23 Questions
What are the three activities included within Memory?
Acquisition, Retention, Retrieval
What does Empiricism emphasize in the formation of ideas?
The role of experience and evidence, especially sensory experience
What is Cognitive Psychology?
The scientific study of the mind
What does Materialism assume?
The only thing that exists is matter and energy
What does Reductionism propose about a complex system?
It is nothing but the sum of its parts, and an account of it can be reduced to accounts of individual constituents
'Why am I aware?' and 'What happens when I die?' are related to which field mentioned in the text?
Philosophy
Who started the first psychological laboratory at the University of Leipzig in 1879?
Wilhelm Wundt
Who is considered the father of human memory research?
Herman Ebbinghaus
Who attempted to explain personality, mental disorders & motivation in terms of unconscious determinants of behavior?
Sigmund Freud
Who is the founder of behaviorism?
John Watson
Who insisted that psychological methods be as rigorous as the methods of chemistry & physics?
Wilhelm Wundt
Who believed that human behavior can be fully explained with an adequate understanding of Stimulus-Response relationships?
B.F. Skinner
What are the three assumptions made in psychology
Materialism, reductionism, empiricism
What was Plato's belief in psychology?
The locus of the mind is the brain and the wax tablet analogy of perception
Where did Aristotle believe the mind was located?
heart
Aristotle believe that human mental experiences have two components. What were they?
Ideas and associations
In the dark ages, it was believed that life requires a spiritual 'life force'. This is known as:
Vitalism
In the dark ages, it was believed that the mind is made of something qualitatively different from the physical. This is known as:
dualism
This theory attempts to explain personality, mental disorders, and motivation in terms of unconscious determinants of behaviour.
psychoanalytic theory
Behaviourism was the response to which theory?
introspection
A T-maze and a mouse challenged which theory and how?
Behaviourism. By learning without responding
a psychological phenomenon suggesting that when individuals intentionally try to avoid thinking a certain thought or feeling a certain emotion, a paradoxical effect is produced
theory of ironic processes
How did the rise of the computer help establish a new way of thinking about the mind?
Test your understanding of the mental processes of memory and cognition with this quiz. Explore the concepts of acquiring, retaining, and retrieving information, as well as the fundamental aspects of cognition.
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