AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A cognitive psychologist would likely be most interested in
A
concentration of neural transmitters in the spinal cord
B
unconditional positive regard in the therapeutic setting
C
development of fine motor skills in toddlers
D
perceptual speed on word association tests
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cognitive psychologists are generally most interested in topics such as problem-solving, retrieval and forgetting, reasoning, memory, attention, and auditory and visual perception.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cognitive psychologists study how people acquire, perceive, process and store information. This work can range from exploring how we learn language to understanding the interplay between cognition and emotion.

Detailed explanation-3: -How do cognitive psychologists use speed to assess behavior? They measure small differences in response times to gain insight into the mental processing that is necessary for those responses.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cognitive and perceptual psychologists study human perception, thinking and memory. Cognitive psychologists are interested in questions such as how the mind represents reality, how people learn and how people understand and produce language. Cognitive psychologists also study reasoning, judgment and decision making.

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