BAPSY BAPSY Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Cognitive Psychology Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

Which cognitive psychologist proposed the concept of 'schemas' as mental frameworks that help organize and interpret information?

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Jean Piaget

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B.F. Skinner

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Ivan Pavlov

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John Watson

Question 2

What is the term for the tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs?

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Confirmation bias

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Anchoring bias

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Availability heuristic

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Hindsight bias

Question 3

In Baddeley's model of working memory, which component is responsible for processing visual and spatial information?

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Visuospatial sketchpad

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Phonological loop

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Central executive

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Episodic buffer

Question 4

What phenomenon occurs when earlier items in a list are remembered better than items in the middle?

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Primacy effect

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Recency effect

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Von Restorff effect

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Serial position effect

Question 5

Which theory suggests that forgetting occurs because similar memories interfere with one another?

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Interference theory

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Decay theory

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Cue-dependent forgetting

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Motivated forgetting

Question 6

What is the approximate capacity of short-term memory as proposed by George Miller?

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7 plus or minus 2 items

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3 plus or minus 1 items

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5 plus or minus 2 items

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12 plus or minus 3 items