Question 1

_____ may help us to generalize, whereas _____ may help us accomplish a goal.

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A)  Problem solving/concepts
B)  Concepts/problem solving
C)  Algorithms/artificial intelligence (AI) 
D)  Artificial intelligence (AI) /algorithmsE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 2

A prototype is a

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A)  strategy that guarantees a solution to a problem.
B)  representation of the average or ideal member of a concept.
C)  tendency to search for and use information that supports our ideas rather than refutes them.
D)  way in which information is processed and manipulated in the decision-making process.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

The sentence "The bicycle talked the boy into buying a candy bar" is

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A)  pragmatically correct but syntactically incorrect.
B)  semantically correct but syntactically incorrect.
C)  syntactically correct but semantically incorrect.
D)  syntactically and pragmatically incorrect.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Define the concept of heritability and explain how it relates to the study of intelligence.

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Open-mindedness involves

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A)  being alert and mentally present for one's everyday activities.
B)  being receptive to other ways of looking at things.
C)  the tendency to ignore information about general principles in favor of very specific but vivid information.
D)  the tendency to predict about the probability of an event based on the ease of recalling similar events.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 6

_____ is a characteristic of good problem solvers.

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A)  Pessimism
B)  Humility
C)  Egocentrism
D)  FixationE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Hillary meets her brother's friend Drake, who is a tall, lanky man.She concludes that Drake might be a basketball player for his college team.According to the biases and heuristics in decision making, it can be concluded that Hillary mirrors _____ in this scenario.

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A)  the representativeness heuristic
B)  the availability heuristic
C)  confirmation bias
D)  hindsight biasE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

Cognitive psychology is the study of

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A)  emotions and sensations.
B)  mental processes.
C)  abnormal functioning of one's physiology.
D)  social relationships.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above B

Question 9

Mindfulness means

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A)  being alert and mentally present for one's everyday activities.
B)  being receptive to other ways of looking at things.
C)  having a strong ability to think about something in novel and unusual ways.
D)  having the tendency to ignore information about general principles.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 10

_____ refers to a language's rules for word formation, whereas _____ refer to the meaning of words and sentences.

Accepted Answer

A)  Phonology/semantics
B)  Morphology/semantics
C)  Phonology /pragmatics
D)  Syntax /phonologyE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

The ability to analyze, judge, evaluate, compare, and contrast are characteristics of _____ intelligence.

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A)  algorithmic
B)  analytical
C)  creative
D)  practicalE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

According to Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, _____ intelligence predominantly involves the ability to design, invent, originate, and imagine.

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A)  intrapersonal
B)  analytical
C)  creative
D)  naturalistE) A) and D)
F) A) and C) C

Question 13

A high-school football coach decides to use the time taken to run up 100 stairs as a test for running endurance.He tests every team member on three consecutive days and finds that the times for each person are similar on all three trials.His test for endurance appears to have good

Accepted Answer

A)  generativity.
B)  generalization.
C)  reliability.
D)  standardization.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Dr.Ambrose is administering an intelligence test, and one question asks, "During what month of the year does the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)  basketball championship games start?" Students from various groups within the U.S., as well as students from other countries, may have problems with this question because it is probably

Accepted Answer

A)  gender biased.
B)  culturally biased.
C)  unreliable.
D)  generalized.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true of people who are gifted?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are typically gifted in many domains.
B)  They have an IQ of less than 120.
C)  They have superior talent in a particular areA.
D)  They have below-average intelligence.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Which of the following characteristics is essential to the process of critical thinking?

Accepted Answer

A)  mindfulness and open-mindedness
B)  fixedness and divergent thinking
C)  heuristics and creativity
D)  inductive reasoning and deductive reasoningE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Every week during football season, Fred and his friends have fun following the local high-school teams.Before the games, Fred never really talks too much about how the games will turn out.On Monday, however, it is a different scenario altogether.Fred is more than happy to share with his friends that the games came out exactly as he thought they would and why.Fred seems to be demonstrating

Accepted Answer

A)  overconfidence bias.
B)  hindsight bias.
C)  selection bias.
D)  deductive reasoning.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 18

If an intelligence test produces the same score over multiple administrations but it doesn't accurately measure intelligence, then the test is _____ but not _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  reliable; valid
B)  valid; reliable
C)  inductive; deductive
D)  divergent; convergentE) A) and B)
F) B) and D) A

Question 19

Which of the following is true of concepts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Concepts prevent us from generalizing.
B)  Concepts are independent of experiences and objects.
C)  Concepts complicate the memory process.
D)  Concepts provide clues about how to react to a particular object or experience.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Which of the following is true of babbling?

Accepted Answer

A)  Babbling usually begins between the ages two-three.
B)  Deaf babies are unable to babble.
C)  It is determined by biological readiness.
D)  It is determined by the amount of reinforcement or the ability to hear.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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