This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Emotions > Cognition And Emotions – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cognition And Emotions Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A person who tends to overestimate their abilities is ..... A) Knowledgeable. B) Overconfident. C) Savant. D) Believable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overconfident. 2. Success is used as a result of internal factors because.. A) It can increase one's confidence. B) Makes people feel bad. C) Others can see how good they are. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can increase one's confidence. 3. The processing of getting information out of memory storage is called: A) Encoding. B) Retrieval. C) Rehearsal. D) Storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retrieval. 4. If you tend to persist in using the same problem-solving strategy time after time, you are evidencing A) A delusion. B) An illusion. C) A mental set. D) A generic insight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mental set. 5. Sam has recently learned to play guitar quite well, but he cannot consciously remember ever having played guitar. What part of his brain did he likely damage? A) Medulla. B) Pons. C) Hippocampus. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 6. The retention of encoded information over time is called: A) Encoding. B) Retrieval. C) Rehearsal. D) Storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Storage. 7. The skills needed to ride a bicycle are stored as A) Procedural memories. B) Episodic memories. C) Generic memories. D) Echoic memories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Procedural memories. 8. The inability to see new uses for familiar objects is termed A) Non-flexible thinking. B) Functional fixedness. C) Proactive inhibition. D) Interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Functional fixedness. 9. Tendency to attribute the behavior of others to personality, or internal factors A) Reciprocity. B) Cognitive anchor. C) Actor-observer bias. D) Peripheral route. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actor-observer bias. 10. The processes involved in memory are: A) Attention, remembering and forgetting. B) Encoding storage and retrieval. C) Storing and remembering. D) Coding, short term, long term and forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encoding storage and retrieval. 11. Which researcher is associated with eyewitness testimony? A) Elizabeth Loftus. B) Diana Baumrind. C) Stanley Milgram. D) James Lange. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elizabeth Loftus. 12. Prototypes are A) Our best visual examples for concepts. B) Our desires and interests. C) Our imaginary friends. D) Our ideals, morals, and values. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our best visual examples for concepts. 13. Which of the following is not one of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences? A) Practical. B) Musical. C) Interpersonal. D) Spatial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Practical. 14. After conditioning, the previously neutral stimulus becomes the ..... A) Learnt Stimulus. B) Conditioned Stimulus. C) Unconditioned Stimulus. D) Conditioned Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conditioned Stimulus. 15. How many phonemes in the word psychology A) 5. B) 6. C) 7. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8. 16. Problem solving is one type of cognitive activity in which we all engage. Which of the following cognitive tendencies is seen to be an obstacle to problem solving? A) Availability heuristic. B) Insight. C) Prototype confusion. D) Confirmation bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confirmation bias. 17. Rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language A) Grammar. B) Semantics. C) Syntax. D) Telegraphics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. 18. Blomsfield believed ..... A) No one is bilingual. B) A bilingual person can be dominant or balanced. C) A bilingual person should use L2 as a native. D) Bilinguals are people who use L2 in any level of proficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A bilingual person should use L2 as a native. 19. Research shows that if we distribute our practice over multiple days, we will increase our retention. This is referred to as the: A) Spacing effect. B) Serial position effect. C) Method of Loci. D) Mnemoncs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spacing effect. 20. ..... tests measure specific types of mental abilities and ..... tests measure a person's mastery and knowledge of various subjects A) Aptitude; intelligence. B) Intelligence; achievement. C) Aptitude; achievement. D) Achievement; aptitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aptitude; achievement. ← 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 10Cognition And Emotions Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books