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Chapter 8: Cognitive Processes Textbook Quiz for Psych 1020

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Chapter 8: Cognitive Processes

Pregunta 1 de 12

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According to the logic of Donders's analysis,

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Categorization is among the hardest mental processes.

  • It should always take longer to draw a capital C than a capital V.

  • Extra mental steps often result in more time to complete a task.

  • Reaction time is useful for understanding the order of mental processes.

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 12

1

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.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Serial

  • Automatic

  • Parallel

  • Ambiguity

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 12

1

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.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Controlled

  • Automatic

  • Parallel

  • Serial

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 12

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Copresence for actions.

  • Perceptual copresence.

  • Community membership.

  • Linguistic membership.

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 12

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Vervet monkeys

  • Orangutans

  • Chimpanzees

  • Bonobos

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 12

1

The hypothesis of linguistic relativity suggests that

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Languages can carve up the color spectrum in any way they choose.

  • The languages individuals speak affect the way they think about the world.

  • People have evolved to use languages with greater complexity than other species.

  • Some languages do not allow people to engage in audience design.

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 12

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Aggression; planning

  • Emotion; pattern recognition

  • Planning; emotion

  • Ambiguity resolution; aggression

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 12

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • In front of you.

  • Behind you.

  • On your left side.

  • On your right side.

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 12

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Algorithm

  • Set of operations

  • Goal state

  • Initial state

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 12

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Inductive; algorithm

  • Inductive; mental set

  • Deductive; premise

  • Deductive; think-aloud protocol

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 12

1

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.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Anchoring

  • Adjustment

  • Representativeness

  • Availability

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 12

1

Because Paul is a satisficer, you would expect him to

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Watch the first TV channel that catches his interest.

  • Be unhappy even though he recently obtained a high-paying job.

  • Test drive dozens of new cars before making a purchase.

  • Try every flavor of coffee at the new corner market.

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