Exam 8: B: Thought and Language

Which of the following is an example of the a framing effect?

_________________ is involved in speech production,while ___________________ is associated with finding the meanings of words.

Agatha Harkness-Smythe is determined to ban guns in the United States.This is a controversial topic and social scientists have debated whether the ownership of guns by citizens increases or decreases crime.Agatha could go to the library and look up studies on the linkage between guns and crime rates.Instead,Agatha just reads the local newspaper and only cuts out articles about robberies in which the "bad guy" used a firearm.Agatha is demonstrating

In a research study, participants are told that Louis has lived in Boston his whole life. They are then asked which is more likely: A) Louis is a baseball fan, or B) Louis is a baseball fan who roots for the Boston Red Sox. Which of the following is true?

Riley has figured out how to unlock his bedroom door with a paper clip.What has he most likely overcome in his new use of the paper clip?

The tendency to solve problems using procedures or strategies that worked in the past on similar problems is called

Which of the following is most likely to be a basic-level category?

Johannes has been a car mechanic for many years and is very good at diagnosing problems with cars.However,when an electric car comes into the garage,his approach to diagnosing the problem is unsuccessful.Johannes failure is likely the result of

When people attempt to solve a problem involving numbers,they may find themselves using another number called ____________ to keep their response within a limited range.

Maximizers are individuals who

Which of the following is true about priming effects?

Kyle buys a new refrigerator,but when he gets home,he cannot fit it through the front door of his house.Which of the following would describe the obstacle for Kyle's problem?

Most people take longer to identify a platypus as a mammal than it takes them to identify a cat as a mammal.This is likely because a cat is closer to most people's _______________ for the concept of mammal.

The ability to communicate information about the past,future,and other locations is a unique property of ___________.

Kyle is buying a new mattress for his bed.Instead of spending hours or days finding the perfect mattress,Kyle buys the first mattress that is in his price range,and feels "comfortable enough." Kyle's behaviour is typical of a(n)_______________.

Which of the following best matches the view of your textbook's authors on the use of heuristic thinking?

Nate thinks that Consevatives and the NDP almost never work together in Congress.The reason he believes this is that he finds it much easier to think of examples of politicians from the two parties not working together than to think of examples them working together.It is likely that the ______________ has caused Nate to underestimate how frequently Conservatives and the NDP work together.

One problem with the theory of classical categorization is that it does not allow for _____________.

Compared to a heuristic,an algorithm is more likely to

Which of the following would be the best example of culture affecting categorization?