Cognitive Psychology Quiz

Which of the following is a primary focus of cognitive psychology?

• Studying animal behavior

• Examining unconscious motives

• Understanding mental processes like memory, perception, and thinking

• Analyzing brain anatomy

Who is considered one of the founders of cognitive psychology?

• Sigmund Freud

• B.F. Skinner

• Jean Piaget

• Ulric Neisser

What does the term "cognition" generally refer to in psychology?

• Physical actions

• Mental processes involved in knowledge acquisition and understanding

• Emotional responses

• Behavioral responses

Which method is commonly used in cognitive psychology to study mental processes?

• Psychoanalysis

• Introspection

• Controlled laboratory experiments

• Naturalistic observation

The concept of "schemas" in cognitive psychology was developed by:

• B.F. Skinner

• Ulric Neisser

• Jean Piaget

• Noam Chomsky

Which cognitive process is primarily responsible for filtering information to focus on what is important?

• Memory

• Perception

• Attention

• Reasoning

In cognitive psychology, what is "working memory" often compared to?

• A filing cabinet

• A storage warehouse

• A computer's processor

• A library

The Stroop Effect demonstrates the difficulty of:

• Remembering irrelevant information

• Ignoring automatic cognitive processes

• Visualizing abstract ideas

• Solving complex problems

Which type of memory is responsible for remembering events from your life?

• Procedural memory

• Semantic memory

• Episodic memory

• Implicit memory

Who proposed the theory of cognitive development in children?

• B.F. Skinner

• Jean Piaget

• Sigmund Freud

• Abraham Maslow