Chapter 15 Review

Question 1

In the Computer Metaphor, programming codes are equivalent to...

Accepted Answer

languages

Question 2

Cognitive psychologists focus on...

Accepted Answer

the process of knowing

Question 3

George Miller was a behaviorist his entire life.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Cognitive psychology is a return to the study of the mind.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Cognitive Psychologists...

Accepted Answer

do not solely focus on behavior

Question 6

If a computer passes the Turing Test, the subject believes the computer is human.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

A "new phrenology" field has been established.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Alan Turing biked to work everyday wearing a gas mask.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Ulric Neisser emphasized laboratory research.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Miller found the human brain could only hold how many "chunks" of information in short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 11

Which school of thought opposed elementalism?

Accepted Answer

Gestalt Psychology

Question 12

Cognitive psychology includes all of the following except...

Accepted Answer

mental age

Question 13

Psychoanalysts and behaviorists agree on the same concepts.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Who was the founder of Cognitive Psychology?

Accepted Answer

There was none

Question 15

Evolutionary psychologists believe all of the following except...

Accepted Answer

Darwin and James had no influence over the new field

Questions 15