Psychology S2 W4

A(n) ____ is a fixed set of procedures that, if followed correctly, will lead to a solution.

• metacognition

• mental set

• prototype

• algorithm

____ indicates the meaning of words or phrases when they appear in certain sentences or contexts.

• syntax

• semantics

• phonemes

• synonyms

Changing or reorganizing the information stored in memory to create new or transformed information is ____.

• schema

• insight

• mental set

• thinking

A persons experiences ____ when he or she comes upon a solution to a problem by creating a new mental arrangement of the elements of the problem.

• inspiration

• insight

• mental set

• metacognition

The strategy of problem solving that you use over and over again is your ____.

• mental set

• thought process

• thinking

• insight

____ is a set of rules for combining words, phrases, and sentences to express thoughts that can be understood by others.

• algorithm

• semantics

• syntax

• prototype

Thinking about thinking and understanding how you process information is ____.

• functional fixedness

• informational synthesis

• mental set

• metacognition

When you think of a car as an example of a vehicle, you are thinking of a(n) ____,

• schema

• functional set

• insight

• prototype

The smallest units of sound in the human language are called ___.

• blips

• sets

• phonemes

• letters

The inability to imagine new functions for familiar objects is called ____.

• memory loss

• functional fixedness

• mental set

• learning disorder