Exam 9: Thinking

What does research on visual imagery indicate?

Which of the following mechanisms is LEAST likely to be included in contemporary accounts of creativity in mainstream psychology?

According to your text, training in elementary statistics __________.

Which of the following is NOT true with respect to loss aversion?

Dr. Kendall presents participants with problems phrased in terms either of frequencies or probabilities. He records the speed and accuracy of their solutions. Dr. Kendall is most likely contrasting __________.

Mechanic Lucy believes that the best way to correct a faulty distributor is to think about the things most likely to be wrong and to check those first. What type of thinking strategy is she using?

Gambler 1 has won $100 and Gambler 2 has lost $100. They are both offered a double-or-nothing coin flip. In other words, rather than winning $100, Gambler 1 will end up winning either $200 or $0, and rather than losing $100, Gambler 2 will end up losing either $200 or $0. Research suggests that which of the following outcomes is most likely?

Which of the following is the main idea demonstrated by the Stroop task?

You are asked to name the colors in which groups of letters are printed. If the letters are random, this is an easy task to perform. If the letters form color names, with red printed in green ink, the task gets far more difficult. This finding is called __________.

We take evidence that is consistent with our beliefs more seriously than evidence inconsistent with our beliefs. This is known as the __________.

Which of the following alternatives INCORRECTLY identifies a shortcoming in human performance in one of the four domains of thinking discussed in your text?

Carl is the one person Craig has ever met from New Zealand. Carl strikes Craig as being quite friendly and funny. When asked what he would expect to find if he went to New Zealand, Craig says that he would expect the people to be quite friendly and funny. What might he have used to make this judgment?

The validity of a syllogism is determined by __________.

Nodes get activated whenever a person thinks about any idea. The activation then spreads to neighboring nodes, like a current spreads through a network of wires. There are, however, limits on this spread of activation, such as __________.

Wanda has been offered admission to six prestigious colleges. She is now struggling to decide which offer to accept. Given your text's discussion, which of the following is the WORST piece of advice for Wanda?

Creative insights often arrive rather abruptly, at unexpected times and places such as while sitting in a bathtub. The idea seems to be that, while the thinker isn't engaging the problem consciously, he is continuing to think about it unconsciously. This particular process of solving problems goes by the name of __________.

Henry's dog, Fur-Boy, has been rolling in the mud. Henry must wash Fur-Boy off before the dog gets mud all over the carpet. However, Henry is unable to find the plug for the tub so he can fill up the tub and give Fur-Boy a bath. Sitting on the counter right beside the tub is a 50-cent piece. In his frustration, Henry fails to see that the 50-cent piece could be used as an emergency plug for the washbasin. What happened to Henry?

In the sentence "The zebra is suspicious of the zookeeper," the phrase "is suspicious of the zookeeper" serves as __________.

When she bought a laptop recently, Belinda satisficed. This means that __________.

Research on semantic priming __________.