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Cognition - Problem Solving and Cognitive Biases

Authored by Laura Gamard

Social Studies

12th Grade

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Cognition - Problem Solving and Cognitive Biases
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

______________ are shortcuts and incomplete simplified strategies that we often use to solve problems.

Algorithms

Heuristics

Confirmation Bias

Prospect Theory

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Using heuristics leads to _________________ ______________.

Normative models

Independent sysytems

Cognitive Biases

Descriptive models

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

______________ _________ is the tendency to seek out information that confirms pre-existing beliefs.

Framing Effect

Confirmation Bias

Selective Attention

Congruence Bias

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A defense attorney emphasizes to a jury that her client works full-time, supports his family, and enjoys leisure-time hobbies. Although none of this information is relevant to the trial, it is designed to make the defendant appear to be a typical member of the local community. The lawyer is most clearly attempting to take advantage 

confirmation bias.
functional fixedness.
belief perseverance.
the representativeness heuristic.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Pablo vainly searches for a screwdriver while failing to recognize that a readily available coin in his pocket would turn the screw. His oversight best illustrates: 

functional fixedness.
the availability heuristic.
belief perseverance.
the representativeness heuristic.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Advertisers know that a thirty-three percent discount sounds like a better deal than a discount of one third.  This best illustrates:

framing.
belief bias.
representativeness heuristics.
confirmation bias.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Maintaining one's conceptions even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited is known as: 

the representativeness heuristic.
belief perseverance.
confirmation bias.
functional fixedness.

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