AP Psych Thinking

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Our mental image that best represents a category is called a...

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Prototype

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Which type of creative thinking expands the number of possible problem solutions?

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Divergent Thinking

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Which type of problem solving technique is methodical, logical, and will always lead to a correct answer if there is one?

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Algorithm

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What is our tendency to think we know or can perform better or more accurately than we really can?

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Overconfidence

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Generating multiple possible answers to a problem illustrates

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divergent thinking.

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A chess-playing computer program that routinely calculates all possible outcomes of all possible game moves best illustrates problem solving by means of

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an algorithm.

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In trying to solve a potentially complicated problem quickly, we are most likely to rely on

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heuristics.

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Problem solving is one type of cognitive activity in which we all engage. Which of the following cognitive tendencies is seen to be an obstacle to problem solving? availability heuristic, insight, prototype confusion, confirmation bias

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confirmation bias

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To find Tabasco sauce in a large grocery store, you could systematically search every shelf in every store aisle. This best illustrates problem solving by means of:

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an algorithm.

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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.