Question : Multiple Choice Questions 1. _____ psychology the branch of psychology that focuses : 1252907

Multiple Choice Questions
 

1. _____ psychology is the branch of psychology that focuses on the study of higher mental processes, including thinking, language, memory, problem solving, knowing, reasoning, and judging. 
A. Clinical
B. Developmental
C. Cognitive
D. Evolutionary

2. Which of the following is true about mental images? 
A. They refer only to visual representations.
B. They have only a few of the properties of the actual stimuli they represent.
C. They are representations in the mind of an object or event.
D. They cannot be rotated.

3. Which of the following statements best expresses the nature of mental images? 
A. They are binary in format.
B. They are always auditory in format.
C. They may be produced by any sensory modality.
D. They are linguistic.

4. Dr. Randazza shows participants a stylized map of a fictitious city. The map includes landmarks, such as a post office, a library, a shopping mall, a bus depot, and an airport. Some of the landmarks are close together, such as the library and the post office. Others are far apart, such as the airport and the shopping mall. Dr. Randazza removes the map. Participants are asked to imagine walking from one landmark to another, either a nearby one or a more distant one. Participants press a key when they’ve reached the destination in their minds. Based on your text’s discussion of mental imagery, what do you think Dr. Randazza should find? What would such a result say about mental imagery? 
A. Participants should take the same amount of time to travel mentally between distant as between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery reflects the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects.
B. Participants should take the same amount of time to travel mentally between distant as between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery does not reflect the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects.
C. Participants should take longer to travel mentally between distant than between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery reflects the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects.
D. Participants should take longer to travel mentally between distant than between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery does not reflect the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects.

5. Clint is mentally rehearsing his golf swing in his mind’s eye. Based on the text’s discussion of mental imagery, which of the following statements is MOST accurate? 
A. Clint’s mental rehearsal should improve his golf swing. Carrying out the task involves the same network of brain cells as the network used in mentally rehearsing it.
B. Clint’s mental rehearsal should do little to improve his golf swing. The brain areas active during Clint’s mental rehearsal should be the same as those active when Clint actually swings the golf club.
C. Clint’s mental rehearsal should improve his golf swing. The brain areas active during Clint’s mental rehearsal should be different than those active when Clint actually swings the golf club.
D. Clint’s mental rehearsal should do little to improve his golf swing. The brain areas active during Clint’s mental rehearsal should be different than those active when Clint actually swings the golf club.

6. Mental representations of objects are called _____; mental grouping of similar objects, events, or people are called _____. 
A. images; concepts
B. images; images as well
C. concepts; concepts as well
D. concepts; images

7. Which of the following is most nearly synonymous with the term concept, as it is used by cognitive psychologists? 
A. Idea
B. Relationship
C. Category
D. Image

8. Mental groupings of objects, events, or people that share common features are called: 
A. concepts.
B. ideas.
C. heuristics.
D. algorithms.

9. A prototype is: 
A. the most typical or highly representative example of a concept.
B. the first example of a concept that one encounters.
C. the most frequent or common example of a concept.
D. the most unusual or distinctive example of a concept.

10. Which of the following is MOST likely the prototype of the concept “fruit”? 
A. Carrot
B. Apple
C. Tomato
D. Blueberry