Unit 5 Test: Thinking, Problem Solving, and Language

What term describes the mental activities and processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating information?

• concept
• heuristics
• cognition
• algorithm

A label or a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, and people is known as a/an:

• prototype
• concept
• insight
• cognition

The term for the "typical" member of a category; the perfect example with the most common features is a/an:

• concept
• schema
• prototype
• subgoal

A problem solving strategy that involves a step by step procedure guaranteed to lead to the correct answer is a/an:

• Hueristic
• Algorithm
• Insight
• mental set

A strategy that allows us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently but may lead to errors:

• heuristic
• algorithm
• insight
• mental set

A sudden awareness of a solution to a problem. An "AHA" moment.

• heuristic
• algorithm
• insight
• mental set

Marty restarts his computer every time it has a problem. He continues to restart it even though it isn't fixing the issue. Marty is struggling with:

• functional fixedness
• belief perseverence
• mental set
• overconfidence

The belief that flying in an airplane is more dangerous than driving in a car is an example of:

• belief perseverance
• functional fixedness
• availability heuristic
• mental set

Thinking of a paperclip only as a way to clip papers together is an example of:

• mental set
• functional fixedness
• overconfidence
• availability heuristics

People who audition for American Idol despite being awful singers may suffer from:

• functional fixedness
• mental set
• overconfidence
• hindsight bias