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Question 31

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When she meets her blind date for the evening, Marcella immediate gets a negative vibe from him. There is nothing obviously wrong-he is neatly dressed and well-groomed, polite, and reasonably attractive. There is just something that gives Marcella a bad feeling. She makes sure to end the date relatively quickly, and does not go out with him again. Daniel Kahneman would call this quick, intuitive type of thinking

A) System 2.
B) divergent.
C) System 1.
D) convergent.
E) heuristic.

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Question 32

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Which problem-solving strategy did the Wright brothers use to solve the challenge of powered human flight?

A) finding a relevant analogy
B) working backward from small-order to large-order concerns
C) formal logic
D) breaking the problem into subgoals
E) functional fixedness

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Which one of the following is NOT an artificial concept?

Which of the following is true of prototypes?

Mauricio is aware of stereotypes that others hold about Latino individuals. He feels that others expect him to be less intelligent than his peers of other races and that they anticipate that he will have less academic success. As a result, Mauricio tends to perform far below his actual ability. Psychologist Claude Steele referred to this as

The first thing that comes to mind when asked to name an example from a category is called the

A person who is a fine guitar player would be said to have a(n) ________ for playing the guitar.

Rob is preparing Chicken Baskini for Patty when he realizes that the chicken is supposed to be pounded out. So, he goes to the store to buy a cooking mallet. Rob never thought of using his rolling pin to flatten the chicken because of

A hypothetical construct cannot be

The concept of the confirmation bias specifically assumes that we are most likely to believe

Critics claimed that Jensen minimized or ignored the impact of all of the following in terms of racial differences EXCEPT for

Which is the most likely prototype for the concept of "vehicle"?

Which of the following people would most likely have savant syndrome?

When you give someone verbal directions on how to find a classroom in a building, you are using a

Which of the mental abilities noted by Gardner could be thought of as relating to emotional intelligence?

Which of the following is NOT a part of the current definition of intellectual disability?

Ed and Carol have a daughter named Bonnie who has just received a score of 155 on her IQ test. According to the text, Ed and Carol should

Before enrolling in an abnormal psychology course, Gary's idea of psychological disorders had been influenced primarily by talk shows. He expected to hear the same kinds of stories he had heard on talk shows. What an eye-opening experience the course turned out to be! How would a cognitive psychologist describe the influence the course had on Gary's idea of psychological disorders?

Velcro, the hook and loop fastener, was developed after its inventor observed garden burrs sticking to the fur coat of the family dog. This demonstrates the application of ________ in a variety of settings and contexts.

Don tells Ray he wants to get a new sports car. Ray immediately understands why, because he is familiar with the common characteristics of sports cars and knows what makes them different from family cars. Ray is using mental categories called