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WorksheetsCognition Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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:
availability heuristic
belief perseverance
cognitive mapping
latent learning
mental set
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.
prototype
overconfidence
framing
cognitive dissonance
cognitive mapping
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:
mental set
availability heuristic
dating algorithm
overconfidence
social learning
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:
framing
observational learning
learned helplessness
latent learning
belief perseverance
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:
overconfidence
heuristic
framing
representative heuristic
insight learning
Which of the following represents the concept of "furniture"?
Only chairs and tables.
Objects specifically for seating.
Items used in a home for sitting, sleeping, or storing things.
Devices with mechanical parts.
Which of these is a prototype for "fruit"?
apple
mango
jackfruit
carrot
Trying random keys until finding the one that unlocks the door is an example of:
algorithm
heuristic
trial and error
intuition
Trying random keys until finding the one that unlocks the door is an example of:
algorithm
heuristic
trial and error
intuition
Solving a puzzle by testing random pieces in different places until it fits is using:
algorithm
prototype
trial and error
insight
Following a recipe exactly to bake a cake involves:
intuition
heuristic
trial and error
algorithm
Guessing a password based on common passwords (like “password”) is an example of:
algorithm
heuristic
trial and error
overconfidence
A firefighter instinctively knowing where a fire will spread next is using:
algorithm
heuristic
intuition
trial and error
Assuming someone wearing a suit is a lawyer because of how they look is an example of:
intuition
algorithm
representative heuristic
functional fixedness
Thinking a quiet, studious person is more likely to be a librarian than a salesperson demonstrates:
availability heuristic
mental set
representative heuristic
functional fixedness
Believing you are prone to contracting a rare disease because you heard about it in the news is an example of:
availability heuristic
sunk-cost fallacy
algorithm
belief perserverance
Feeling overwhelmed when choosing from too many ice cream flavors is an example of:
belief bias
paradox of choice
heuristic
sunk-cost fallacy
Repeatedly trying a key in a door because it worked before reflects:
functional fixedness
mental set
algorithm
belief bias
Struggling to see a spoon as anything but a tool for eating shows:
Availability Heuristic
Belief Bias
Functional Fixedness
Framing
Believing heads will come up after five tails in a row demonstrates:
Gambler’s Fallacy
Sunk-Cost Fallacy
Availability Heuristic
Belief Perseverance
