Chapter 8: Cognitive Processes

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Chapter 8: Cognitive Processes Textbook Quiz for Psych 1020
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Question 1

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According to the logic of Donders's analysis,
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  • 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.

Question 2

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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.
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  • Serial
  • Automatic
  • Parallel
  • Ambiguity

Question 3

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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.
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  • Controlled
  • Automatic
  • Parallel
  • Serial

Question 4

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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
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  • Copresence for actions.
  • Perceptual copresence.
  • Community membership.
  • Linguistic membership.

Question 5

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Research has demonstrated that __________ can learn the meanings of plastic symbols without any explicit training.
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  • Vervet monkeys
  • Orangutans
  • Chimpanzees
  • Bonobos

Question 6

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The hypothesis of linguistic relativity suggests that
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  • 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.

Question 7

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Research using fMRI scans suggest that lying draws heavily on the brain areas responsible for __________ and __________.
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  • Aggression; planning
  • Emotion; pattern recognition
  • Planning; emotion
  • Ambiguity resolution; aggression

Question 8

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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
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  • In front of you.
  • Behind you.
  • On your left side.
  • On your right side.

Question 9

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A(n) __________ is not one component of the definition of a problem space.
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  • Algorithm
  • Set of operations
  • Goal state
  • Initial state

Question 10

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When you are engaging in __________ reasoning, you should be wary of a(n) __________.
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  • Inductive; algorithm
  • Inductive; mental set
  • Deductive; premise
  • Deductive; think-aloud protocol

Question 11

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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.
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  • Anchoring
  • Adjustment
  • Representativeness
  • Availability

Question 12

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Because Paul is a satisficer, you would expect him to
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  • 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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