Chapter 8: Cognitive Processes

According to the logic of Donders's analysis,

When Jerry goes with friends to a fast-food restaurant, they each wait in a different line to see who gets to the counter first. That's a good example of __________ processing.

Lauren can juggle and talk at the same time. Warren cannot. It sounds as if juggling is more of a(n) __________ process for Lauren than for Warren.

A friend walks up to you and says, "Remember what I said yesterday? Well, forget about it." If you understand all of this, it's because your friend has made an appropriate assessment of common ground based on

Research has demonstrated that __________ can learn the meanings of plastic symbols without any explicit training.

The hypothesis of linguistic relativity suggests that

Research using fMRI scans suggest that lying draws heavily on the brain areas responsible for __________ and __________.

Suppose you study a text that inserts you into the middle of a room with objects around you. It should take you the least time to verify that object that is

A(n) __________ is not one component of the definition of a problem space.

When you are engaging in __________ reasoning, you should be wary of a(n) __________.

Suppose you are asked to estimate whether Hollywood releases more comedies or horror flicks each year. To answer this question, you are most likely to use the __________ heuristic.

Because Paul is a satisficer, you would expect him to