Cognitive Psychology Questions

When there is nothing in particular going on, an individual is likely to experienceA) no mood.B) a mildly positive mood.C) a definite negative mood.D) impatience for activity.E) a mildly negative mood.

Emotions A) may be less action-oriented than moods.B) may cause us to brood for a while.C) may be more clearly revealed with facial expressions.D) are interchangeable with moods. E) are less fleeting than moods.

Which of the following is a generic term that covers a broad range of feelings that people experience?A) affectB) emotionsC) moodsD) emotional laborE) cognition

What term is used for feelings that tend to be less intense than emotions?A) affectB) cognitionC) moodsD) thoughtsE) emotions

One way to classify emotions is by whether they areA) simple or complexB) positive or complexC) complex or negativeD) simple or negativeE) positive or negative

What statement best reflects the myth of rationality?A) Emotions are an inseparable part of everyday life.B) The work world has tried to keep a damper on emotions at work.C) Emotions are a normal part of rationality.D) Emotions are a constructive part of organizations.

What term is used for intense feelings that are directed at someone or something?A) affectB) cognitionC) moodsD) thoughtsE) emotions

Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning emotions?A) Until recently, the field of OB has given the topic of emotions little or no attention.B) The prevailing thought in business until recently was to put a damper on emotions.C) Managers have tried to create emotion-free organizations.D) Researchers have viewed emotions as constructive and able to enhance productivity.E) The myth of rationality can explain why emotions have been given little or no attention in the field of OB.

is a memory task that is used when a person needs to identify presented items as familiar ex: used on multiple choice exams

when people remember info better in the same context in which they stored it

states that the info available at the time of encoding tends to be effective in remembering info

-The memories lost are thing that occurred previous to the event causing amnesia -in some cases, people can both anterograde and retrograde amnesia

when the learning of new info disrupts the remembering of previous info is called

1. 2 factors involved with remembering info, they are the nature of the cues you can use to prompt your memory and retrieval task that you set for yourself

occurs when someone cannot remember past info, but does not have a problem forming or retrieving newer memories

are memories of emotionally significant events that a person may recall with much more accuracy than memories of everyday events

a. memories of traumatic events are vivid, detailed and more accurate and long lasting than memories of everyday events. memory of trauma is subject to deterioration and distortion, usually in the details, whereas the central part of the memory is almost always effectively recalled b. stere-related hormones are likely to play a role in memories that involve personal trauma and may account for the vividness of memory for such traumatic events

occurs because other info gets in the way of the info a person is trying to remember

what 2 factors are involved with retrieval cues and tasks

the most abstract level of audio biographical memories are