Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 10 (25 MCQs)

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1. Convergent thinking is .....
2. Raul and Sophia were having a picnic when it started to rain. They did not think of using their big plastic tablecloth as a temporary rain shelter and so were drenched within minutes. Their oversight best illustrates .....
3. Rachel transfers into THS as a junior. The guidance counselor reviews her academic record, then looks at her standardized test scores. Next she has Penelope take a Kudor preference test. Finally she conducts a ten-question interview with Penelope's mother. The counselor uses this procedure for every student that transfers to Fort. The counselor is using:
4. What is cognition primarily associated with?
5. When you were very young, you saw a thing underneath your bed. You don't know what it was. It had no real shape, but it was dark and had glowing eyes and it very quietly hissed at you. There is no word for what you saw, but you have never forgotten what it looked like. When you think of monsters or something scary, you visually picture the thing in your mind-it is:
6. How does belief perseverance affect our thinking?
7. What is the Atmosphere Effect in logical reasoning errors?
8. Why are algorithms effective for computers?
9. Mental models of different aspects of the world.
10. A habitual strategy or pattern of problem solving
11. Which of the following best describes Top-Down Processing?
12. Your psychology professor has announced that the next test will assess your understanding of sensation and perception. When you receive the test, however, you find that very few questions actually relate to these topics. In this instance, you would be most concerned about the ..... of the test.
13. What is the perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into understandable units?
14. What is a binocular depth cue resulting from slightly different images produced by the retina of the left eye and the retina of the right eye?
15. Which of the following is NOT a function of political ideology?
16. A strategy in which the likelihood of an event is estimated on the basis of how easily other instances of the event are available in memory is called the:
17. A group of 5 students & a group of 3 students all roughly the same size & strength, engage in a game of tug of war. The game is equal for a long while, neither side immediately gaining an advantage. This is most likely an example of
18. Binocular depth perception requires .....
19. A source that was created after an event has taken place by people who did not participate is called a
20. 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:
21. A dessert recipe that gives you the ingredients, their amounts and the steps to follow is an example of a(n):
22. Bottom-up processing is .....
23. Which of the following is the best statement of the aim?
24. Repetition of the same arguments resulting in stronger attitudes in support of the majority view is an example of
25. The term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring, retaining, and using knowledge is: