Question 1

__________ is your tendency to respond to some stimuli more than others at any given time or to remember some stimuli more than others at any given time.

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Question 2

__________ is characterized by easy distraction, impulsiveness, moodiness, and failure to follow through on plans.

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Question 3

People who look at real words find it difficult to say the color of ink of each word, instead of reading the words themselves. This result is known as the __________.

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Question 4

In decision making, __________ means thoroughly considering every possibility to find the best one.

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Question 5

The tendency to answer a question differently when it is framed (phrased) differently is called the __________.

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Question 6

In decision making, __________ means searching only until you find something that is good enough.

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Question 7

In decision making, the maximizing strategy approximates the use of __________ whereas satisficing is more of a __________ approach.

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Question 8

Strategies for simplifying a problem or for guiding an investigation are called __________.

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Question 9

According to the Stroop effect, you would be likely say, "__________" if you were asked to name the color of ink of the word yellow written in blue ink.

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Question 10

When you increase your attention to something in your visual field, the part of your visual cortex sensitive to that area becomes __________.

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Question 11

Most people identify the letter more accurately when it is part of a word than when it is presented by itself. This is known as the __________.

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Question 12

Thinking about one of the concepts shown in this figure will activate, or prime, the concepts linked to it through a process called __________.

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Question 13

Noam Chomsky has called the rules that we learn for making and interpreting sentences __________ grammar.

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Question 14

Psychologists use the term __________ to refer to your tendency to respond to or to remember some stimuli more than others at any given time.

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Question 15

We often err by accepting a hypothesis and then looking for evidence to support it, instead of considering other possibilities. This tendency is the __________.

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Question 16

When experts made predictions about U.S. and world politics over the next several years, their accuracy was generally__________, and they were __________ confident in their predictions.

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Question 17

Logan suffers a stroke on the left side of his brain and as a result has a condition characterized by inarticulate speech and difficulties using and understanding grammatical devices. This condition is known as __________ aphasia.

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Question 18

A mechanical, repetitive procedure for solving a problem or testing every hypothesis is called an __________.

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Question 19

__________ a concept gets it started. Reading or hearing one word makes it easier to think or recognize a related word.

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Question 20

A person who suffers from __________ may be mentally retarded but still able to produce language in a normal and skillful way.

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Quiz 8: A--Cognition and Language