Psych Week 4

To find Tabasco sauce in a large grocery store, you could systematically search every shelf in every store aisle. This best illustrates problem solving by means of:

• the availability heuristic.

• functional fixedness.

• an algorithm.

• the representativeness heuristic

Pablo vainly searches for a screwdriver while failing to recognize that a readily available coin in his pocket would turn the screw. His oversight best illustrates:

• functional fixedness.

• the availability heuristic.

• belief perseverance.

• the representativeness heuristic.

Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to:

• Allow preexisting beliefs to distort logical reasoning
• Cling to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
• Search randomly through alternative solutions when problem solving
• Look for information that is consistent with one’s beliefs

A strategy in which the likelihood of an event is estimated on the basis of how easily other instances of the event are available in memory is called the:

• Availability heuristic
• Availability algorithm
• Representativeness heuristic
• Representativeness algorithm

The ability to perceive, use, understand, and manage emotions is called? 

• Two-Factor Theory
• Emotional Intelligence 
• Multiple Intelligences  
• Weschler Intelligence 

Who first developed an "intelligence" test to establish the idea of "mental age"?

• Stanford
• Binet
• Gardner
• Sternberg

What did Spearman mean by a "g" intelligence?

• intelligence is purely genetic
• "g" is a general intelligence that underlies many abilities
• "g" is the important speed factor in how long it takes to solve a problem
• girls' intelligence is valued above boys' intelligence

The process of getting information into memory is called_______

• priming
• chunking
• encoding
• storing

Sherry easily remembers the telephone reservation number for Holiday Inns by using the mnemonic 1-800-HOLIDAY. She is using a memory aid known as

• the peg-word system.
• implicit memory.
• the serial position effect
• chunking

The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory

• explicit   
• short-term   
• implicit   
• sensory