Cognition Exit Ticket 1

1.       Wolfgang Kohler considered a chimpanzee’s sudden solving of a problem evidence of

•     Instinct

• Modeling

• Learning set

• Insight

      Metacognition refers to

• a.      Mental retardation

•    Thinking about thinking

• Thinking without memory

• Artificial intelligence

  Creativity is most closely associated with which of the following?

• Divergent thinking

•     Convergent thinking

• Spatial awareness

• Prototype

1.       Which of the following is true of analogies in supporting problem solving?

• Relevant analogies usually help people solve problems, and people do spontaneously think of relevant analogies

• Relevant analogies usually help people solve problems, but people often do not spontaneously think of relevant analogies

• Relevant analogies neither help nor hinder people when solving problems

     A person using the availability heuristic to

• Maintain a positive self-concept during times of stress

• Make a decision quickly by using the first information that comes to mind

• Avoid making the fundamental attribution error

• Avoid making the fundamental attribution error

   A prototype is best defined as

• The hypothetical “most typical” instance of a category

• An essential element of category membership

• An example of bottom-up processing

• The equivalent of feature abstraction

A group of friends watched a recent episode of a crime investigation show and concluded that they would have been able to figure out who was responsible for a crime more proficiently than did the television investigators. The friends’ overestimation of their ability to determine who committed the crime is most likely due to a reasoning error known as

• The availability heuristic

• Confirmation bias

• Hindsight bias

A best example of a category of objects, events, or people is called a(n)

• Prototype

• Concept

Simple thinking strategies that allow us to solve problems and make judgements efficiently are called

• heuristics

• prototypes

• algorithms

Logical, methodical step-by-step procedures for solving problems are called

• Algorithms

• Heuristics

• Prototypes