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Cognition Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You are deciding between a new security system or a carbon monoxide detector. Due to the recent burglaries in your neighborhood, you end up purchasing a new security system. You did this because of:

a)

availability heuristic

b)

belief perseverance

c)

cognitive mapping

d)

latent learning

e)

mental set

2.

You went to visit Lynchburg College and it just didn't feel like your ideal vision of what college should look/feel like. This is due to your _ of what an ideal college looks like.

a)

prototype

b)

overconfidence

c)

framing

d)

cognitive dissonance

e)

cognitive mapping

3.

You always go for the "girl next door" type of person when choosing a partner, someone who is sweet, effortlessly beautiful, relatively low maintenance. This strategy is your:

a)

mental set

b)

availability heuristic

c)

dating algorithm

d)

overconfidence

e)

social learning

4.

While doing your groceries, you see two different beef products. Both cost and weigh exactly the same. One is labeled “80% lean” and the other “20% fat.” Comparing the two, you feel that 20% fat sounds like an unhealthy option, so you choose the 80% lean option. This is due to:

a)

framing

b)

observational learning

c)

learned helplessness

d)

latent learning

e)

belief perseverance

5.

The Unit 4 test is next class but you feel like this unit has been pretty easy and decide not to study until the night before. This is due to:

a)

overconfidence

b)

heuristic

c)

framing

d)

representative heuristic

e)

insight learning

6.

Which of the following represents the concept of "furniture"?

a)

Only chairs and tables.

b)

Objects specifically for seating.

c)

Items used in a home for sitting, sleeping, or storing things.

d)

Devices with mechanical parts.

7.

Which of these is a prototype for "fruit"?

a)

apple

b)

mango

c)

jackfruit

d)

carrot

8.

Trying random keys until finding the one that unlocks the door is an example of:

a)

algorithm

b)

heuristic

c)

trial and error

d)

intuition

9.

Trying random keys until finding the one that unlocks the door is an example of:

a)

algorithm

b)

heuristic

c)

trial and error

d)

intuition

10.

Solving a puzzle by testing random pieces in different places until it fits is using:

a)

algorithm

b)

prototype

c)

trial and error

d)

insight

11.

Following a recipe exactly to bake a cake involves:

a)

intuition

b)

heuristic

c)

trial and error

d)

algorithm

12.

Guessing a password based on common passwords (like “password”) is an example of:

a)

algorithm

b)

heuristic

c)

trial and error

d)

overconfidence

13.

A firefighter instinctively knowing where a fire will spread next is using:

a)

algorithm

b)

heuristic

c)

intuition

d)

trial and error

14.

Assuming someone wearing a suit is a lawyer because of how they look is an example of:

a)

intuition

b)

algorithm

c)

representative heuristic

d)

functional fixedness

15.

Thinking a quiet, studious person is more likely to be a librarian than a salesperson demonstrates:

a)

availability heuristic

b)

mental set

c)

representative heuristic

d)

functional fixedness

16.

Believing you are prone to contracting a rare disease because you heard about it in the news is an example of:

a)

availability heuristic

b)

sunk-cost fallacy

c)

algorithm

d)

belief perserverance

17.

Feeling overwhelmed when choosing from too many ice cream flavors is an example of:

a)

belief bias

b)

paradox of choice

c)

heuristic

d)

sunk-cost fallacy

18.

Repeatedly trying a key in a door because it worked before reflects:

a)

functional fixedness

b)

mental set

c)

algorithm

d)

belief bias

19.

Struggling to see a spoon as anything but a tool for eating shows:

a)

Availability Heuristic

b)

Belief Bias

c)

Functional Fixedness

d)

Framing

20.

Believing heads will come up after five tails in a row demonstrates:

a)

Gambler’s Fallacy

b)

Sunk-Cost Fallacy

c)

Availability Heuristic

d)

Belief Perseverance