The integration of rational and

empirical methods for the

purpose of obtaining the “best synthesis
of both worlds”. In dialectical
terms, it represents
Part of dialectic thinking is
when a statement of belief is
thesis
proposed. This statement would
be called the ___.
uses logical analysis to
A rationalist understand the world and
people’s relations to it.
Rationalism is to ____ as
theory; empirical evidence
empiricism is to ____.
believes that knowledge is
An empiricist acquired through experience
and observation.
Gerry, an automobile factory
worker, learns how to install a
car air conditioner by watching
a fellow worker install the parts. Empirically
The knowledge Gerry has just
acquired is __________ acquired
knowledge.
believed in an integration of
Immanuel Kant
rationalism and empiricism.
The school of thought that
focuses on answering the
question of “What do people do Functionalism
and why do they do it?” is
called
Which of the following
the study of the organism
is not consistent with the ideas
independent of its environment
of functionalism?
Lorraine was conducting an Introspection
experiment in which she was
eating an apple and was trying
to analyze the experience.
What technique was she using?
The “law of effect” states that a
stimulus will tend to produce a organism is repeatedly
certain response over time if rewarded for that response
the
The landmark experiment in
which dogs salivate at the sight
classically conditioned learning
of the person who feeds them
provides an example of
rejected some aspects of
John Watson, the founder of
functionalism, but at the same
radical behaviorism, was an
time drew heavily from the
American psychologist who
functionalists
The term describes your
What does the
understanding of your own
term metacognition refer to?
thinking processes
This major theme of cognitive
psychology deals with what
factors contribute/influence
nature versus nurture
who we are. To what extent is it
our genetic inheritance or our
surrounding environment?
The issues for this theme of
cognitive psychology is whether
we should focus on the content
structures versus processes
of the human mind or if we
should focus on the processes
of human thinking.
This major theme for cognitive
psychology is whether research
should focus on fundamental applied versus basic research
cognitive processes or focus on
research that has more of a
practical application.
Gardner: Theory of Multiple
Which theory of Intelligence
Intelligences
emphasizes modularity?
Who is known for the Jerry Fodor
 development of the concept
“modularity of the mind”?
When developing this type of
computer system, the goal is to
have a system that Artificial Intelligence
demonstrates intelligent
processing of information.
Karl Lashley’s work in biological
psychology led him to work
with which key issue that deals The brain as an organizer of
with the location of individual behavior
cognitive processes in the
brain?
Gestalt psychology has most
insight
greatly influenced, specifically,
the study of
____ involves the capacity to
Intelligence
learn from experiences.
Robert Sternberg's theory of practical, analytical, and
intelligence covers ____ creative knowledge
According to Nickerson (2005),
cognitive science is a cross-
disciplinary field that uses ideas
and methods from cognitive True
psychology, psychobiology,
artificial intelligence,
philosophy, linguistics, and
anthropology.
Cognition is generally adaptive,
True
but not in all specific instances
The fundamental idea is that
our working memory capacity
True
contributes to our reading
speed.
The fundamental knowledge in
cognitive science is that human True
emotions can affect decisions.
Plato, the philosopher, viewed False
 the introspective, reflective
method as being superior to
empirical methods for finding
truth.
Behaviorism examines how the
elements of the mind, like
events or ideas, can become False
associated with one another in
the mind.