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1
The branch of psychology that focuses on the study of higher mental processes is:
A)evolutionary psychology.
B)existential psychology.
C)gestalt psychology.
D)cognitive psychology.
2
Cognitive psychology centers on the following major topics EXCEPT:
A)thinking and reasoning.
B)learning.
C)problem solving and creativity.
D)language.
3
Mental images:
A)are just visual representations in our head.
B)do not have many of the properties of the actual stimuli they represent.
C)are representations in the mind of an object or event.
D)cannot be manipulated or rotated.
4
Concepts are categorizations of objects, events, or people that share common properties. By employing concepts, we are able to:
A)organize complex phenomena into simpler, more easily usable, cognitive categories.
B)classify newly encountered objects on the basis of our past experience.
C)influence behavior.
D)All of these.
5
Which of the following would be most likely to be selected as a prototype of a chair?
A)dining room chair
B)rocking chair
C)recliner
D)wheelchair
6
According to _________ reasoning, if the assumption(s) on which it is based is(are) true, then the conclusions must also be true.
A)premise
B)abstract
C)syllogistic
D)illogical
7
You may think that it is colder if you see several low electronic thermometer readings on your way to work than if you took a different route that did not provide this information and you had to make your judgment based on how cold it felt to you. Your judgment is affected by the visual feedback you are receiving from the thermometers according to the:
A)representativeness heuristic.
B)algebraic heuristic.
C)availability heuristic.
D)algebraic algorithm.
8
"I before e except after c, or when it makes the sound of a as in neighbors and weigh" is an example of:
A)a syllogism.
B)an algorithm.
C)a heuristic.
D)the representativeness heuristic.





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