Complete Test Bank For Cognition Theories and Applications, 8th Edition Chapter 1-Introduction Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Cognition can be simply defined as A. the study of memory. B. the acquisition of knowledge. C. the relationship between a stimulus and a response. D. the relationship between cognition and brain function.
2. Which term was not included in Neisser's definition of cognitive psychology? A. transformation B. passive registration C. elaboration D. storage
3. In Niesser’s definition of cognitive psychology, “¼ sensory input is transformed¼,” means A. passive registration of physical energies from the environment on the sensory receptors. B. active construction involving both elaboration and reduction. C. cross-modal matching (e.g., visually identifying an object based on feeling its shape). D. All of these
4. The “tip-of-the-tongue” phenomenon is an example of a failure of A. attention. B. recognition. C. storage. D. retrieval.