Psych 1 Problem Solving & Language

Which term refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating?

• schema

• heuristic

• cognition

• syntax

The “aha” experience, or suddenly realizing the solution to a problem, is called

• functional fixedness

• a concept.

• symbolic thinking

• insight

Which of the following is a type of problem solving?

• nondirected

• directed

• heuristic

• metacognition

A label used to represent a class of objects or events is called a(n)

• concept

• rule

• image

• set

Metacognition occurs when you think about

• thinking

• heuristics

• concepts

• rules

A child who speaks in sentences, but does not use articles or prepositions is exhibiting

• flexibility

• linguistic relativity

• telegraphic speech

• babbling

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. For example “The man walks the dog. Vs The dog walks the man”.

• Semantics

• Syntax

• Morpheme

• Phoneme

If you are asked to name a prototypical (prototype) weapon, you would most likely say a:

• Fencing sword

• Baseball bat

• Dynamite

• Gun

While moving to a new apartment, Jasmine needed to hold the door open with something heavy. It suddenly dawned on her that she could use a huge potted tree as a doorstop. Jasmine solved her problem by overcoming:

• Functional Fixedness

• Confirmation Bias

• Heuristic

• Algorithm

Luis is on the jury of a murder case. He hears the prosecution’s evidence and decides that the defendant is guilty. Later, the defense provides several witnesses that state that the defendant was at a party during the time of the murder. However, Luis still believes the defendant is guilty because of the decision he made while listening to the prosecution earlier. Which of the following obstacles to problem solving is operating in this situation?

• Confirmation bias

• Functional Fixedness

• Mental Set

• Heuristic