This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Describe how the availability heuristic might affect someone's judgment about the likelihood of an event. A) It leads to overestimating the probability of rare events. B) It results in underestimating the frequency of common events. C) It causes people to rely on statistical data. D) It encourages logical reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It leads to overestimating the probability of rare events. 2. To find the best route to work, Vlad identified all routes and eliminated options one-by-one. Which of the following did Vlad use? A) Incubation. B) Divergent thinking. C) Expertise. D) Convergent thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convergent thinking. 3. What are the basic sound units of language called? A) Phonemes. B) Morphemes. C) Syntax. D) Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phonemes. 4. A mental grouping of similar things, events or people is called a(n): A) Prototype. B) Concept. C) Algorithm. D) Heuristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concept. 5. Which term refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating? A) Algorithm. B) Heuristic. C) Cognition. D) Mental set. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cognition. 6. Fill in the blank: ..... help organize and simplify experiences in cognitive psychology. A) Concepts. B) Memories. C) Emotions. D) Reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concepts. 7. Despite overwhelming and highly publicized evidence that Senator McEwan was guilty of serious political corruption and misconduct, many who had supported her in past elections remained convinced of her political integrity. Their reaction best illustrates A) Fixation. B) The representativeness heuristic. C) Belief perseverance. D) The availability heuristic. E) The framing effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belief perseverance. 8. A representative example of a concept is called a(n) (a) A) A. prototype. B) Concept. C) Symbol. D) Image. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. prototype. 9. What is perception? A) Organizing sensory information into meaningful patterns. B) Detecting faint signals only. C) Remembering past experiences. D) Forming long-term memories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organizing sensory information into meaningful patterns. 10. Fill in the blank: ..... is a delayed response due to conflict between visual and cognitive information. A) Stroop Effect. B) Placebo Effect. C) Halo Effect. D) Primacy Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stroop Effect. 11. What is the tendency to be influenced by a suggested reference point, pulling our response toward that point called? A) Framing. B) Anchoring Effect. C) Functional Fixedness. D) Biases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anchoring Effect. 12. Dr. Mendoza is studying the mental strategies people use when solving problems. Dr. Mendoza is clearly a(n): A) Cognitive psychologist. B) Experimental psychologist. C) Organizational psychologist. D) Developmental psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive psychologist. 13. Overconfidence can make decision-making easier because it is associated with ..... A) Fear. B) Happiness. C) Anxiety. D) Doubt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happiness. 14. Starting with a small request and building to something bigger. The hope is that the person will agree to the bigger request because they've already agreed to the smaller one. A) Stereotype. B) Prejudice. C) Norms of Reciprocity. D) Cognitive Dissonance Theory. E) Foot in the door Phenomenon. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Foot in the door Phenomenon. 15. Researchers taught the chimpanzee Washoe and the gorilla Koko to communicate by using: A) Various sounds. B) Plastic symbols of various shapes and colors. C) Sign language. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sign language. 16. Phonemes A) The smallest units of sound that make up language. B) The smallest units of sound that carry meaning. C) The system of using words to create meaning. D) The system of rules for putting words in order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The smallest units of sound that make up language. 17. Your teacher asks how many uses you can think of for a pencil. She is testing your A) Convergent thinking. B) Intrinsic motivation. C) Divergent thinking. D) Prototypes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divergent thinking. 18. A representative example of a concept A) Prototype. B) Rule. C) Metacognition. D) Algorithm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prototype. 19. What is Utility Theory? A) Choices based on personal preferences. B) A theory about physical utilities like water and electricity. C) A method for calculating taxes. D) A law of thermodynamics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Choices based on personal preferences. 20. What is the primary difference between "assimilation" and "accommodation" in cognitive development? A) Assimilation involves changing existing schemas, while accommodation involves using existing schemas. B) Assimilation involves using existing schemas, while accommodation involves changing existing schemas. C) Assimilation and accommodation both involve creating new schemas. D) Assimilation and accommodation both involve ignoring new information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assimilation involves using existing schemas, while accommodation involves changing existing schemas. 21. Wording a question or presenting an issue in such a way that it evokes a desired judgment is called A) Framing. B) Confirmation bias. C) Belief perseverance. D) An algorithm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Framing. 22. In the words "helped" and "called, " the "ed" ending is a(n) A) Prototype. B) Morpheme. C) Syntax. D) Algorithm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morpheme. 23. Which of the following is NOT a social interaction? A) Communication. B) Cooperation. C) Conflict. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating. 24. Which language theorist would have been most likely to emphasize that children master the rule for forming the past tense of regular verbs like "push" before they learn common past tense constructions of irregular verbs like "go" ? A) B. F. Skinner. B) Benjamin Lee Whorf. C) Noam Chomsky. D) Hermann Ebbinghaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noam Chomsky. 25. Adapting current schemas to incorporate new information. A) Developmental Psychology. B) Cognition. C) Accommodation. D) None of the above. 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