is to ________.
A. Epinephrine; serotonin
B. Automatic processing; effortful processing
C. Long-term memory; short-term memory
D. Hippocampus; cerebellum
E. Skill memory; fact memory
18: Figure is to ground as ________ is to ________.
A. Night; day
B. Top; bottom
C. Cloud; sky
D. Sensation; perception
19: Following a(n) _____, which is a step-by-step procedure, provides a guaranteed solution.
A. Heuristic
B. Confirmation bias
C. Insight
D. Algorithm
20: Iconic memory is to echoic memory as _________.
A. Explicit memory; implicit memory
B. Automatic processing; effortful processing
C. Visual stimulation; auditory stimulation
D. Flashbulb memory; implicit memory
E. Short-term memory; long-term memory
21: Identify the component of a triglyceride within the bracket __________.
A. Fatty acids
B. Amino acids
C. Nucleotides
D. Glycerol
22: Important to long-term memory is _____.
A. Retrieval storage
B. Encoding storage
C. Both
D. None of these
23: Items high on prototypicality have ____ family resemblances.
A. Strong
B. Week
C. Both
D. None of these
24: Long-term memory can be kept for _____ and has a(n) _____ capacity.
A. Has a simple nervous system
B. Tip-of-the-tongue; blcoking
C. The same room you will take an exam.
D. Hours to years; an unlimited
E. Prospective memory
25: Memory tends to be _____.
A. Encoding, storage, and retrieval
B. Deciding the information wasn't important enough to transfer to LTM
C. Localized, and distributed throughout the brain
D. Explicit and implicit
26: Monocular is to binocular as _____ is to _____.
A. Linear perspective; relative size
B. Motion parallax; retinal disparity
C. Texture gradient; linear perspective
D. Interposition; texture gradient
27: New memories are _____; they need to be _____ if one wants to remember them.
A. Strong; rehearsed
B. Weak; exercised
C. Misunderstood; practiced
D. Strong; applied
28: One function of working memory is _____.
A. Have a proliferation of plaques and tangles
B. Temporary storage of information for conscious use
C. Hippocampus and prefrontal cortex
D. Drives more slowly
29: Our perceptual set influences what we perceive. this mental tendency reflects our _________.
A. Experiences
B. Assumptions
C. Expectations
D. All of these
30: Perception is the ________.
A. Bottom up processing
B. Top down processing
C. Unconscious
D. None of these
31: Prior to retrieval, _____ is all that exists for a memory.
A. Blocking
B. Amygdala
C. Hippocampus
D. Potential
32: Procedural memory is to ______ as declarative memory is to ______.
A. Knowing how; knowing that
B. Knowing that; knowing when
C. Knowing when; knowing who
D. Knowing that; knowing who
33: Schemata are a(an) ________.
A. Example of the brain’s ability to form prototypes
B. Means of sublimating frustration
C. Method of organizing information that allows the brain to work more efficiently
D. Source of emotional content for the brain
34: Short-term memory has a _____ capacity than sensory memory and a _____ duration.
A. More limited/longer
B. Less limited/longer
C. Larger/shorter
D. More limited/shorter
35: Short-term memory is to _____ as long-term memory is to _____.
A. Fleeting; brief
B. Temporary; permanent
C. Permanent; temporary
D. Stable; fleeting
36: Surface features are to structural features as _______ is to _______.
A. Surface features = specific elements of the problem
B. Structural features = underlying relationships among
C. Surface features of problems
D. All of these
37: The _____ theory of pain helps explain why it sometimes helps to rub or massage an injured thumb.
A. Sensory adaptation
B. Gate-control
C. Just noticeable difference
D. Lamaze
38: The code for short-term memory is most commonly based on the _____ of the stimulus.
A. Sound
B. Appearance
C. Meaning
D. Modality
39: The encoding specificity principle says that information retrieval is improved when _____.
A. Selected info is sent on to short-term memory
B. Internal record or representation of some prior event or experience
C. Conditions of recovery are similar to encoding conditions
D. Learning periods alternate with non learning rest periods
40: The most recent estimate is that _____ children had an autism spectrum disorder in 2008.
A. 1 in 88
B. 1 in 2,500
C. 1 in 1,000
D. 1 in 150
41: The sense of gustation is important from an evolutionary standpoint because __________.
A. It helps us stay away from foods that are harmful or toxic
B. Depth perception
C. The area where blood vessels and the optic nerve exit the eye
D. Exposure to high-decibel sounds can lead to
42: Bottom-up processing involves the ____.
A. Brain's use of incoming signals to construct perceptions
B. Brain tuning in to select information
C. Brain's ability to integrate several stimuli simultaneously
D. Brain imposing its own structure on incoming information based on previous experience
43: Explicit memory, also called _________ memory, can be clearly stated or explained.
A. Elaborative rehearsal.
B. Both a and b
C. Declarative
D. Retroactive interference
44: Fixed action patterns are examples of _____.
A. Spontaneous behaviors that did not evolve
B. Space-constrained movements
C. Innate behaviors
45: General knowledge, language, and concepts are seen as parts of ___________.
A. Sensory memory
B. Elaborative rehearsal
C. Semantic memory
D. Declarative memories
46: If one wanted to use the best method to get storage into long-term memory, one would use _________.
A. Retrieval
B. Long-term memory
C. The information processing
D. Elaborative rehearsal
47: In the semantic network model of memory, concepts that are related in meaning ________.
A. Studying computers give insight to the human info processing
B. Receiving, organizing & storing, and retrieving the info
C. Are stored closer to each other than concepts related
D. Direct you to relevant info stored in long term
48: Long-term memory is characterized by ____.
A. Long duration and large capacity
B. Limited duration and large capacity
C. Limited capacity and long duration
49: Multiple choice questions are to ________ as essay tests are to ______.
A. A computer hard drive
B. Recognition; recall
C. Encoding Specifcity
D. Seconds; our lifetime
50: One function of ___________ is to pull information out of long-term memory.
A. He phonological loop
B. Articulatory suppression
C. The central executive
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