This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Emotions > Cognition And Emotions – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cognition And Emotions Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Memory for automatic activities, such as bike riding and handwriting, is known as: A) Declarative memory. B) Procedural memory. C) Semantic memory. D) Sensory memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Procedural memory. 2. Old pattern of problem solving is applied to a new problem. It predisposes how we think A) Mental set. B) Confirmation bias. C) Functional fixedness. D) Prototype. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mental set. 3. A methodical, step by step procedure for trying all possible alternatives in searching for a solution to a problem is A) An algorithm. B) A heuristic. C) A mental set. D) A syllogism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An algorithm. 4. A way of thinking about your own intelligence and abilities; it is the unchanging way you view your morals, ideals, and thoughts. A) Fixed Mindset. B) Growth Mindset. C) Metacognition. D) Insight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed Mindset. 5. Researcher who found that emotional responses of participants injected with epinephrine depended upon their interpretation of the situation they were placed in. A) William James. B) Hans Selye. C) Stanley Schachter. D) Ancel Keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanley Schachter. 6. A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently, usually speedier, but also more error-prone than algorithms. A) Availability Heuristic. B) Representative Heuristics. C) Heuristics. D) Algorithm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heuristics. 7. Erik tries to remember a series of items to buy at the shops. He is more likely to remember the first and last items. This is due to the ..... ? A) Cereal opposition affect. B) Chunking of items in the series. C) He paid more attention. D) Serial position effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Serial position effect. 8. Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin's classic three-stage model of memory includes all of the following, EXCEPT: A) Short-term memory. B) Long-term memory. C) Flashbulb memory. D) Sensory memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashbulb memory. 9. Ricardo distributes his study time rather than cramming because he wants to retain the information for the long term. He is using the: A) Serial position effect. B) Spacing effect. C) Semantic effect. D) Next-in-line effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spacing effect. 10. The memory stores include: A) Long term, short term, working memory. B) Working memory, long term and semantic. C) Echoic, iconic and procedural. D) Sensory, short term and long term memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory, short term and long term memory. 11. Heuristics are problem solving strategies which A) Use a trial and error approach. B) Use random search strategies. C) Guarantee success in solving a problem. D) Reduce the number of alternatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reduce the number of alternatives. 12. Dr. Napleton prefers to give his students all essay and fill-in-the-blank questions in order to fully test their: A) Recall. B) Recognition. C) Reconstruction. D) Relearning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recall. 13. Using the Atkinson Shriffin memory model, which process forms a LTM from STM A) Selective attention. B) Recalling. C) Storage. D) Encoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Encoding. 14. Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototype; it may lead us to ignore other relevant information. A) Availability Heuristic. B) Representative Heuristic. C) Overconfidence. D) Confirmation Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Representative Heuristic. 15. This statement is an example of a behavior "I am not going to let any girl's with pink hair sit next to me at lunch" ..... A) Stereotype. B) Prejudice. C) Discrimination. D) Privilege. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discrimination. 16. Some memories are stored in terms of their meaning. Which type of encoding is this? A) Visual. B) Acoustic. C) Semantic. D) Tactile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semantic. 17. To find Tabasco sauce in a large grocery store, you could systematically search every shelf in every store aisle. This best illustrates problem solving by means of: A) The availability heuristic. B) Functional fixedness. C) An algorithm. D) The representativeness heuristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An algorithm. 18. The "fight or flight" response involves activation of the ..... nervous system. A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic. 19. The various vowel sounds that can be placed between a t and an n produce words such as tan, ten, tin, and ton. These various vowel sounds represent different A) Prototypes. B) Semantics. C) Morphemes. D) Phonemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phonemes. 20. The Flynn effect states that A) Population IQ averages tend to increase over time. B) Males tend to perform better at math tests than females. C) Confirmation bias influences a population's political views. D) Insight is the most efficient system for solving problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population IQ averages tend to increase over time. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesCognition And Emotions Quiz 1Cognition And Emotions Quiz 2Cognition And Emotions Quiz 3Cognition And Emotions Quiz 4Cognition And Emotions Quiz 5Cognition And Emotions Quiz 6Cognition And Emotions Quiz 7Cognition And Emotions Quiz 8Cognition And Emotions Quiz 9Cognition And Emotions Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books