Exam 9: Memory

Psychologists are most likely to doubt that chimpanzees have the capacity to

Semantics refers to the

Which term refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating?

Language refers to the

Belief perseverance refers to

In testing thousands of different materials for use as light bulb filaments, Thomas Edison best illustrated a problem-solving approach known as

The confirmation bias refers to the tendency to

The overconfidence phenomenon refers to the tendency to

Assume that Congress is considering revising its approach to welfare and to this end is hearing a range of testimony. A member of Congress who uses the availability heuristic would be most likely to

After identifying an ethnically blended face as Asian rather than as Caucasian, Belgian students recalled the face as more closely resembling their ________ of an Asian face.

U.S. employees who formerly wanted to defer part of their compensation to a 401(k) retirement plan typically had to lower their take-home pay as they "opted in" to the plan. Now companies are being encouraged to enroll their employees in the 401(k) plan automatically while allowing them to choose to raise their take-home pay by "opting-out" of the 401(k) plan. Under the "opting out" rather than "opt-in" system, enrollments in 401(k) plans soared. This best illustrates the impact of

In the English language, adjectives are typically placed before nouns as in "green car." This illustrates an English language rule of

If our capacity to form concepts depends on our verbal memory, this would best illustrate

College students are more likely to use a condom when told that it has a 95 percent success rate than when told it has a 5 percent failure rate. This best illustrates the impact of

In the words "helped" and "called," the "ed" ending is a(n)

Which of the following was cited by Whorf as evidence in support of the linguistic determinism hypothesis?

Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis states that

It has been suggested that Alaskan Eskimos' rich vocabulary for describing snow enables them to perceive differences in snow conditions that would otherwise go unnoticed. This suggestion most clearly illustrates

The English language has approximately ________ phonemes.

Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis emphasizes that