Exam 9: Cognition and Perception

A person says, "There is more space between the numbers 50 and 60 than between the numbers 10 and 20." This represents a ________ understanding of numbers, which is common among ________.

A cognitive psychologist is teaching a course in which he teaches that humans have cognitive abilities that exist at birth: It does not matter what language a person speaks, because language has minimal impact on people's psychology.Critique this psychologist's perspective by providing empirical evidence showing three domains that are affected by the language that one speaks.

The Department of Chemistry is trying to understand how people solve problems in organic chemistry classes.Students are given a series of complex organic chemistry problems to solve.Which of the following will characterize the students' performance?

Carry made a friend named Martina while in college.Martina's boyfriend likes to go to bars to drink and makes Martina go there with him.Carry knows that Martina's boyfriend makes her go to the bars but still thinks Martina goes because she likes to.The term that best describes Carry's thoughts is

Which of the following people is most likely to show a field-independent attentional style?

You are visiting your friend Shirley and she is giving you directions to the neighborhood grocery store.Which of the following statements is accurate if Shirley thinks about space in absolute terms?

People who speak ________ are more likely to use ________ when describing an unintentional action, and consequently they will be ________ accurate when identifying the person that engaged in the action.

Horatio and Gil are debating the legalization of marijuana.Horatio has a strong argument for legalization, while Gil has a weak argument against it.Zhang, a Chinese student, is watching the debate.Compared to how Zhang would perceive the arguments if he were to encounter just one argument, how will he perceive the arguments if they are both presented to him?

Your Math professor, Dr.Corey, requires that all students give a class presentation where they solve a mathematical problem on the board and describe their reasoning to the class as they write.Dr.Corey states that explicitly verbalizing one's reasoning helps students better understand how to solve the math problem.Based on research on cultural understandings of the association between talking and thinking, do you agree with Dr.Corey's assumption? Why or why not?

Considering analytic and holistic thinkers, which one does not belong: a human, a giraffe, or a car?

Megan's baby is crying and she is trying to understand why.Megan would be making the fundamental attribution error if she were to conclude that her baby

Last week you went on a date with someone you met through a mutual friend.At the end of the date, you both agreed that you would like to meet again.However, your date has not responded to any of your text messages.You think that your date is merely busy with work, but your roommate thinks your date is too scared to explicitly tell you they are no longer interested in dating you.Which of the following best describes your response to the situation?

Several classmates are leaving the library when they notice a woman tossing her books in her backpack and crying.Which of the following people is most likely to explain this behavior by making a situational attribution?

Why is implicit communication more common and comfortable in high-context versus low-context cultures? Explain your rationale and support it with both an anecdotal example and the findings from one research study.

Sybil was born and raised in the United States, and Yuchin was born and raised in China.Sybil and Yuchin are eating dinner together at their favorite restaurant, but are disappointed by the poor service.Based on what you know about cultural differences in attribution, Sybil is likely to think ________, whereas Yuchin is likely to think ________.

Two health psychology researchers, Marie from North America and Zhiyong from China, are studying rates of death from drug overdoses.Their research shows that deaths from drug overdoses have increased significantly in Culture X over the past 10 years.Marie and Zhiyong are trying to predict whether such deaths will increase, decrease, or stay the same in the future.Which of the following predictions is most likely?

The following is a graph showing an increase in the popularity of the Spotify music streaming service between the years 2013 and 2019.Complete the graph by drawing two lines, one corresponding to what a dialectical person would predict will happen between 2019 and 2025 and one corresponding to what a nondialectical person would predict will happen between 2019 and 2025.

Which of the following statements reflects a dispositional attribution?

Whereas analytic thinking is related to ________, holistic thinking is related to ________.

Eric and Andy are sitting on a park bench, watching people.They decide to play a game in which they try to explain the behaviors of the people around them (e.g., why did that person kick the dog?).Given that Eric is an analytic thinker and Andy is a holistic thinker, draw a graph that represents what proportion of their attributions you expect to be dispositional attributions.For this question, just graph the expected pattern of results; exact numbers are not important.