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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following topics is NOT commonly studied within cognitive psychology?
a. dreaming c. memory
b. decision making d. attention
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: The Scope of Cognitive Psychology
OBJ: Applied TOP: IA
10. Genie wonders why she can never remember the names of new acquaintances. In search of an answer,
she analyzes her mental behaviors and feelings about meeting new people. Genie is engaged in which
process?
a. subvocal rehearsal c. learning history analysis
b. introspection d. goal retrieval
ANS: B DIF: Medium REF: The Years of Introspection
OBJ: Applied TOP: IIA
11. Introspection is considered the first step toward cognitive psychology as a science because
a. it was the first systematic attempt to observe and record the content of mental processes.
b. interpretation of our mental lives requires training.
c. conscious events are just as important as unconscious events.
d. it provided the first testable claims.
ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: The Years of Introspection
OBJ: Conceptual TOP: IIA1
12. Which of the following statements is NOT a concern about the use of introspection as a research tool?
a. A verbal report based on introspection may provide a distorted picture of mental processes
that were nonverbal in nature.
b. Different participants use different terms to describe similar experiences.
c. At present, there is enormous uncertainty about the relationship between the activity in the
brain and the ideas and thoughts available to introspection.
d. Participants’ motivation may influence what they choose to disclose.
ANS: C DIF: Medium REF: The Years of Introspection
OBJ: Conceptual TOP: IIA2
13. Which of the following statements provides the MOST serious obstacle to the use of introspection as a
source of scientific evidence?
a. When facts are provided by introspection, we have no way to assess the facts themselves,
independent of the reporter’s particular perspective on them.
b. Introspection requires an alert, verbally expressive investigator; otherwise, the evidence
provided by introspection will be of poor quality.
c. Introspection provides evidence about some mental events but cannot provide evidence
about unconscious processes or ideas.
d. The process of reporting on one’s own mental events can take a lot of time and can slow
down the processes under investigation.
ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: The Years of Introspection
OBJ: Conceptual TOP: IIA2
14. The process of taking observable information and inferring a cause is known as
a. mentalistic inference. c. cause and effect.
b. the transcendental method. d. introspection.
ANS: B DIF: Medium REF: The Years of Introspection
OBJ: Factual TOP: IIC1
15. An elderly woman has suffered a stroke in her left temporal lobe and consequently can no longer name
common nouns. This provides evidence that language is located in the left hemisphere for most people.
What kind of evidence is this?
a. introspection c. neuroscience
b. unique population d. behavioral
ANS: C DIF: Medium REF: The Years of Introspection
OBJ: Applied TOP: IIID2
16. Historically, the movement known as behaviorism was encouraged by scholars’ concerns regarding
a. psychotherapy.
b. an exaggerated focus on participants’ responses.
c. research based on introspection.
d. a focus on brain mechanisms and a corresponding inattention to mental states.
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: The Years of Behaviorism
OBJ: Applied TOP: IIB
17. One important difference between classical behaviorism and cognitive psychology is that cognitive
psychology
a. argues that unobservable mental states can be scientifically studied.
b. rejects the use of human participants.
c. insists on studying topics that can be directly and objectively observed.
d. emphasizes the evolutionary roots of human behavior.
ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: The Years of Behaviorism
OBJ: Applied TOP: IIB
FIN
TABLE
PREMIÈRE RENCONTRE 1
CAILLOU ET LES FEMMES 19
LES CHIENS ET LA GLOIRE 51
A LA CAMPAGNE 63
SA PUDEUR 81
LES AMIS DE CAILLOU 95
LE CIRQUE 133
LA GOURMANDISE 143
L’ŒUF DE CHEVAL 153
CAILLOU ET SON PÈRE 165
DU SENTIMENT DE LA PROPRIÉTÉ 175
LE MYSTÈRE 187
L’OPÉRATION 217
L’AUBE DE L’AGE INGRAT 229
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