Cognition And Emotions Quiz 27 (20 MCQs)

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1. When solving a complex math problem, Jose proceeds from the given information in the problem to new conclusions based on explicit mathematical rules he has learned in class. Jose is using ..... thought.
2. Which type of memory would be stored in long-term memory?
3. ..... error is a common mistake in which people overestimate the influence of internal factors on a person's behavior and underestimate the influence of external factors.
4. A European visitor to the United States asked a taxi driver, "Can you please a ride to the airport me give? " This visitor has apparently not yet mastered the ..... of the English language.
5. What type of social comparison do people use if they want a self-esteem boost?
6. Which of the following is usually associated with creativity?
7. A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test
8. A memory from our own personal life is a
9. Textbooks are often organized into ..... in order to facilitate information processing.
10. Which one is not part of Howard Gardner's packages of intelligence
11. Chomsky called competence .....
12. In an effort to remember how to spell "rhinoceros, " Samantha spells the word aloud 30 times. She is using a technique known as
13. Jack takes the same test of mechanical reasoning on several different days and gets virtually identical scores. This suggests that the test has
14. A cognitive bias in which the impression we form about one quality of a person influences our beliefs and expectations about the person in other qualities
15. How many phonemes do we have in the English Language?
16. Most people tend to:
17. Unusually vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events are called
18. When someone mentions Ivy League colleges, Trisha immediately thinks of Harvard University. In this instance, Harvard University is a
19. Punishment works to ..... a behaviour whereas reinforcement works to ..... a behaviour.
20. If higher scores on the ACT are found to correlate with higher GPAs the first year of college, the ACT can be said to have: