Cognition Quiz

The concept of the availability heuristic is illustrated when you

• choose one movie over another because you prefer the design of its poster at the cinema.
• never make a decision about where to eat because you are rarely hungry.
• vow to never drive again because of the horrible accident you witnessed in front of your house
• refuse to buy food that you think is overpriced, even if you are wrong.

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:

• The availability heuristic
• An algorithm
• The representativeness heuristic
• Functional fixedness

The easier it is for people to remember an instance in which they were betrayed by a friend, the more they expect such an event to recur. This best illustrates the impact of: 

• insight
• representativeness heuristic
• anchoring heuristic
• availability heuristic

We are much more likely to think of a tattoo-covered man as a biker than as a librarian because of the use of ____________.

• anchoring heuristic
• representativeness heuristic
• hindsight bias
• intuition

The _________heuristic occurs when people use a stereotype to assess the likely occurrence of an event.

• representative
• availability
• anchoring
• adjustment

Bill has long blond hair, is from California, and says "hey dude" a lot. You think he is from California. What heuristic did you rely upon to make your judgment?

• representative
• availability
• anchoring
• framing

Why doesn't the availability heuristic guarantee a correct conclusion? Please choose the best answer.

• The availability heuristic is based on memorable events rather than data.
• The availability heuristic is a tool for quick decision making.
• The availability heuristic is based on false information.
• The availability heuristic does not make judgements about the frequency of events.

Our ability to retrieve information from our long-term memory and hold it in our short-term memory

• working memory

• multi-store memory

• central executive

• executive functions

model of memory related to typing versus handwriting

• working memory

• multi store

• levels of processing

• memory span

A teacher asks students to think of as many uses for a brick as possible. By listing 50 uses, most of which the class finds new and unusual, Susan is displaying

• Computational learning
• Paired-associate learning
• Hypothetical thinking
• Divergent thinking