Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Psychology Instructions 1. APA style, 7th edition 2. APA Title Page, and APA Reference Page 3. At least two references per question 4. Total of 6 questions, with one page per question, for a total of 6 pages Questions I. Suppose that your professor tells you that you must locate a journal article about cognitive psychology that presents empirical evidence. What kind of article would you look for and why? II. A research team is studying which parts of the brain are active when a participant looks at a photograph of a person, and tries to judge how intelligent that person is. What kind of study would this be an example of and why? III. Suppose that you walk past the home of your friend, John. Standing in front of the house is someone who somewhat resembles your friend, so you shout, Hi, John! To your embarrassment, it is not John but his younger brothersubstantially shorter and with darker hair. What kind of processing could this error be traced to and why? IV. Heather notes that it is always easier to understand her sisters speech when they converse on Skype as compared to conversing on the telephone. Her sister believes that the sound quality on Skype may be better than on her smart phone. What might this phenomenon be an illustration of and why? V. Shawn claims that he multitasks very effectively, and also says that he actually performs better while multitasking than when doing a single task. You ask Shawn to test this claim. Shawn reads a newspaper article while listening to a baseball game, and then reads another article in silence. Based on research on multitasking, when you time Shawns reading speed and test his comprehension, what are you likely to find that about reading, and why? VI. You are reading your textbook, and your eyes are moving over the page, but later you realize that you cant remember anything about the information on the page. What are you doing that explains this phenomenon and why?
