Lesson 4.2.1.3

4.2.1.3 The cognitive approach Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. What focus distinguishes the cognitive approach from the behaviourist approach in psychology?

    • Observable behaviour only
    • Internal mental processes
    • Unconscious drives
    • Biological evolution

  2. What term describes a mental framework of beliefs and expectations based on past experience?

    • Computer analogy
    • Theoretical model
    • Schema
    • Neurochemical path

  3. Why must cognitive psychologists use theoretical models to study internal mental processes?

    • They are unobservable
    • They are biological
    • They are unconscious
    • They are learned

  4. Which machine is commonly used as an analogy for the human mind in cognitive psychology?

    • Calculator
    • Telephone switchboard
    • Computer
    • Steam engine

  5. What is drawing a conclusion about unobservable mental processes from observable behaviour called?

    • Conditioning
    • Extinction
    • Introspection
    • Inference

  6. Which feature is widely considered a strength of the cognitive approach?

    • Rigorous scientific methods
    • High ecological validity
    • Subjective self-reports
    • Focus on genetics

  7. Why are conclusions about internal mental processes often criticised in psychology?

    • Inferred from behaviour
    • Focuses on neurochemistry
    • Lacks scientific methods
    • Ignores cognitive schema

  8. What human factor does the computer analogy overlook when explaining cognitive processing?

    • Input processing
    • Emotion
    • Information retrieval
    • Storage capacity

  9. What technique do cognitive psychologists use when drawing conclusions about memory from recall performance?

    • Brain mapping
    • Naturalistic observation
    • Making inferences
    • Direct observation

  10. Why does information that matches an existing schema tend to be processed more quickly?

    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Unconscious conflicts
    • Pre-existing expectations
    • Operant conditioning

  11. What cognitive structure allows a person to quickly categorise a newly encountered object?

    • Schema
    • Conditioned stimulus
    • Genotype
    • Mediational process

  12. What is a potential weakness of using theoretical models to represent human cognitive processes?

    • Lack of testing
    • High cost
    • Over-simplification
    • Subjective scoring

  13. Which method best enables cognitive psychologists to test mental processes scientifically?

    • Controlled lab experiments
    • Naturalistic field observations
    • Qualitative case studies
    • Unstructured clinical interviews

  14. How does the cognitive approach view the main function of the human mind?

    • Tabula rasa
    • Dynamic unconscious
    • Information processor
    • Biological organism

  15. What term describes the flaw of ignoring human emotion in computer-based cognitive models?

    • Biological determinism
    • Demand characteristics
    • Machine reductionism
    • Cultural bias

  16. What mental framework of stored knowledge shapes our expectations and interpretations?

    • Action potential
    • Genotype
    • Schema
    • Phenotype

  17. What does the cognitive approach directly study to explain human behaviour?

    • Biological structures
    • Operant conditioning
    • Internal mental processes
    • Genetic genotypes

  18. Which cognitive framework distorts memory recall so that facts match pre-existing expectations?

    • Schema
    • Neurotransmitter
    • Genotype
    • Phenotype

  19. What term describes making logical assumptions about unobservable mental processes from observable behaviour?

    • Inference
    • Introspection
    • Extrapolation
    • Deduction

  20. Which characteristic is shared by both the cognitive and biological approaches?

    • Unconscious drives
    • Scientific methods
    • Introspection
    • Free will

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