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xclash · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Which of the following analogies would provide the best description for how research progresses in cognitive psychology?

a. A pair of railroad tracks where two things move in a parallel fashion.
b. An octopus where every leg comes from a singular body.
c. A trail from which one thing leads to another.
d. A pyramid, where all questions lead to a singular answer, or tip.

Question 2

The cognitive revolution

a. occurred rapidly, within a period of a few years, in response to the attacks on Skinner and the development of computers.
b. extended over a long period of time, beginning in the early part of the century, in reaction to Wundt's introspection experiments.
c. was a gradual process that occurred over a few decades.
d. was not really necessary because the study of the mind has been a constant part of experimental psychology since the founding of the first psychology laboratory.