Quiz Bank 7

Question 1

From a psychological perspective, the term cognition means ________.

Answer 1

thinking

Question 2

________ are categories or groupings of linguistic information, images, ideas, or memories, such as life experiences.

Answer 2

concepts

Question 3

________ encompasses the processes associated with perception, knowledge, problem solving, judgment, language, and memory.

Answer 3

cognition

Question 4

A ________ is the smallest unit of language that conveys some type of meaning.

Answer 4

morpheme

Question 4

________intelligence is marked by inventing or imagining a solution to a problem or situation.

Answer 4

creative

Question 4

Which term refers to the process by which we derive meaning from morphemes and words?

Answer 4

semantics

Question 4

A(an) ________ is a mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts.

Answer 4

schema

Question 5

Which term refers to the vocabulary of a language?

Answer 5

lexicon

Question 6

A(an) ________ schema is also known as a cognitive script.

Answer 6

event

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

integrate

Question 7

Natural concepts are mental groupings created naturally through our ________.

Answer 7

experiences

Question 7

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?

Answer 7

functional fixedness

Question 7

The analytical intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence is demonstrated by the ability to ________.

Answer 7

analyze, evaluate, judge, compare, and contrast

Question 7

Who developed the triarchic theory of intelligence?

Answer 7

Sternberg

Question 8

What is confirmation bias?

Answer 8

focusing on information that confirms your existing beliefs

Question 8

Sensations and information are received by our brains, filtered
through emotions and memories, and processed to become ________.

Answer 8

thoughts

Question 8

Which researchers suggested that language determines thought?

Answer 8

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf

Question 9

Knowing what a rainbow looks like because you have seen a rainbow is an example of a ________ concept.

Answer 9

natural

Question 10

An anchoring bias occurs when you focus on ________.

Answer 10

one piece of information versus all of the information

Question 11

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 ________.

Answer 11

hindsight bias