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Psychology 105 Quiz QuestionsWhen people rely on mental shortcuts to reach a conclusion or make a decision, they often fail to take
into account how common a behavior or characteristic is in general. This kind of information is called the
__________ by psychological scientists.
a) schema tome
b) base rate
c) ground level
d) prototype - correct answer ✔✔b) base rate
Humans have developed strategies that keep our decision-making to a manageable minimum by relying
on "fast and frugal" thinking. This kind of frugality is more generally known as __________.
a) judicious completeness
b) cognitive economy
c) mental savings
d) fiscal conservatism - correct answer ✔✔b) cognitive economy
Which of the following terms refers to the grammatical rules that govern how we put words together
into meaningful groups?
a) morpheme
b) syntax
c) language
d) phoneme - correct answer ✔✔b) syntax
Language is a system that allows us to create an infinite number of meaningful combinations of words
and to communicate new ideas. This is because language is __________.
,a) sequential
b) natavist
c) pragmatic
d) generative - correct answer ✔✔d) generative
Which term means a certain window of time in which a particular ability, such as language, must be
learned in order for it to be learned at all?
a) cognitive opportunity
b) critical period
c) essential span
d) learning window - correct answer ✔✔b) critical period
In a study on decision making, Timothy Wilson and his colleagues gave female college students a choice
of five art posters to take home but gave them different directions about how to make their choice.
Which group of students was happier with their poster choice after a few weeks had passed?
a) the students who "went with their gut" and took the posters they liked without thinking it over.
b) the students who consulted with a friend before deciding.
c) the students who already knew which poster they liked before the study began.
d) the students who carefully listed the pros and cons of each poster before deciding. - correct answer
✔✔a) the students who "went with their gut" and took the posters they liked without thinking it over
Many scientific breakthroughs have come by way of __________, which involves recognizing similarities
between two unrelated subjects. This type of problem-solving allows us to look at things in a new way.
a) heuristics
b) framing
c) analogies
,d) algorithms - correct answer ✔✔c) analogies
Which of the following refers to a theory that argues that characteristics of language shape our thoughts,
but does not go so far as saying that language actually defines our thinking?
a) linguistic literalism
b) linguistic determinism
c) linguistic relativity
d) language acquisition theory - correct answer ✔✔c) linguistic relativity
Controlled studies of speed reading show that after a person is reading more than 400 words per minute
__________.
a) comprehension is cut in half
b) comprehension improves slightly
c) comprehension improves dramatically
d) further speed gains are impossible - correct answer ✔✔a) comprehension is cut in half
The model of the mind that takes into account the human ability to mentally simulate experiences is
called the __________ model.
a) cognitive
b) embodiment
c) imaginative
d) simulations - correct answer ✔✔b) embodiment
Experimental evidence shows that the most effective way to teach reading is for learners to be made
aware of correspondences between sounds and printed letters. This method is called __________.
a) word recognition
, b) speed reading
c) lexical distribution
d) phonetic decomposition - correct answer ✔✔d) phonetic decomposition
When we judge the likelihood of an event based on how prevalent that event has been in our past
experience, we are relying on the __________ heuristic.
a) hindsight
b) functionality
c) availability
d) representativeness - correct answer ✔✔d) representativeness
One of the difficulties that animals such as bonobos or chimpanzees have when learning language is
mastering __________.
a) punctuation
b) prepositions
c) syntax
d) analogies - correct answer ✔✔c) syntax
Which of the following is true of the early stages in the way children learn language?
a) production supersedes comprehension
b) production precedes comprehension
c) comprehension succeeds production
d) comprehension precedes production - correct answer ✔✔d) comprehension precedes production
Sometimes when we are trying to solve a problem, we get stuck by looking at the problem in only one
way. This phenomenon is known as __________.
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