AP Unit 7/Gen. Psychology Ch. 7 Cognition

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The representativeness heuristic can produce faulty estimates if:

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We fail to consider the approximate number of prototypes that actually exist.

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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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A mental grouping of similar things, events or people is called a(n):

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Concept

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The conjunction fallacy is a tendency to:

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Believe that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone.

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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:

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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 available 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