UNIT 7 Psych Quizzes (Chapter 10 and 11) – Flashcards

A televised image of a starving child had a greater impact on Mr. White's perception of the extensiveness of world hunger than did a statistical chart summarizing the tremendous scope of the problem. This suggests that his assessment of the world hunger problem is influenced by: a. the belief perseverance. b. the representativeness heuristic. c. fixations. d. the availability heuristic.

In elementary school and high school, Charlie got away with copying his test answers from classmates. Because the college has test proctors who are very observant, Charlie spends as many hours devising new ways to cheat as it would take him to study and perform well in an honest fashion. Charlie's strategy for passing tests illustrates the consequences of: a. belief bias. b. mental set. c. functional fixedness. d. availability heuristic.

A European visitor to the United States asked a taxi driver, "Can you please a ride to the airport me give?" This visitor has apparently not yet mastered the ________ of the English language. a. syntax b. semantics. c. morphemes. d. phonemes.

Jamilla systematically tried each successive key on her dad's key ring until she found the one that unlocked his office door. This best illustrates problem solving by means of: a. algorithms. b. availability heuristic. c. representative heuristic d. insight.

When someone mentions Ivy League colleges, Trisha immediately thinks of Harvard University. In this instance, Harvard University is a: a. heuristic. b. script. c. prototype. d. belief bias.

Telegraphic speech is most closely associated with the ________ stage of language development. a. babbling. b. one-word stage. c. two-word stage. d. semantic.

Researchers assess the correlation between scores obtained on alternate forms of the same test in order to measure the ________ of the test. a. content validity b. predictive validity c. reliability d. standardization

Originally, IQ was defined as: a. mental age divided by chronological age and multiplied by 100. b. chronological age divided by mental age and multiplied by 100. c. mental age subtracted from chronological age and multiplied by 100. d. chronological age subtracted from mental age and multiplied by 100.

The widely used American revision of Alfred Binet's original intelligence test was developed by: a. Lewis Terman b. Charles Spearman. c. Robert Sternburg. d. David Weschler

Before becoming attorneys, law students must pass a special licensing exam, which is an ________ test. Before entering college, high school students must take the SAT, which is an ________ test. a. achievement; achievement b. achievement; achievement c. aptitude; achievement d. achievement; aptitude

Joni claims that she is intellectually gifted because she "possesses" an IQ of 145. She is most clearly committing the error known as: a. mental set. b. reification. c. fixation. d. functional fixedness.