Chapter 7 Thinking and Intelligence

Cognitive psychology focuses on the study of

• development

• thinking

• behavior

• society

Which is an example of a prototype of the concept of leadership?

• equipment manager

• scorekeeper

• team captain

• the quietest team member

Which is an artificial concept?

• mammals

• the area of a triangle

• gemstones

• teachers

An event schema is also known as a cognitive

• stereotype

• concept

• script

• prototype

The principles for organizing words into meaningful sentences

• linguistic determination

• lexicon

• semantics

• syntax

The meaning of words and phrases is determined by the rules of

• lexicon

• phonemes

• overgeneralization

• semantics

A specific formula for solving a problem is called

• an algorithm

• a heuristic

• a mental set

• trial and error

A mental shortcut in the form of a general problem-solving framework is called

• an algorithm

• a heuristic

• a mental set

• trial and error

Which type of bias involves becoming fixated on a single trait of a problem?

• anchoring

• confirmation

• representative

• availabilty

Which type of bias involves relying on a false stereotype to make a decision?

• anchoring

• confirmation

• representative

• availabilty