thinking

to find the best route to work, Vlad identified all routes and eliminated options one by one. Which of the following did Vlad use?

• incubation

• divergent thinking

• expertise

• convergent thinking

When asked to think of a ball, Carlos quickly thought of images of baseballs, basketballs, and footballs. Which psychological concept best applies to this scenario?

• prototypes

• convergent thinking

• creativity

• venturesome personality

Your teacher asks how many uses you can think of for a pencil. She is testing your

• convergent thinking

• intrinsic motivation

• divergent thinking

• prototypes

To solve calculus problems, Ridge always uses the same logical and methodical rule that guarantees a solution. Ridge uses a(n)

• heuristic

• algorithm

• insight

• mental set

When Thom looks for examples of his congresswomen giving to charity, while ignoring her ethics violations, he is being affected by

• confirmation bias

• intuition

• the sunk-cost fallacy

• the avalibility heuristic

When Thom continues to believe that his congresswoman is an honest person even after she is sent to jail, Thom is experiencing

• framing

• intuition

• belief perseverance

• confirmation bias

Jarvis has found himself purchasing meat labeled as "80 percent lean" more often than "20 percent fat", even though the meat is the same. Which psychological concept best applies to this scenario?

• intuition

• insight

• framing

• overconfidence

After a news story about a kidnapping, Odessa felt more afraid that her children would be kidnapped, even though its a very rare occurrence. Which of the following psychological concept best applies to this scenario?

• intuition

• belief perseverance

• mental set

• availability heuristic

Bre generates, organizes, plans, and implements goal directed behavior to complete her homework on time. What are these cognitive skills called?

• heuristics

• intuition

• executive functions

• stereotypes

what job do participants predict a 6 foot 10 inch man will hold? - a professional basketball player or a teacher? - which psychological concept is being represented?

• gamblers fallacy

• confirmation bias

• representativeness heuristic

• motivated reasoning