Quiz on history and meaning of cognitive psychology

The study of cognitive psychology involves the following mental and behavioral processes, except

• Perception

• decision making

• problem solving

• rewards

• memory retrival

Who among the following psychologist developed the "stages of cognitive development"?

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According to Psychologist Bogi Vekety One of the key takeaways from Tolman’s maze experiment is that “curiosity and exploration are the basis of cognitive exploration.” What teaching techniques can educators explore to support students’ curiosity and exploration drive?

• Inquiry-based learning

• Gamification

• Application of knowledge to real-world situations

• All of the above

In Tolman’s Maze experiment, the independent and dependent variable are...

• The presence of food at the end of the maze

• The rats' cognitive maps

• The particular pathway through the maze

• Number of errors made while running through the maze

Why do you think in Trial 12, the 'no food till Trial 11' group rat can quickly make less error as the same as 'food on every trial'? ________

• The rat is even hungrier than the day before.

• God is guiding him.

•  The rat becomes smarter after eating the food in Trial 11.

• There's already a cognitive map set up in his mind while he was wandering aimlessly during the past 11 days. (Latent Learning)

Which among the following examples is an example of Latent Learning in daily life?

• Kate watches her parents cooking every night without practice, and later on she can cook on her own when she moves out of the house.

• Tom moves to a new city and the first day he wanders around to find a restaurant. And the next day it's much easier for him to find a supermarket in the same area.

• HanMeimei watches LiLei play Plants vs. Zombies for a month. And when she begins the game herself she can play it well without any help.

• All of the above

which of the following statement is true about cognitive motivation.

• Human decision-making about behavior is not active.

• Rich and varied environmental stimuli are necessary conditions for the survival and development of organisms

• When a person likes to think, likes thinking games, and likes intellectual games, it is cognitive needs