This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Emotions > Cognition And Emotions – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cognition And Emotions Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The smallest unit of meaning in language A) Syntax. B) Diphones. C) Morphemes. D) Phonemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Morphemes. 2. Jamilla systematically tried each successive key on her dad's key ring until she found the one that unlocked his office door. This best illustrates problem solving by means of A) Functional Fixedness. B) Belief Perseverance. C) An Algorithm. D) A Heuristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An Algorithm. 3. Stanley was in an accident that damaged his brain. Now he has lost his ability to form memories for all events occurring after his accident. Stanley accident has resulted in ..... amnesia. A) Retrograde. B) Anterograde. C) Primary. D) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anterograde. 4. What are the three stages of memory in order? A) Sensory memory, long-term memory, short-term memory. B) Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory. C) Short-term memory, long-term memory, sensory memory. D) Long-term memory, short-term memory, sensory memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory. 5. The reason most North Americans cannot accurately describe the head of a penny is due to: A) Storage decay. B) Retrieval failure. C) Encoding failure. D) Motivated forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Encoding failure. 6. The consensus among MOST researchers is that the heritability of intelligence is about A) 20%. B) 50%. C) 80%. D) 100%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 50%. 7. Average intelligence is usually defined as any score from ..... A) 70-89. B) 95-105. C) 110-119. D) 120-129. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 95-105. 8. Consider this sentence:The dog agreed mountains for fun. The main problem with this sentence is A) Phonemes. B) Morphemes. C) Semantics. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semantics. 9. ..... are attitudes that contain a 'should' or 'ought' aspect. A) Beliefs. B) Values. C) Stereotype. D) Prejudice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Values. 10. When we learn new information it can sometimes make it harder to remember the previously learning information. This is called? A) Transience. B) Bias. C) Proactive Interference. D) Retroactive Interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retroactive Interference. 11. What has occurred when you mistakenly remember the details of a story a friend told you and begin sharing it as something you read? A) SOURCE AMNESIA. B) Retroactive amnesia. C) Anterograde amnesia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SOURCE AMNESIA. 12. Shelley had food poisoning after eating a Wendy's cheeseburger. Now she doesn't like any cheeseburgers. This is an example of A) Localization. B) Discrimination. C) Generalization. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generalization. 13. Individual or group that is unfairly blamed for the problems of others A) Attribution theory. B) Scapegoat. C) Self-serving bias. D) Matching hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapegoat. 14. Facts learned in classes at school become part of the A) Procedural memories. B) Episodic memories. C) Generic memories. D) Iconic memories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generic memories. 15. What is a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem? A) Prototype. B) Concept. C) Algorithm. D) Insight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Algorithm. 16. ..... refers to a person's ability to say no to persuasive messages. A) Sales resistance. B) Persuasion. C) Two sided arguments. D) Discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sales resistance. 17. To remember a list of items, you can organize the items into familiar, manageable units A) Mnemonic devices. B) Chunking. C) Working memory. D) Cognition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chunking. 18. Which of the following has a tendency to be the hardest, least effective way to learn something? A) Using spaced practice. B) Using shallow processing. C) Using elaborative rehearsal. D) Using deep processing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using shallow processing. 19. Charness (1981) and Saariluoma (1990) suggest that human chess playing strategy is a mix of ..... A) Boredom with acceptance. B) Laziness with efficiency. C) Laziness with effectiveness. D) Experience with knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laziness with efficiency. 20. If you try to remember something but cannot, yet know the information is in memory, you are experiencing the A) Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. B) Psuedoamnesia phenomenon. C) Non-selective attention. D) Retrieval-delay phenomenon. 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