Top Cognitive Quizzes & Trivia

Pay attention. You need to focus right now and make sure you choose the exact answer you want. We will evaluate your capabilities and we need to make sure the results reflect reality perfectly. Don’t worry, though! We won’t use any kind of cognitive test. Instead, we will use the good old quizzes that we’ve always used and see how well you can score.

But before we start them how about a few samples to get you warmed up? What are the names of the two main types of cognitive tests that are usually administered to animals? What is the name of the person that coined the term “mental tests”? These “mental tests” followed Francis Galton’s development of what kind of tests? Give the right answers and score maximum points.

Cognitive Questions and Answers

Cognitive distortions are said to especially affect which mental condition?

Schizophrenia.

Clinical Depression.

Bipolar Disorder.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Anorexia Nervosa.

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Choose the distortion that is best exemplified by this statement:"I forgot to put a period in that essay; I will never get a passing grade!"

Magnification.

Personalization.

Emotional reasoning.

Disqualifying the positive.

Mind reading.

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Overton, Taggart and Bagshaw add to Dr. Burns cognitive distortion theory by offering a hypothetical model for the development of depressive symptoms. The suggested pathway is:

Cognitive distortion> Self-disgust> Depression

Pessimism> Negative thinking> Period of acceptance> Negative thinking> Depression

Self-disgust> Negative interpretive bias> Maintain cognitive distortions> Further cognitive distortions > Negative thinking cycle> Depression

Negative interpretive bias> Cognitive distortions developed> Depression

Negative thinking cycle> Negative interpretive bias> Cognitive distortions> Depression

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What does cognitive development refer to?

the process by which a child uses old methods to deal with new situations

children adjusting to new situations

how a person thinks and gains understanding through interaction of genetic and environmental factors

learning at different rates

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Cognitive Development

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What is mostly focused on in the preoperational stage?

use symbols(words and mental pictures)to solve simple problems

fine motor skills

learning to babble

walking/running

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What is assimilation according to Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

The process by which a person uses old methods and experiences to deal with new situations.

The understanding that objects or events continue to exist even when they can no longer be seen.

The process by which a person changes old methods to deal with new situations.

The stage when children can perform a number of logical mental operations on objects that are physically present.

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Postural Actions

1

2

3

4

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Allen Cognitive Levels

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Manual Actions/ Exploratory

1/5

3/4

3/5

1/4

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Walk at this level

1.4

2.0

2.4

3.0

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The text authors suggest that each of the following is a commonality shared by Ellis and Becks cognitive therapy systems except

A recogntion that maladaptive cognitions are the primary source of psychological distress

A forceful, debating therapist style

A directive, problem-oriented approach to Tx

A view of homework as an essential feature of Tx

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Becks cognitive restructuring intended to modify the thinking process emerges out of each of the following kinds of questions except

How did you learn to think like that?

What's the evidence?

What's another way of looking at it?

So what if it happens

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Which of the following has not been substantiated by meta-analytic studies of cognitive therapy?

Cognitive therapy is superior to no Tx and placebo Tx for depression

Cognitive therapy is much less effective than other behavioral exposure therapies for obsessive-cpmpulsivce disorder

Cognitive therapy is at least as effective as other psychotherapies for depression

Cognitive therapy is comparable to medication Txs of anxiety disorders in the short run, but outperforms medication Txs over the long run

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