Cognition And Emotions Quiz 4 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is the best term for mental activities associated with remembering, thinking, and knowing?

Correct Answer: A) Cognition.

2. Memory in which behavior is affected by prior experience without a recollection of that experience is known as

Correct Answer: D) Implicit memory.

3. Why is REM sleep considered a paradox?

Correct Answer: C) Our nervous system is highly active, while our voluntary muscles hardly move.

4. In language, the smallest distinctive sound unit

Correct Answer: B) Phoneme.

5. A 6 yr old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an average 9 yr old was said to have a mental age of

Correct Answer: B) 9.

6. How long is information retained in the short-term memory?

Correct Answer: B) Eight to twelve seconds.

7. The processing of information into the memory system.

Correct Answer: A) Encoding.

8. The four components of emotional intelligence are:

Correct Answer: A) Perception, understanding, management, and usage.

9. Prejudice is a type of

Correct Answer: A) Attitude.

10. Which of the following best describes chunking?

Correct Answer: B) Organizing items into familiar or manageable units.

11. The mental processing of retrieval of information from memory. A fill in the blank test is a good example.

Correct Answer: A) Recall.

12. One way people communicate nonverbally

Correct Answer: A) Touching.

13. Information goes into our long term memory through:

Correct Answer: B) Rehearsal.

14. Computers and mathematics often use logical, methodical step by step procedures called what?

Correct Answer: A) ALGORITHM.

15. Memory that uses efforful processing, such as factual knowledge.

Correct Answer: B) Explicit memory.

16. The tendency to be more confident than correct-to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgements.

Correct Answer: A) Overconfidence.

17. Which of the following is likely to occur after sustained sleep loss?

Correct Answer: B) Immune system suppression.

18. A person suffering from cognitive dissonance is likely to

Correct Answer: C) Change their attitudes.

19. Gerardo used to get sick whenever he saw peaches due to a bad childhood experience; however, now he can eat peaches anytimeThis is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Extinction.

20. Going into a new store to buy milk, you assume it will be on the backwall in the freezer section. This is an example of

Correct Answer: B) Heuristics.