Cognitive Perspective - Historical And Cultural Conditions
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A quiz on the first section of the syllabus for cognitive psychology. How much do you know about the conditions that gave rise to the cognitive perspective?
Questions and Answers
- 1.What famous war was one of the main causes for more in-depth research into the cognitive perspective?
- A.
The Vietnam War
- B.
World War II
- C.
The Korea War
- D.
World War I
- E.
The Cold War
- 2.Who was/were the famous behaviorist/s whose experiments led to the rise of the cognitive perspective?
- A.
John B. Watson
- B.
B. F. Skinner
- C.
Elizabeth Loftus
- D.
Edward Tolman
- E.
Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin
- 3.The advent of which new technology led to an analogy for how the mind functions?
- A.
The cell phone
- B.
The audio cassette
- C.
The silicone breast implant
- D.
The VCR
- E.
The computer
- 4.What assumption from another perspective was rejected by the cognitive perspective?
- A.
The mind is a black box
- B.
The mind is a blank slate
- C.
The mind is influenced by genetic factors
- D.
The mind is influenced by environmental factors
- E.
The mind is influenced by social factors
- 5.Research in what other field of study challenged behavorism and supported the cognitive perspective?
- A.
History
- B.
Theology
- C.
Philosophy
- D.
Mathematics
- E.
Linguistics
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