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Sobel,
The Cognitive
Sciences 2e
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1. The technique for describing physical properties of speech sounds is
called:
a. exemplars.
b. articulatory phonetics.
c. features.
*d. acoustic phonetics.
2. The technique for describing the way in which we produce a speech
sound is called:
a. exemplars.
*b. articulatory phonetics.
c. features.
d. acoustic phonetics.
3. The ability to categorize depends crucially on:
*a. memory.
b. perception.
c. intelligence.
d. coherence.
4. Animate, domesticated, furry, four legs, tail, and barks are all
characteristics of the category “dog.” This is an example of the ______
approach to categorization.
a. exemplar
*b. feature
c. prototype
d. empirical
5. Thinking of a typical dog, like a beagle or a Labrador, to exemplify
the category “dog” is an example of the ______ approach to
categorization.
a. exemplar
b. feature
*c. prototype
d. empirical
6. Which of the following is a proposition?
a. Can you carry my bags?
*b. Airplane rides can be bumpy.
c. Is it time to board the plane?
d. Fasten your seatbelt.
7. Sachs (1967) tested memory for sentences from passages with variable
delays before testing. Sachs found that with longer delays:
a. subjects remembered fewer sentences.
b. subjects did equally well as they did with short delays,
provided the sentences were very meaningful.
*c. subjects might forget the exact wording of the sentence but
always remembered the meaning.
d. subjects might forget the meaning of the sentence but always
remembered the exact wording.
8. Links and nodes are associated with the:
a. structure of propositional networks.
b. tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
c. threshold theory.
*d. theory of spreading activation.
9. Knowing how to drive a car involves our:
*a. procedural knowledge.
b. factual knowledge.
c. specific knowledge.
d. declarative knowledge.
10. The multistore model of memory proposes that there is more than one
type of memory. The types are called long-term store, short-term store,
and:
a. permanent store.
*b. sensory store.
c. the unconscious.
d. working memory.
11. Without rehearsal, information held in the short-term store lasts
about:
a. 10 seconds.
*b. 30 seconds.
c. 1 minute.
d. 10-15 minutes.
12. The brief persistence of a visual impression is known as:
*a. iconic memory.
b. visual memory.
c. perceptual memory.
d. echoic memory.
13. Mnemonic devices are brain processes that:
*a. help us remember items.
C) are utilized to access our unconscious thoughts.
C) control how we pay attention and concentrate.
D) help us with problem solving.
14. According to Tulving (1972), the memory that “receives and stores
information about temporally dated … events” is called:
a. procedural memory.
*b. episodic memory.
c. semantic memory.
d. autobiographical memory.
15. In Tulving’s (1972) model, the memory that is “necessary for the
use of language” is called:
a. procedural memory.
b. episodic memory.
*c. semantic memory.
d. autobiographical memory.
16. Retrograde amnesia is the inability to:
*a. remember events in the past.
b. remember faces.
c. remember anything.
d. form new memories.
17. Anterograde amnesia is the inability to:
a. remember events in the past.
b. remember faces.
c. remember anything.
*d. form new memories.
18. Baddeley and Hitch (1974) proposed a multicomponent model of
working memory. Their model included a component concerned with speech
sounds, called the:
a. central executive.
*b. phonological loop.
c. scriptural processor.
d. visuospatial sketchpad.
19. Solving some problems requires recognizing the series of steps
needed to go from an initial situation to a goal. The type of problem
is known as:
a. arrangement.
*b. transformational.
c. comprehension.
d. functional.
20. TRUE or FALSE. Another name for the “linguistic relativity
hypothesis” is the “Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.”
*a. True
b. False
21. TRUE or FALSE. “Declarative” knowledge is the same as “factual”
knowledge.
*a. True
b. False
22. TRUE or FALSE. A proposition in English changes when it is
translated into a different language.
a. True
*b. False
23. TRUE or FALSE. People perform much the same operations on mental
images as when looking at actual objects.
*a. True
b. False
24. TRUE or FALSE. Brief auditory memory is also known as iconic
memory.
a. True
*b. False
25. TRUE or FALSE. “Achromatopsia” is another name for color-blindness.
*a. True
b. False
26. TRUE or FALSE. Generally speaking, if a memory is accurate, it
tends to be more vivid and detailed.
*a. True
b. False
27. TRUE or FALSE. Once information gets consolidated into long-term
memory storage, it cannot be altered.
a. True
*b. False
28. TRUE or FALSE. Prosopagnosia is the inability to determine if
someone is telling the truth or is lying.
a. True
*b. False
29. TRUE or FALSE. Declarative memory includes the memory for learned
skills, such as how to ride a bicycle.
a. True
*b. False
30. Name the three major approaches to studying categorization.
Correct Answer:
exemplar approach, feature approach, and prototype approach
31. What is the loss of ability to categorize or recognize familiar
faces called?
Correct Answer:
prosopagnosia
32. When nodes in a semantic network get activated, the activation
spreads first to closely related nodes. Access to those closely related
nodes is then faster. This process is called:
Correct Answer:
priming.
