Cognitive Psychology Subcategories

Cognitive Psychology

When individuals notice inconsistency between their own behaviour and attitude, they are said to be experiencing:

A. Psychological reactance
B. Cognitive dissonance
C. Behaviour differential
D. Behavioural inconsistency

Chomsky suggested that a person’s unique experiences with a language are most likely to influence the________of that person’s spoken sentences.

A. surface structure
B. linguistic determinism
C. functional fixedness
D. belief perseverance

Maham forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so she spent a very uncomfortable and restless night. Unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filed jacket as a pillow. Maham’s oversight best illustrates:

A. functional fixedness
B. confirmation bias
C. overconfidence
D. the availability heuristic

Development psychologists study the effect of_____on behavior.

A. marketing
B. learning disabilities
C. aging
D. robotics

Beatrice and Allen Gardner taught the chimpanzee Washoe to communicate by means of:

A. sign language
B. pictures
C. computers
D. Morse code

Professor Pegler’s research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences the way people assess financial risks. Which specialty area does his research best represent?

A. personality psychology
B. cognitive psychology
C. clinical psychology
D. developmental psychology

A problem, which naturally occurs in selection process in industrial setting is known as:

A. Constant error
B. Criteria contamination
C. Random error of judgement
D. Cognitive error of halo effect

In general, toddlers can:

A. say more words than they understand
B. understand and say about the same number of words
C. only use about 10 different words
D. understand more words than they can say

Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

A. functional fixedness
B. the framing effect
C. the representativeness heuristic
D. overconfidence

A neutral stimulus is one that:

A. leads to an increase of the UR
B. leads to decrease of the UR
C. depends on the size of the UR
D. does not evoke the UR