Chapter 7 Practice Quiz

cognitive psychology studies are all except Problem solving reasoning telepathy decision making

Basketball, football, baseball, and soccer all fit into ____ sports Heuristic morphemes concept algorithm

According to _______, when people evaluate whether a particular object reflects a certain concept, they compare the most typical items in that category and look for family resemblance with that items properties

You have to study 4 chapters for your next test and decide to use the problem solving strategy of subgoaling

Trying to cook moms lasagna following a certain recipe so it tastes exactly the same

You use a shredder to shred junk mail, when you're packing glassware you run out of styrofoam and use the shreds of junk mail. You have _______ -overcome functional fixedness -used a heuristic to solve her packing problem -used an algorithm to solve her packing problem -used subgoaling to obtain the appropriate packing materials

Bertha met two students from another school at a convention. She enjoyed their company a great deal and was very impressed with how nice they were. Bertha now believes that all of the students from that school must also be nice and is considering transferring there. Bertha is using _____. inductive reasoning deductive reasoning critical thinking descriptive reasoning

Carlos believes that all of the people from another part of his town are snobs. He believes that the students from this area are rich and drive expensive sports cars to school. He is scheduled to perform with a few of these students in an all-county musical presentation. If he assumes that these particular students will also be rich and snobby, he is using _____. inductive reasoning deductive reasoning critical thinking artificial intelligence

Cathy just got transferred to a new department, but she has long believed that her new supervisor is a cranky, disagreeable, critical person. According to the confirmation bias, what will Cathy most likely do on her first day in the new supervisor's department? -She will forget about the things she has thought about her new supervisor. -She will look for positive behaviors on the part of her supervisor. -She will tell the new supervisor what she has thought. -She will look for negative behaviors on the part of the supervisor.

Every week during football season, Fred and his friends have fun following the local high school teams. Before the games, Fred never really talks too much about how the games will turn out. On Monday, however, it is a different scenario altogether. Fred is more than happy to share with his friends that the games came out exactly as he thought they would and why. Fred seems to be demonstrating _____. overconfidence bias hindsight bias selection bias deductive reasoning

If you spend the day imagining the outcome of the upcoming football game, and then a friend asks you what your favorite sport is and you say football even though before today basketball was actually your favorite, you have used and/or experienced _____. confirmation bias the availability heuristic hindsight bias timing bias

Which of the following characteristics is essential to the process of critical thinking? Mindfulness and open-mindedness Fixedness and divergent thinking Heuristics and creativity Inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning

_____ occurs when a group of people openly throw out a range of possible solutions to a problem, even some that might seem crazy. Lateral thinking Brainstorming Semantic networking Mind mapping

Which of the following is true of creative thinkers? They may use established criteria to make judgments. They make fewer mistakes than their less imaginative counterparts. They strive to evaluate their work subjectively. They are motivated more externally than internally.

A 6-year-old child with a mental age of 6 would have an IQ of _____. 90 100 110 60

_____ is the proportion of observable differences in a group that can be explained by differences in the genes of the group's members. Familiarity Accountability Heritability Cognizance

ntellectual disability (formerly called mental retardation) is a condition of limited mental ability in which an individual has an IQ of ____ and has difficulty adapting to everyday life. 150 120 90-100 <70

According to _____ there are three forms of intelligence, whereas according to _____ there are nine types of intelligences. Sternberg's triarchic theory/Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences/Sternberg's triarchic theory Sternberg's triarchic theory/artificial intelligence (AI) theory artificial intelligence (AI) theory/Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences

Infinite generativity refers to _____. the ability to learn more than one language the ability to make unlimited decisions the ability to produce an unlimited number of rules the ability to create unlimited numbers of meaningful sentences

The useful character of language and the ability of language to communicate even more meaning than is said are known as _____. pragmatics phonemes syntaxes grammar

Which of the following is true of babbling? Babbling begins at the age of about 2-3. Deaf babies are unable to babble. It is determined by biological readiness. It is determined by the amount of reinforcement or the ability to hear.

The textbook describes a case study of a young girl named Genie who was isolated and severely abused. Because her parents never communicated with her in words, Genie lacked exposure to language during her early childhood years. Although she was able to make some language advances while in extensive rehabilitation, as an adult Genie still speaks in short mangled two- or three-word sentences. This case study suggests that language development _____. -can occur rapidly in adulthood, despite childhood deficiencies -is entirely shaped by biology and genetics -is influenced by the environment -ceases during adulthood