A)

B)
C)
D)

1.We more quickly recognize that a blue jay is a bird than that a penguin is a bird because a
blue jay more closely resembles our ________ of a bird.
heuristic
prototype
algorithm
phoneme

A)
B)
C)
D)

2.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.
belief perseverance.
an algorithm.
framing.

A)
B)
C)
D)

3.Unlike the use of algorithms or heuristics, insight does not involve

concepts.
prototypes.
cognition.
strategy-based solutions.

A)
B)
C)
D)

4.Max is so used to thinking that a tough competitive style of behavior is the best way to
impress others that he fails to recognize that the most effective way to impress his
girlfriend is with cooperative tenderness. Max's oversight best illustrates
a fixation.
the framing effect.
an algorithm.
a critical period.

A)
B)
C)
D)

5.The easier it is for people to remember an instance in which they were betrayed by a
friend, the more they expect such an event to recur. This best illustrates the impact of
framing.
confirmation bias.
an algorithm.
the availability heuristic.

A)
B)
C)
D)

6.College students are more likely to use a condom when told that it has a 95 percent
success rate than when told it has a 5 percent failure rate. This best illustrates the impact
of
framing.
confirmation bias.
a fixation.
the availability heuristic.
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B)
C)
D)

7.Professor Chadwick evaluated a graduate student's research proposal negatively simply

because he had heard a rumor about the student's incompetence. When later informed that
the rumor had been patently false, the professor's assessment of the student's research
proposal remained almost as negative as it was originally. This best illustrates
the representativeness heuristic.
the availability heuristic.
belief perseverance.
framing.

A)
B)
C)
D)

8.Native German speakers who pronounce the English word this as dis are
demonstrating their difficulty with an English
morpheme.
prototype.
phoneme.
heuristic.

A)
B)
C)
D)

9.When you add s to the word apple you are referring to more than one apple. This
illustrates an English language rule of
semantics.
algorithms.
syntax.
telegraphic speech.

A)
B)
C)
D)

10.The two-word stage of language development typically begins at the age of ________
months.
6
10
24
36

A)
B)
C)
D)

11.Research suggests that humans can most easily master the grammar of a second language
during
childhood.
adolescence.
early adulthood.
late adulthood.

A)
B)

12.In which of the following parts of the brain would a lesion most likely result in aphasia?
amygdala
hypothalamus

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C)
D)

Wernicke's area
cerebellum

A)
B)
C)
D)

13.Brain scans reveal that different ________ are activated when we process verbs rather
than nouns.
algorithms
heuristics
neural networks
critical periods

A)
B)
C)
D)

14.Rico, the border collie, can fetch 200 items by name. If asked to retrieve a toy with a
name he has never heard before, Rico will fetch a toy that is
a prototype.
new.
most easily available.
broken.

A)
B)
C)
D)

15.Using different words for two very similar objects enables people to recognize conceptual
distinctions between the objects. This best illustrates
telegraphic speech.
linguistic determinism.
fixation.
the availability heuristic.

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1.B
2.C
3.D
4.A
5.D
6.A
7.C
8.C
9.A
10.C
11.A
12.C
13.C
14.B
15.B

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