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Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic classes of problems? -
correct answer ✔problems of probability


People often assume that it is necessary to use all the numerical information
provided in a problem in order to solve the problem. In reality, numerical
information sometimes makes it more difficult to solve a problem because the
information - correct answer ✔may be irrelevant.


Which of the following is NOT a common heuristic for problem-solving? -
correct answer ✔trial and error


As compared to Easterners, Westerners tend to see______in their problem
solving approach. - correct answer ✔parts rather than wholes


Simon's theory of bounded rationality asserts that people frequently make -
correct answer ✔irrational decisions that are less than optimal.


Which strategy for decision-making might involve the weighting of individual
attributes differently based on the importance of the attributes? - correct
answer ✔.




additive strategy


Car A has good mileage, a low price, and low maintenance, or three pluses.
Car B has only a low price and low maintenance, or two pluses. So, I'll choose
Car A. This is an example of - correct answer ✔a purely additive strategy.

,Decision researcher have discovered that people often behave in a way that is
- correct answer ✔inconsistent with expected value.


The ________ heuristic involves basing estimates of event probability on the
ease with which relevant instances of the event comes to mind. - correct
answer ✔availability


The conjunction fallacy is a tendency to - correct answer ✔believe that the
odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of
either event happening alone.


Joe is betting Jim on whether a tossed coin will land on heads or tails. Joe has
bet heads the last four times and has lost each time. If on the next toss he
bets heads again and says, "It's got to be heads, heads is overdue" his
reasoning illustrates the - correct answer ✔gambler's fallacy.


Evolutionary psychology suggest that the human mind is wired to think in
terms of - correct answer ✔raw frequencies rather than base rates and
probabilities.


According to dual-process theories of decision-making, when complicated or
important decisions need to be made people use - correct answer ✔rule-
governed strategies.


The original French intelligence test was revised and renamed the Stanford-
Binet Intelligence Scale by - correct answer ✔Lewis Terman.


Tom is ten-years-old and has a mental age of eight. Tom's IQ is - correct
answer ✔80.

, You recently took the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and just learned that
your IQ is 100. This IQ score of 100 means - correct answer ✔that you
showed average performance on the test.


Correlations between students' IQ scores and their school grades suggest that
IQ tests - correct answer ✔are a reasonably valid method to predict school
performance.


The IQ scores of _______ show the highest correlation. - correct answer
✔identical twins reared together


Experts estimate that the heritability of intelligence is approximately 50%. This
suggests that - correct answer ✔50% of the variability in intelligence in a
population of individuals is due to variations in genetic inheritance.


A deprived environment is generally _________ correlated with IQ. - correct
answer ✔negatively


According to Robert Sternberg, intelligence can be divided into three major
parts. These three components of intelligence are - correct answer
✔analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, and practical intelligence.


Which of the following is NOT one of the eight types of intelligence described
by Gardner? - correct answer ✔mechanical


Research by psychologists examining cultural differences in IQ and the
suggested causes of these differences has, at times, been controversial
largely because of the political, social, and educational implications of the
research. This statement BEST reflects which unifying theme in psychology? -
correct answer ✔psychology evolves in a socio-historical context

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