Cognitive Psychology and Its Foundational Figures Quiz

Test your knowledge with this quiz on key figures and concepts in cognitive psychology, from schemas to artificial intelligence.

#1

Who is often referred to as the 'father of cognitive psychology'?

William James
Sigmund Freud
John Watson
Ulric Neisser
#2

Which of the following is NOT a foundational figure in cognitive psychology?

Noam Chomsky
Albert Bandura
Jean Piaget
George Miller
#3

Who proposed the influential theory of multiple intelligences?

Howard Gardner
Erik Erikson
Lev Vygotsky
David Ausubel
#4

Which researcher is associated with the concept of 'schemas' in cognitive psychology?

Jean Piaget
B.F. Skinner
Carl Rogers
Jerome Bruner
#5

What is the name of the cognitive bias where people tend to overestimate the likelihood of rare events?

Confirmation bias
Availability heuristic
Anchoring bias
Base rate fallacy
#6

Who developed the concept of 'working memory' as a model of short-term memory?

George A. Miller
Alan Baddeley
Daniel Kahneman
Herbert Simon
#7

Who coined the term 'cognitive psychology' in 1967?

Ulric Neisser
Jean Piaget
John Watson
Herbert Simon
#8

Which cognitive psychologist proposed the 'levels of processing' framework for memory?

Elizabeth Loftus
Endel Tulving
Fergus I. M. Craik
Richard C. Atkinson
#9

Who proposed the influential stages of cognitive development, including the sensorimotor and formal operational stages?

Erik Erikson
Jerome Bruner
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
#10

Which term refers to the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and one's failures to external factors?

Self-serving bias
Fundamental attribution error
Confirmation bias
Cognitive dissonance
#11

Who introduced the concept of 'artificial intelligence'?

John McCarthy
Alan Turing
Marvin Minsky
Herbert Simon
#12

Which researcher proposed the 'triarchic theory of intelligence' consisting of analytical, creative, and practical intelligence?

Howard Gardner
David Wechsler
Robert Sternberg
Lewis Terman
#13

Who is known for the 'dual-process theory' of decision-making, distinguishing between intuitive and deliberate thinking processes?

Amos Tversky
Daniel Kahneman
Richard Thaler
Herbert Simon
#14

Which cognitive psychologist is famous for the study of 'chunking' in memory?

George A. Miller
Endel Tulving
Ulric Neisser
Donald Broadbent

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