Unit 5 Cognition

What is the term for the grouping of information into meaningful units?

• Concept

• Natural Concept

• Overconfidence

• Chunking

Which of the following is the best term for mental activities associated with remembering, thinking, and knowing?

• Cognition

• Concepts

• Convergent thinking

• Divergent thinking

“The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory.

• short-term
  

• explicit

• implicit

• sensory

Memory decay is fastest for which type of memory?

• Sensory Memory

• Short Term Memory

• Working Memory

• Long Term Memory

Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to:

• Allow preexisting beliefs to distort logical reasoning

• Cling to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited

• Search randomly through alternative solutions when problem solving

• Look for information that is consistent with one’s beliefs

What is the term for the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses?

• A) Perception

• B) Cognition

• C) Intuition

• D) Insight

Which of the following best describes the process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information?

• A) Memory

• B) Learning

• C) Perception

• D) Cognition

What is the term for a mental grouping of similar objects, events, or people?

• A) Schema

• B) Prototype

• C) Concept

• D) Heuristic

Which cognitive bias involves favoring information that confirms previously existing beliefs or biases?

• A) Anchoring Bias

• B) Confirmation Bias

• C) Hindsight Bias

• D) Availability Heuristic

What is the term for the inability to see a problem from a new perspective, by employing a different mental set?

• A) Fixation

• B) Functional Fixedness

• C) Mental Set

• D) Insight