Unit 2: 2.2-2.3

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Pablo vainly searches for a screwdriver while failing to recognize that a readily available coin in his pocket would turn the screw. His oversight best illustrates:

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functional fixedness.

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Advertisers know that a thirty-three percent discount sounds like a better deal than a discount of one third. This best illustrates:

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framing.

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Maintaining one's conceptions even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited is known as:

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belief perseverance.

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Cognitive Psychologists study: Mental Concepts, Problem Solving, Decision Making, All of the above

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All of the above

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In an attempt to buy the best quality cooking pan, one might assume expensive = best. This is the use of:

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Heuristic

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Using a "rule of thumb" to quickly solve a problem is using a

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Heuristic

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Discovering, analyzing, and finding a solution to overcome an obstacle is called

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Problem solving

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Prototypes are:

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A typical member of a category or mental grouping.

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Relying on information that is more popular or easily available to you and overlooking information that is less common when making a decision.

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availability heuristic

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Mrs. Vedder, a second-grade teacher, believes that boys are naughtier than girls and watches boys more closely for signs of misbehavior. This strategy best illustrates ___________.

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Confirmation Bias