This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A heuristic is ..... A) A quick mental shortcut that may lead to errors. B) A guaranteed strategy. C) A detailed long-term plan. D) A form of classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A quick mental shortcut that may lead to errors. 2. A word or part of a word that is in itself meaningful, but that cannot be broken into smaller meaningful units, is called A) Grapheme. B) Morpheme. C) Phoneme. D) Holophrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morpheme. 3. Morphemes A) The smallest units of sound that carry meaning. B) The smallest units of sound that make up language. C) The system of rules for putting words in order. D) The system of using words to create meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The smallest units of sound that carry meaning. 4. What is the representativeness heuristic? A) A method for selecting political representatives. B) Judging likelihood based on how well something matches a prototype. C) A way to represent data in graphs. D) The process of becoming a sales representative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Judging likelihood based on how well something matches a prototype. 5. Shoppers can make impulse purchases. These purchases may be regretted later on when they use logic and realize that they have overspent their budget. This is an example of a(n) ..... A) Affect heuristic. B) Representativeness heuristic. C) Absurdity heuristic. D) Familiarity heuristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affect heuristic. 6. Melinda completed the Computer Programming Aptitude Test when she applied for a position with Beta Electronics. Six months later, she took the same test when she applied for a position with another company. The fact that her scores were almost identical on the two occasions suggests that the test has a high degree of A) Bias. B) Reliability. C) Validity. D) Standardization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reliability. 7. Cheddar, Swiss, Parmesan, and Mozzarella all form a ..... called cheese. A) Symbol. B) Rule. C) Prototype. D) Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concept. 8. Sensory adaptation is ..... A) Decreased sensitivity after continuous stimulation. B) Improved focus after rest. C) Failure to notice change in a scene. D) Using binocular disparity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreased sensitivity after continuous stimulation. 9. What does analytical intelligence primarily involve? A) Inventing new solutions. B) Understanding emotions. C) Academic problem solving and computation. D) Physical coordination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Academic problem solving and computation. 10. After the student council election, a friend tells you he could have guessed who would be elected president. What psychological phenomenon might this illustrate? A) Common sense. B) Critical thinking. C) Hindsight bias. D) Overconfidence. E) Perceiving order in random events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hindsight bias. 11. An abstract unit of thought that represents an object or quality is called a(n) (a) A) A. symbol. B) Image. C) Concept. D) Prototype. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. symbol. 12. When a person experiences guilt or discomfort because he or she realizes that he or she is not being truthful with their friends, then this person may be experiencing: A) Normative social influence. B) Self serving bias. C) Cognitive dissonance. D) The chameleon effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cognitive dissonance. 13. In an experiment to test the effects of hunger on aggressive behavior, aggressive behavior would be the ..... A) Placebo. B) Control. C) Hypothesis. D) Dependent variable. E) Independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent variable. 14. A, an and ill are all examples of: A) Phonemes. B) Morphemes. C) Syntax. D) Grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morphemes. 15. The experimental method manipulates a variable. A) True. B) False. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem A) Algorithm. B) Heuristic. C) Mental set. D) Functional fixedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algorithm. 17. What is the ability to see in three dimensions and to judge distance? A) Depth perception. B) Color vision. C) Peripheral vision. D) Night vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depth perception. 18. 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: A) The availability heuristic. B) Functional fixedness. C) An algorithm. D) The representativeness heuristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An algorithm. 19. What is Functional Fixedness? A) Rigid thinking about object usage. B) The ability to think creatively about object usage. C) A tendency to forget the function of objects. D) The process of learning new object functions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rigid thinking about object usage. 20. What is Loss Aversion? A) More motivation to avoid losses than achieve gains. B) A preference for taking risks over guaranteed outcomes. C) The tendency to ignore potential losses in decision making. D) A strategy to maximize gains regardless of losses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More motivation to avoid losses than achieve gains. 21. The rock musician was hit with a rotten egg while performing his latest hit song. The fact that you can recognize two different meanings for the word "hit" in the preceding sentence demonstrates the importance of A) Syntax. B) Semantics. C) Morphemes. D) Prototypes. E) Linguistic determinism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semantics. 22. Semantics A) The system of rules for putting words in order. B) The smallest units of sound that carry meaning. C) The smallest units of sound that make up language. D) The system of using words to create meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The system of using words to create meaning. 23. Which type of intelligence is often referred to as "street smarts" according to Sternberg? A) Analytical intelligence. B) Creative intelligence. C) Practical intelligence. D) Emotional intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Practical intelligence. 24. The tendency for one's preexisting beliefs to distort logical reasoning. A) Belief bias. B) Belief perserverance. C) Functional fixedness. D) Confirmation bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belief bias. 25. We are much more likely to die in a car crash than a plane crash. Nevertheless, fear may overcome a person getting on a plane, despite the fact that he/she did not put a moment's thought into the drive to the airport. This is an example of a(n) ..... A) Availability heuristic. B) Representativeness heuristic. C) Anchoring heuristic. D) Familiarity heuristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Familiarity heuristic. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 1Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 2Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 3Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 4Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 6Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 7Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 8Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 9Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 10Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books