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Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 5 (60 MCQs)

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1. When our child first says dada, dada, dada or mama, mama, mama. Rather than associating meaning with that combination of consonants and vowels, at first baby Fritz will be:
2. A dessert recipe that gives you the ingredients, their amounts and the steps to follow is an example of a(n):
3. Bottom-up processing is .....
4. Which of the following is the best statement of the aim?
5. Repetition of the same arguments resulting in stronger attitudes in support of the majority view is an example of
6. The term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring, retaining, and using knowledge is:
7. What are the factors that impede rational thinking?
8. What is the Availability Heuristic?
9. In Stanley Milgram's experiment on obedience and authority, many participants administered the shocks because:
10. The ability to overcome rigidity, to remain open to alternate strategies
11. Functional fixedness is .....
12. Interpreting new experience in terms of existing schemas
13. Divergent thinking is .....
14. Fill in the blank: ..... indicate how text is processed during reading.
15. How did B.F. Skinner explain language development?
16. Our mental image that best represents a category is called a .....
17. Which of the following is NOT a type of intelligence suggested by theories?
18. The rules of grammar are rules of
19. How does the framing effect influence decision-making?
20. How can "divergent thinking" contribute to creativity?
21. People who exert less effort on a task when working in a group than they do when working individually are engaging in .....
22. The study of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship is called
23. Howard Gardner identified a total of ..... relatively independent intelligences.
24. When are we more likely to use System 1 thinking?
25. Discuss how the sunk cost fallacy might affect a person's decision to continue investing in a failing project.
26. 7 + or-2 refers to
27. What characterizes the telegraphic speech stage in language development?
28. Estimating the likelihood of events based on its availability in our memory.
29. What is the term for the mental shortcuts that people use to make judgments and decisions quickly and efficiently?
30. Mental sets and functional fixedness are types of:
31. Fill in the blank: ..... are tasks that become easier with practice.
32. Explain how "framing" can affect people's choices in a given situation.
33. A defense attorney emphasizes to a jury that her client works full-time, supports his family, and enjoys leisure-time hobbies. Although none of this information is relevant to the trial, it is designed to make the defendant appear to be a typical member of the local community. The lawyer is most clearly attempting to take advantage of:
34. What is cognition?
35. Which school of thought says 'the whole is greater than the sum of its parts'?
36. Using different words for two very similar objects enables people to recognize conceptual distinctions between the objects. This illustrates:
37. The belief that things ought to be a certain way.
38. What is Deductive Reasoning?
39. What is a mental predisposition to perceive something one way and not another?
40. Identify the psychological concept that describes the tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions.
41. Availability heuristic is .....
42. Concepts or mental frameworks that organize and interpret information.
43. What is the inability to look at a problem from a fresh perspective called?
44. Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is a(n)
45. Dr. Kelley is interested in studying the relationship between weight loss and mood. To conduct the study, Dr. Kelley analyzes the test results of several previous studies on weight loss and emotional state. Which research strategy is Dr. Kelley using?
46. In the news, we see people winning the lottery all the time and so think that we might have a good chance, too, of winning it. This overestimation of our chances of winning the lottery is an example of a(n) .....
47. Representativeness heuristic is .....
48. Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls, Mrs. Zumpano, a second-grade teacher, watches boys more closely than she watches girls for any signs of misbehavior. Mrs. Zumpano's surveillance strategy best illustrates
49. Which of the following is an example of using an algorithm in problem-solving?
50. This explains a persons circumstances.
51. Proposes that a person's intelligence involves analytical, creative, and practical thinking skills.
52. Communicating ideas through symbols
53. A subfield of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.
54. A test designed to predict a person's future performance/ capacity to learn.
55. Which statement about groupthink is correct?
56. In what way can "nudge theory" be applied to encourage healthier eating habits?
57. Which type of creative thinking expands the number of possible problem solutions?
58. Advertisers know that a thirty-three percent discount sounds like a better deal than a discount of one third. This best illustrates:
59. The belief that you are responsible for events outside of your control.
60. The customs, social institutions, and achievements of a group are called
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