Cognition And Emotions Quiz 38 (20 MCQs)

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1. The basic process in memory that involves formation of a memory code is

Correct Answer: A) Encoding.

2. Formula for IQ

Correct Answer: C) IQ= mental age/chronological age * 100.

3. What is culture?

Correct Answer: C) Shared a way of life for a particular group of people.

4. Whorf's linguistic determination hypothesis states that:

Correct Answer: D) Our language shapes our thinking.

5. Being able to understand that the "right to bear arms" is not referring to an animal shows you can understand what?

Correct Answer: A) SEMANTICS.

6. Proposed a hierarchy of needs that suggests a strive toward self-actualization when other needs are met.

Correct Answer: C) Abraham Maslow.

7. Actor observer bias may give an inaccurate view of a person because

Correct Answer: C) People's behavior may not always reflect their true personalities.

8. On the following list, which would you remember based on the primacy and recency effect? 4, 9, 8, 4, 2, 6, 3, 6, 8, 4, 2, 1, 1, 5, 7

Correct Answer: A) 4, 9, 8 and 1, 5, 7.

9. Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they match our prototype.

Correct Answer: B) Representative heuristics.

10. Semantic encoding is to visual encoding as ..... is to .....

Correct Answer: C) Meaning; imagery.

11. The process of translating information into a form it can be stored.

Correct Answer: B) Encoding.

12. What the process by which people are drawn to others who appeal to them in a number of ways?

Correct Answer: C) Attraction.

13. Math problems can be difficult to solve because we get stuck on using the same method over and over.

Correct Answer: B) Fixation.

14. The effect that expectations can have on outcomes.

Correct Answer: A) Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.

15. Consider this sentence:The small child tired was. The main problem involves

Correct Answer: D) Syntax.

16. A child using the word ball for a particular ball and not for all balls is an example of?

Correct Answer: C) Underextension.

17. What memory process are you using when you recalled information about what happened in 1st grade?

Correct Answer: B) Retrieval.

18. This experimenter was interested in researching how far people would go in obeying an instruction if it involved harming another person.

Correct Answer: D) This was Stanley Milgram.

19. What are phonemes?

Correct Answer: D) Basic Sounds.

20. Who suggested that "we feel sorry because we cry ..... afraid because we tremble" ?

Correct Answer: B) Williams James.