Quiz on Problem Solving

What is a step by step procedure for solving a problem?

• algorithm

• availability heuristic

• cognition

• algorithm

What is it called when people rely on and believe information that is more popular or easily recalled?

• heuristic

• representative heuristic

• availability heuristic

• functional fixedness

What is a label or mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, and people?

• prototype

• concept

• mental set

• heuristic

What are mental activities & processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering?

• cognition

• concept

• prototype

• heuristic

What is a “typical” member of a category, one with the most defining features of that category?

• prototype

• concept

• cognition

• heuristic

What is a habitual strategy or pattern for problem solving?

• prototype

• concept

• heuristic

• mental set

What is the tendency to think of an object only in terms of its typical use?

• functional fixedness

• insight

• strategy

• algorithm

What is a sudden awareness solution to a problem called?

• belief perseverance

• strategy

• insight

• cognition

What is a specific method for approaching problems?

• insight

• heuristic

• strategy

• algorithm

What is a strategy that allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently?

• insight

• algorithm

• strategy

• heuristic