Grossmont College Cognitive Psychology Questions

Answer each question. make sure each question or each question part’s answer is a paragraph in length. make sure each question is cited/has a citation. it is best if most citations come from the textbook called “Cognition: Exploring the science of the Mind” by Daniel Reisberg. I have a hard copy but I can scan some of the pages if needed.

DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS:

1. PLEASE CLEARLY SEPARATE YOUR ANSWERS FOR EACH OBJECTIVE SO IT IS CLEAR TO WHICH OBJECTIVE YOU ARE ANSWERING.
2. FOR FULL CREDIT YOU MUST REFERENCE OR CITE YOUR INFORMATION EVEN IF PULLED FROM MY LECTURE, MY LECTURE SLIDES, THE TEXTBOOK, POSTED YOUTUBE VIDEOS, OR ANY OTHER INTERNET SOURCE!
3. EVERY QUESTION SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE REFERENCE OR CITATION
   • NOTE: IT IS OK AND I EXPECT YOU TO PULL THE ANSWERS FROM MY LECTURE, THE LECTURE SLIDES, THE TEXT, AND OUTSIDE INTERNET SOURCES I JUST NEED YOU TO REFERENCE OR CITE IT! USE APA STYLE OR THESE SIMPLE EXAMPLES:
     • EXAMPLE: IF YOU GOT THE INFORMATION FROM THE TEXTBOOK USE THE PAGE NUMBERS: (Cognition: Exploring the science of the Mind, PG 84-86).

4. DEVOTE AT A VERY MINIMUM ONE PARAGRAPH TO EACH QUESTION (OBJECTIVE) OR QUESTION PART.

Chapter Nine has five objectives:

1. Describe what a concept is and describe it’s relationship with knowledge
2. Describe what the prototype theory of understanding concepts and describe the idea of graded membership. Include examples for each.
3. Describe what the privilege of typicality is and include an example.
4. Describe and contrast the difference between prototype and exemplar knowledge and include examples for each.
5. Describe the basic structure of a propositional network of knowledge.

Chapter Twelve has four objectives:

1. Describe in detail and give a real-life example of:
   1. Availability Heuristic
   2. Recognition Heuristic
   3. Representativeness Heuristic
2. Describe TWO ways people mistakenly detect covariation (aka correlation).
3. Describe in detail how framing an outcome affects decision making. Give an example of each way.
4. Describe how emotion can influence decision making. Give TWO real-life examples