AP Psych- Thinking, Language and Creativity

All the mental activity associated with thinking, knowing and communicating are collectively called:

• cognition

• concepts

• prototypes

• heuristics

• algorithms

When Miguel thinks of transportation his first reaction is to say Ferrari. Clearly Ferrari is his:

• concept

• heuristic

• algorithm

• stereotype

• prototype

Nevada has tried every study technique that he can think of , but spacing out his studying seems to be the only thing that helps him to remember information. The process he is using to figure out what works for him is a:

• heuristic

• algorithm

• prototype

• insight

• expertise

John is trying to figure out what to have for dinner, and decides that he is just going to the same Chic- Fil A he always goes to. This is an example of a:

• algorithm

• heuristic

• insight

• creative choice

• fixation

Ferdinand cannot figure out how to solve his calculus homework and suddenly has an epiphany about what equation he wants to use. This is an example of:

• heuristics

• algorithms

• insight

• cognition

• expertise

Although it is very clear that the earth is not flat, there are still people who argue that it is. This refutation of reality in favor of looking for information that supports their own ideas best represents which concept?

• mental set

• representativeness heuristic

• confirmation bias

• availability heuristic

• functional fixedness

Every time Ryan has to clean up water at home he uses paper towels. At work he is shocked when his boss gets upset for him using up the paper towels instead of using a mop. This problem arose because of Ryan's:

• mental set

• functional fixedness

• confirmation bias

• representativeness heuristic

• availability heuristic

You see someone walking down the street who is seven feet tall, and wearing an NBA basketball jersey. You are immediately excited to meet this NBA player, until you realize that it is just a tall person. You were tricked because of your:

• algorithm

• mental set

• representativeness heuristic

• mental heuristic

• availability heuristic

You are extremely scared that you are going to crash when flying in an airplane because you distinctly recall horrible plane crashes. Your friend lets you know you are safer on a plane than in your car, and this clearly reveals you were acting because of a(n):

• representativeness heuristic

• availability heuristic

• algorithm

• mental set

• overconfidence

You find out that you are at greater risk of a car accident while texting, and yet you continue to do so despite the risk to your life because you don't think it will happen to you even though the data clearly proves it is now more likely. You suffer from:

• belief perseverance

• representativeness heuristic

• availability heuristic

• cognition

• intuition