PYC3703 MCQ Test Bank 2022/2023 – Cognitive Psychology

1. Which of the following would not be studied by a Cognitive Psychologist?

a. whether people can pay attention to multiple stimuli at once without losing accuracy

b. if advertising using animation is more memorable than advertising using no animation

c. whether a group of people present affect how much is given to charity

d. if the reading speed of college graduates differs from that of high school graduates,

2. The combination of rational with empirical methods so as to get the “best of both worlds” represents, in dialectical terms, a(n)

a. thesis. 

b. antithesis.

c. synthesis.

d. antisynthesis.

3. Part of dialectic thinking is when a statement of belief is proposed. This statement would be called the ___.

a. antithesis

b. synthesis

c. thesis

d. pragmatics

4. This part of dialectic thinking is when a counterstatement to previous beliefs emerges. This counterstatement would be called the ___.

a. antithesis

b. synthesis

c. thesis

d. pragmatics

5. The philosopher who advanced the notion of a dialectic was __________.

a. Plato

b. Hegel

c. Descartes

d. Aristotle

6. A rationalist

a. uses logical analysis to understand the world and people’s relations to it.

b. is a follower of Aristotle’s empiricist philosophy.

c. supports the idea of monism.

d. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.