Quiz Bank 7 Flashcards
From a psychological perspective, the term cognition means ________.
thinking
________ are categories or groupings of linguistic information, images, ideas, or memories, such as life experiences.
concepts
________ encompasses the processes associated with perception, knowledge, problem solving, judgment, language, and memory.
cognition
A ________ is the smallest unit of language that conveys some type of meaning.
morpheme
________intelligence is marked by inventing or imagining a solution to a problem or situation.
creative
Which term refers to the process by which we derive meaning from morphemes and words?
semantics
A(an) ________ is a mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts.
schema
Which term refers to the vocabulary of a language?
lexicon
A(an) ________ schema is also known as a cognitive script.
event
Scientists who study cognition are searching for ways to understand how we ________, organize, and utilize our conscious cognitive
experiences without being aware of all of the unconscious work that our brains are doing.
integrate
Natural concepts are mental groupings created naturally through our ________.
experiences
Which concept is a type of mental set where you cannot perceive an object being used for something other than what it was designed for?
functional fixedness
The analytical intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence is demonstrated by the ability to ________.
analyze, evaluate, judge, compare, and contrast
Who developed the triarchic theory of intelligence?
Sternberg
What is confirmation bias?
focusing on information that confirms your existing beliefs
Sensations and information are received by our brains, filtered
through emotions and memories, and processed to become ________.
thoughts
Which researchers suggested that language determines thought?
Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf
Knowing what a rainbow looks like because you have seen a rainbow is an example of a ________ concept.
natural
An anchoring bias occurs when you focus on ________.
one piece of information versus all of the information
Niaz’s car breaks down, and he is convinced that it was a
predictable event even though there was no way of knowing it would happen. This exemplifies ________.
hindsight bias
