Memory & Cognition Psychology Test

What is Cognition?

• mental activities and processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating information.

• a mental grouping of similar objects, events, states, ideas, and/or people

• our tendency to search for information which confirms our current theory, disregarding contradictory evidence.

• The quick-acting, automatic source of ideas we use instead of careful reasoning

What is a short-cut, step-saving thinking strategy or principle which generates a solution quickly (but possibly in error)?

• Insight

• Trial and error

• An algorithm

• Heuristic

What is Confirmation bias?

• mental activities and processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating information.

• a mental grouping of similar objects, events, states, ideas, and/or people

• our tendency to search for information which confirms our current theory, disregarding contradictory evidence.

• The quick-acting, automatic source of ideas we use instead of careful reasoning

What is a step by step strategy for solving a problem, methodically leading to a specific solution?

• Insight

• Trial and error

• An algorithm

• Heuristic

What is intuition?

• mental activities and processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating information.

• a mental grouping of similar objects, events, states, ideas, and/or people

• our tendency to search for information which confirms our current theory, disregarding contradictory evidence.

• The quick-acting, automatic source of ideas we use instead of careful reasoning

What is a concept in psychology?

• mental activities and processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating information.

• a mental grouping of similar objects, events, states, ideas, and/or people

• our tendency to search for information which confirms our current theory, disregarding contradictory evidence.

• The quick-acting, automatic source of ideas we use instead of careful reasoning

What is Insight?

• mental activities and processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating information.

• a mental grouping of similar objects, events, states, ideas, and/or people

• a sudden realization, a leap forward in thinking, that leads to a solution.

• The quick-acting, automatic source of ideas we use instead of careful reasoning

What is The tendency to get stuck in one way of thinking; an inability to see a problem from a new perspective?

• Fixation

• Mental set

• Overconfidence error

• availability heuristic

What is a mental set?

• The quick-acting automatic source of idea we use instead of careful reasoning

• our tendency to search for information which confirms our current theory, disregarding contradictory evidence

• The tendency to approach problems using a mindset (procedures and methods) that has worked previously.

• a mental grouping of similar objects, events, states, ideas, and/or people

What is it when we estimate the likelihood of an event based on how much it stands out in our mind?

• Fixation

• Mental set

• Overconfidence error

• availability heuristic