Multiple Choice: Part 2

Ebbinghaus discovered that the rate at which we forget newly learned information is initially a. slow and subsequently stays slow. b. slow and subsequently speeds up. c. rapid and subsequently stays rapid. d. rapid and subsequently slows down.

The title of a song is on the tip of Gerard's tongue, but he cannot recall it until someone mentions the songwriter's name. Gerard's initial inability to recall the title was most likely caused by a. encoding failure. b. retrieval failure. c. repression. d. automatic processing.

A chess-playing computer program that routinely calculates all possible outcomes of all possible game moves best illustrates problem solving by means of a. the availability heuristic. b. an algorithm. c. framing. d. belief perseverance.

The use of heuristics rather than algorithms is most likely to a. save time in solving problems. b. minimize the overconfidence phenomenon. c. yield more accurate solutions to problems. d. involve greater reliance on convergent thinking.

Just passing by a person who sneezes and coughs heightens our perceptions of various health risks. This best illustrates the impact of a. framing. b. the availability heuristic. c. confirmation bias. d. belief perseverance.

A person who can imagine many alternative uses of a paper clip best illustrates a. the framing effect. b. convergent thinking. c. the availability heuristic. d. divergent thinking.

A person locked in the trunk of a car died of asphyxiation (lack of air) because they could not see the spare tire as a source of fresh air. This is an example of a. mental set b. conformation bias c. framing d. functional fixedness

David's motorcycle would occasionally lose power or stall out. David thought about possible solutions: changing the ignition wires, putting an additive in the gas tank, or taking his motorcycle to a mechanic and letting the mechanic figure out the problem. David decided to put an additive in the gas tank to see if that corrected the problem. Which of Sternberg's intelligences was David using? a. analytical intelligence b. logical-mathematical intelligence c. creative intelligence d. naturalist intelligence

The importance of environmental influences on intelligence is provided by evidence that a. general intelligence scores predict performance on a variety of complex tasks. b. identical twins raised together have more similar intelligence scores than fraternal twins raised together. c. mental similarities between adopted children and their adoptive families increase with age. d. the cognitive development of neglected children is often delayed.