SESSION 5

 Self test 4

1.Cognitive maps function to

a. facilitate adaptation to the environment

b. facilitate problem solving

c. facilitate communication

d.all of the above

 2.Driving through Kansas you come into a town. Wanting to ask directions, you travel to he center of town and go into a large stone building with a state flag flying from its domed top. You have assumed that this is the courthouse: you have used which process?

1. affect
2. orientation
3. categorization
4. systematization
5. encoding

 3.Identifying the presence of energy changes in the environment is called:

1. stimulus recognition
2. stimulus detection
3. stimulus scaling
4. stimulus discrimination

 4.The theoretical orientation that views perception as much more direct process that involves less mediation by higher brain centers to perceive meaning in the environment is called

1. perceptual development
2. constructivism
3. functionalism
4. direct variation

 5.What is the best predictor of behavior?

1. a primitive belief
2. a higher-order belief
3. an attitude
4. a behavioral index

 6.Which of the following is not a characteristic of a cognitive map?

1. paths
2. landmarks
3. edges
4. images

Answers to Session 5

1. d
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. d
6. d