A Cognitive Psychologist Wants to Learn About How a Person

question 84

Multiple Choice

A cognitive psychologist wants to learn about how a person thinks when solving a problem. What is the primary difficulty with simply asking people to describe their own thought process?

• A) Research participants usually lie when describing their thought processes.
• B) People think differently in a psychology laboratory than they do in "real life."
• C) People are not always aware of how they solve particular problems.
• D) Problem solving always involves thinking without words.

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Definitions:

Practical Information

Useful and actionable data or knowledge that can be directly applied to tasks or problems.

Voluminous

Describing something as having great volume or size, or being very lengthy or detailed.

Passive Listening

Listening to someone without giving active feedback, often resulting in missing important details or nuances.

Acceptance

The act of receiving or agreeing to something offered or proposed with a positive attitude.