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What is the main focus of cognitive psychology?
What is the main focus of cognitive psychology?
- Scientific study of the mind (correct)
- Understanding brain anatomy
- Exploring social interactions
- Studying human behavior
Which cognitive function involves the ability to select and concentrate on certain stimuli while ignoring others?
Which cognitive function involves the ability to select and concentrate on certain stimuli while ignoring others?
- Perception
- Memory
- Attention (correct)
- Representation
What role does the mind play in creating representations of the world to enable us to function?
What role does the mind play in creating representations of the world to enable us to function?
- Generating attention
- Developing perception
- Constructing representations (correct)
- Creating memory
What type of experimental research did Donders and Ebbinghaus conduct?
What type of experimental research did Donders and Ebbinghaus conduct?
Which cognitive aspect did Donders' research primarily address?
Which cognitive aspect did Donders' research primarily address?
What was the focus of Ebbinghaus' early experimental research?
What was the focus of Ebbinghaus' early experimental research?
Why is it challenging to directly observe the operation of the mind?
Why is it challenging to directly observe the operation of the mind?
Which principle of cognitive psychology emphasizes the need to infer the operation of the mind from measurable indicators?
Which principle of cognitive psychology emphasizes the need to infer the operation of the mind from measurable indicators?
What was the dominant theoretical approach of the first laboratory of scientific psychology founded by Wundt in 1879?
What was the dominant theoretical approach of the first laboratory of scientific psychology founded by Wundt in 1879?
Which method was one of the major methods used to collect data in the first laboratory of scientific psychology?
Which method was one of the major methods used to collect data in the first laboratory of scientific psychology?
Who founded the first laboratory of scientific psychology concerned largely with studying the mind?
Who founded the first laboratory of scientific psychology concerned largely with studying the mind?
What was the basis of William James' textbook, Principles of Psychology?
What was the basis of William James' textbook, Principles of Psychology?
Which theoretical approach was founded in reaction to structuralism and the method of analytic introspection in the early 20th century?
Which theoretical approach was founded in reaction to structuralism and the method of analytic introspection in the early 20th century?
Which method did John Watson's behaviorism primarily rely on for its procedures?
Which method did John Watson's behaviorism primarily rely on for its procedures?
Which psychologist's work ensured that behaviorism would dominate psychology in the 1950s?
Which psychologist's work ensured that behaviorism would dominate psychology in the 1950s?
Who conducted influential research on operant conditioning in the 1930s and 1940s?
Who conducted influential research on operant conditioning in the 1930s and 1940s?
What term did Edward Tolman use to describe himself, even though he studied cognitive processes that were outside the mainstream of behaviorism?
What term did Edward Tolman use to describe himself, even though he studied cognitive processes that were outside the mainstream of behaviorism?
What were the events that led to the cognitive revolution in the 1950s?
What were the events that led to the cognitive revolution in the 1950s?
Who introduced the idea that the mind processes information in stages, like a computer?
Who introduced the idea that the mind processes information in stages, like a computer?
What notable developments in cognitive psychology were identified in the decades following Neisser's book?
What notable developments in cognitive psychology were identified in the decades following Neisser's book?
What was a significant focus of cognitive psychology in the decades following Neisser's book?
What was a significant focus of cognitive psychology in the decades following Neisser's book?
