Thinking and Language - Thinking and Problem Solving

Which of the following is NOT a basic unit of thought in psychology?

• image

• metacognition

• symbols

• rules

Which of the following is an example of a symbol?

• studying Latin vocabulary from conjugation concepts to specific verbs

• imagining a butterfly in your mind

• studying Latin vocabulary from specific verbs to conjugation concepts

• A flower representing the concept of life

Reasoning brings together learning experiences to reach a goal. Deductive reasoning is:

• a bottom-up approach from specific to general

• a top-down approach from specific to more general

• a bottom-up approach from general to specific

• a top-down approach from general to more specific

Reasoning brings together learning experiences to reach a goal. Inductive reasoning is:

• is a bottom-up approach from more specific to general

• a top-down approach from general to more specific

• is a bottom-up approach from general to more specific

• a top-down approach from more specific to general

The process of thinking about thinking can be vital to improving problem solving and thinking. This is called:

• deductive reasoning

• metacognition

• inductive reasoning

• heuristics

"Gut" decisions are usually done by instinct. This makes them:

• automatic and bad

• automatic but not necessarily bad

• active and positive

• active but both good and bad

Planning with good decision making often are attributes of:

• a bad leader

• a psychologist

• a good leader

• a teacher

When complex problems occur, it is best:

• to take them as is and look at the end goal

• to take them as is without looking at the end goal

• to break them down into benchmarks to monitor along the way to the goal

• to only find an alternative and choose a strategy

A fixed number of procedures that lead to a solution is:

• functional fixedness

• an algorithm

• heuristics

• a mental set

The experimental or rule of thumb approach is:

• functional fixedness

• an algorithm

• heuristics

• a mental set