Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

When Paul's friend offered to set him up on a date with Edie, he agreed until he found out she was a psychologist.He told his friend "No way, I don't want to date a crazy person; all psychologists are crazy." Paul's statement about Edie reflects all of the following EXCEPT

The prefix "Anti" is an example of

You are working on a group project with three other students, who appear to already be friends.You have some suggestions you would like to make, but decide to just follow the other members' ideas, because you do not believe your ideas would be accepted.This illustrates which type of barrier to problem solving?

You are on a jury.The defendant is a well-dressed middle-aged father.He just does not fit your idea of a murderer.It will be important for you to listen to the evidence presented rather than succumb to

Little Mickey says, "Wook at the wabbit." Mickey is having trouble with the "l" and "r" speech sounds, which would be classified as a __________ problem.

In attempting to solve a problem, a subject fails to see that the old doorknob in the box could be used as a weight to hang on the balance scale.This subject is exhibiting

You are taking a creativity test in which you must make as many new words as possible by rearranging the letters in the word imagination.You are taking the __________ test.

If asked, "Which is more probable? A.Snowboarder Shaun White will not be in the lead after the first run of a halfpipe competition but will win the competition, or B.Snowboarder Shaun White will not be in the lead after the first run of a halfpipe competition." Most people would answer A, although A is less likely to be true than B.According to Tversky and Kahneman, such faulty conclusions are based on

An ideal model used as a prime example of a particular concept is a(n)

Deductive thought is thinking that applies a general set of rules to specific situations, for example, using the laws of gravity to predict the behavior of a single falling object.

According to Davidson, a person who is able to ignore distractions and focus on information necessary to solve a problem is good at

Describe and provide an example of how a problem could be solved in each of the following ways: (A)mechanically by rote, (B)through understanding, (C)by using a random search strategy, (D)by using heuristics, and (E)through insight.

One doctor tells you that you have a 10 percent chance of dying during the surgery, while another doctor tells you that you have a 90 percent chance of survival if you have the surgery.Understanding that you have the same survival odds means that you have not made an error in judgment due to

Thinking in which a general rule or principle is gathered from a series of specific examples, for example, inferring the laws of gravity by observing many falling objects, is referred to as __________ thought.

A child who constructs the sentence, "The dog walks the lady" is

Which of the following statements about signing and American Sign Language (ASL)is FALSE?

Divergent thinking is a characteristic of vivid waking fantasies called​

A baseball player, a skateboarder, or anyone involved in a movement-oriented activity would find which type of imagery especially important?

An architect is afraid to try an unconventional design because she fears that other architects will think her design is impractical and unattractive.This architect's problem solving is being blocked by which type of barrier?

When problem solving, if you cannot reach a goal directly, try to identify an intermediate goal or subproblem that at least gets you closer.This advice best illustrates the use of a(n)