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. Cognitive scientists use computers

a. as a tool to study human thought.

b. to generate brain images.

c. as a model of human thought.

d. as a metaphor for human cognition.

e. All of the above are correct. - Answers All of the above are correct.

The process involved in forming a new mental representation by manipulating available information is
known as - Answers thinking

The odd feeling of recognition you get when you visit a new place is known as - Answers deja vu.

When a child understands that dogs and cats are quite different, the child has formed - Answers
concepts

Concepts - Answers cannot be directly observed by researchers.

Concepts are ideas that represent - Answers . a class or category of objects, ideas, or experiences.

What are mental categories representing objects, ideas, or experiences that share some common
characteristics? - Answers concepts

Don tells Ray he wants to get a new sports car. Ray immediately understands why, because he is familiar
with the common characteristics of sports cars and knows what makes them different from family cars.
Ray is using mental categories called - Answers concepts

Before enrolling in an abnormal psychology course, Gary's idea of psychological disorders had been
influenced primarily by talk shows. He expected to hear the same kinds of stories he had heard on talk
shows. What an eye-opening experience the course turned out to be! How would a cognitive
psychologist describe the influence the course had on Gary's idea of psychological disorders? - Answers
The course altered Gary's concept of psychological disorders.

A(n) ________ is an imprecise mental classification that develops out of our everyday experiences in the
world. - Answers natural concept

The most representative or ideal example of a category is called a(n) - Answers prototype

Which is the most likely prototype for the concept "vehicle"? - Answers car

Which example would most people take longest to identify as a fruit? - Answers olive

,The first thing that comes to mind when asked to name an example from a category is called the -
Answers prototype

Compared to artificial concepts learned in science and math, natural concepts tend to be - Answers
fuzzy with unclear boundaries.

Another name for a "fuzzy" concept is a(n) - Answers natural concept.

The prototype approach suggests that a concept is classified as a member of a category if - Answers . it is
similar to an ideal or most representative example of the category.

A "feathered biped" is the artificial concept of a(n) - Answers bird

Which of the following is true of prototypes? - Answers They are formed on the basis of commonly
experienced features.

Which one of the following is NOT an artificial concept?

a. the dictionary definition of the word "truth"

b. Einstein's theory of relativity

c. your mental image of the Statue of Liberty

d. the lyrics to "New York, New York"

e. how to determine the radius of a circle - Answers your mental image of the Statue of Liberty

Deanna reads that horses are a type of animal, and that palominos are a type of horse. To understand
this, Deanna will organize these concepts into a - Answers hierarchy.

A(n) ________ involves arranging concepts from general to specific. - Answers concept hierarchy

Consider the following concept hierarchy-food, desserts, chocolates, ________. The last term should be
- Answers brownies

You ask a student to describe the path to his dorm room. The most likely way in which he will do this is
to - Answers walk through a mental image of the path and describe it to you as he does it.

(n) ________ is a cognitive representation of a physical space.

a. chunk

b. spatial heuristic

c. algorithm

d. cognitive map

, e. confirmation bias - Answers cognitive map

When you give someone verbal directions on how to find a classroom in a building, you are using a -
Answers cognitive map.

Results from neuroimaging studies suggest that - Answers thought occurs in widely distributed areas of
the brain.

A person whose frontal lobes are damaged (just above the eyes) will be expected to - Answers display
little response to a particular stimulus

The brain region believed to be associated with "hunches," "intuition," and the emotional component of
thinking is located in the - Answers frontal lobes just above the eyes.

________ are clusters of knowledge that provide general conceptual frameworks regarding certain
topics, events, and situations. - Answers Schemas

On the first day of class you are likely to do all of the following: find a desk, sit down, listen to the
teacher talk about her syllabus, take out a pen, start taking notes, and not speak very much. These
activities are part of your ________ about the first day of class. - Answers script

Good thinkers" possesses which of the following attributes?

a. They are capable of careful reasoning.

b. They make use of effective thinking strategies.

c. They avoid ineffective thinking strategies.

d. They avoid misleading thinking strategies.

e. All of the above are correct. - Answers All of the above are correct.

Brad is home when all of his lights suddenly go out. His thought that "this is what happens when a fuse
is blown" would be said to be - Answers identifying the problem.

A(n) ________ is a formula for solving a problem that is likely to be successful. - Answers algorithm

Sally is enrolled in a high school geometry course, which she describes as "drawing figures and figuring
drawings." In a typical class, students draw geometric figures and use a formula to calculate an aspect of
the figure such as its area. Each time Sally uses a formula she is making use of what psychologists call -
Answers algorithms

Talia is looking for her cat by methodically searching each room and then closing the door. She is using
what type of problem solving strategy? - Answers an algorithm

What systematic problem-solving method guarantees a solution, provided that it is applied properly? -
Answers algorithmic method

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