Module 3 Cognitive Psychology Test

What is the process called when sensory receptors become less responsive to constant stimuli?

• Sensory Adaptation

• Perceptual Difference

• Change Blindness

• Inattentional Blindness

Which term describes the minimum level of stimulus intensity needed to detect a stimulus half the time?

• Absolute threshold

• Difference threshold

• Top down processing

• Bottom up processing

What is the term for the failure to notice a fully visible but unexpected object because attention was engaged on another task?

• Inattentional Blindness

• Change Blindness

• Sensory Adaptation

• Perceptual Difference

Which theory of selective attention suggests that information is filtered out before it is processed for meaning?

• Filter Theory

• Attenuation Theory

• Top down processing

• Bottom up processing

What is the cognitive bias where people favor information that confirms their preconceptions?

• Confirmation Bias

• Availability Heuristic

• Belief perseverance

• Overconfidence

Which heuristic involves making a decision based on how easily examples come to mind?

• Availability Heuristic

• Representativeness Heuristic

• Belief bias

• Functional Fixedness

What is the term for the tendency to cling to one's initial belief even after receiving new information that contradicts it?

• Belief perseverance

• Overconfidence

• Confirmation Bias

• Framing

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to overestimate one's abilities or knowledge?

• Overconfidence

• Belief bias

• Functional Fixedness

• Framing

What is the term for the inability to see a problem from a new perspective, often due to a mental set?

• Functional Fixedness

• Belief perseverance

• Confirmation Bias

• Availability Heuristic

Which term describes the smallest difference in stimulation that a person can detect 50% of the time?

• Difference threshold

• Absolute threshold

• Sensory Adaptation

• Perceptual Difference