AP Psychology Unit 5, Section 1

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Dr. Mendoza is studying the mental strategies people use when solving problems. Dr. Mendoza is clearly a(n):

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Cognitive psychologist

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Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to:

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Look for information that is consistent with one’s beliefs

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A common problem in everyday reasoning is our tendency to: Accept as logical those conclusions that agree with our own opinions, Accept as logical those conclusions that disagree with our own opinions, Underestimate the accuracy of our knowledge, Accept as logical those conclusions that involve unfamiliar concepts

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Accept as logical those conclusions that agree with our own opinions

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Mental sets and functional fixedness are types of:

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Fixation

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A strategy in which the likelihood of an event is estimated on the basis of how easily other instances of the event are accesible in memory is called the:

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Availability heuristic

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The term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring, retaining, and using knowledge is:

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Cognition

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When Janice forgot to pack a pillow for her camping trip she used her down-jacket as a substitute pillow. In this situation Janice:

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Was not constrained by functional fixedness

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A dessert recipe that gives you the ingredients, their amounts and the steps to follow is an example of a(n):

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Algorithm

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Which of the following is an example of the use of heuristics? Options: Trying every possible combination of letters when unscrambling a word, Considering each possible move when playing chess, Using the formula “area=length x width” to find the area of a rectangle, Playing chess using a defensive strategy that has often been successful for you

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Playing chess using a defensive strategy that has often been successful for you

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Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

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Overconfidence