Thinking Review

What is the term for how information is processed and manipulated when remembering, thinking, and knowing?

• Cognition

• Memory

• Storage

• Problem-solving

What are the psychological approaches that sought to explain observable behavior by investigating mental processes and structures that we cannot directly observe?

• Behavioral Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

• Sports Psychology

• Social Psychology

What is the mental process of finding an appropriate way to attain a goal when the goal is not readily available?

• Cognition

• Reasoning

• Decision-Making

• Problem-Solving

What is the mental activity of transforming information to reach conclusions?

• Cognition

• Reasoning

• Problem-Solving

• Decision-Making

What is evaluating alternatives and making choices among them while attempting to get the best outcome?

• Cognition

• Reasoning

• Problem-Solving

• Decision-Making

What is thinking reflectively and productively and evaluating the evidence?

• Critical Thinking

• Reasoning

• Decision-Making

• Problem-Solving

What are all parts of thinking?

• Concepts

• Problem Solving

• Critical Thinking

• All of the above

What is a characteristics of creative thinkers?

• Willingness to face risk

• Flexible and playful thinking

• Objective evaluation of work

• All of the above

What is an obstacle to problem solving?

• Fixation

• Functional Fixedness

• Willingness to Face Risk

• Both A and B

What is searching only for information that supports our own ideas?

• Hindsight Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• Availability Heuristic

• Representativeness Heuristic