Question 1

When judging content-free material,_____ regions are active.

Accepted Answer

A)  parietal 
B)  left-prefrontal 
C)  temporal-parietal 
D)  left-prefrontal regions and temporal-parietal 
A)  parietal 
B)  left-prefrontal 
C)  temporal-parietal 
D)  left-prefrontal regions and temporal-parietal

Question 2

According to Bruner et al.'s (1956)_____ concept,all selected features must be present.

Accepted Answer

A)  conjunctive 
B)  disjunctive 
C)  relational 
D)  distant 
A)  conjunctive 
B)  disjunctive 
C)  relational 
D)  distant

Question 3

What neurological evidence supports the mental model explanation?

Accepted Answer

•Patients with right-hemisphere damage a

Question 4

Which type of reasoning is concerned with conclusions that follow with certainty from their premises?

Accepted Answer

A)  syllogistic 
B)  deductive 
C)  conditional 
D)  inductive 
A)  syllogistic 
B)  deductive 
C)  conditional 
D)  inductive

Question 5

What is attribute identification? What is rule learning?

Accepted Answer

In forming a hypothesis:
•Attr

Question 6

The Wason selection task is a test of the ability to use which type of reasoning?

Accepted Answer

A)  syllogistic 
B)  conditional 
C)  deductive 
D)  posterior probability 
A)  syllogistic 
B)  conditional 
C)  deductive 
D)  posterior probability

Question 7

Patients with damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex perform:

Accepted Answer

A)  better on the Wason card-selection task presented with meaningful content. 
B)  better on the Wason card-selection task presented without meaningful content. 
C)  equally well on the Wason card-selection task,regardless of content. 
D)  equally poorly on the Wason card-selection task,regardless of content. 
A)  better on the Wason card-selection task presented with meaningful content. 
B)  better on the Wason card-selection task presented without meaningful content. 
C)  equally well on the Wason card-selection task,regardless of content. 
D)  equally poorly on the Wason card-selection task,regardless of content.

Question 8

How can behavior in the Wason card-selection task be explained?

Accepted Answer

People tend to interpret these

Question 9

The decision-making strategy in which only instances consistent with the hypothesis are chosen is referred to as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  affirmation strategy. 
B)  agreement fallacy. 
C)  recognition illusion. 
D)  confirmation bias. 
A)  affirmation strategy. 
B)  agreement fallacy. 
C)  recognition illusion. 
D)  confirmation bias.

Question 10

Which is NOT a hypothesis testing strategy identified by Bruner,et al.(1956)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bayes's theorem 
B)  focus gambling 
C)  scanning 
D)  conservative focusing 
A)  Bayes's theorem 
B)  focus gambling 
C)  scanning 
D)  conservative focusing

Question 11

_____ reasoning is concerned with conclusions that follow with certainty from their premises.

Accepted Answer

A)  Deductive 
B)  Inductive 
C)  Logical 
D)  Syllogistic 
A)  Deductive 
B)  Inductive 
C)  Logical 
D)  Syllogistic

Question 12

Which is NOT a logical quantifier?

Accepted Answer

A)  "all" 
B)  "some" 
C)  "no" 
D)  "maybe" 
A)  "all" 
B)  "some" 
C)  "no" 
D)  "maybe"

Question 13

According to Bruner et al.'s (1956)_____ concept,an association between two or more features is specified.

Accepted Answer

A)  conjunctive 
B)  disjunctive 
C)  relational 
D)  distant 
A)  conjunctive 
B)  disjunctive 
C)  relational 
D)  distant

Question 14

Describe the Wason card-selection task.What is the typical outcome and what does it signify?

Accepted Answer

•Participants are told that a letter app

Question 15

Based on what you know of the atmosphere hypothesis,and given the following premises,which conclusion should participants select?
All men are humans.
All humans are women.

Accepted Answer

A)  All men are women. 
B)  Some men are women. 
C)  No men are women. 
D)  Some women are men. 
A)  All men are women. 
B)  Some men are women. 
C)  No men are women. 
D)  Some women are men.

Question 16

Training in logic _____ in better performance on the original Wason card-selection task.

Accepted Answer

A)  results 
B)  does not result 
C)  does not necessarily result 
D)  usually results 
A)  results 
B)  does not result 
C)  does not necessarily result 
D)  usually results

Question 17

Compare human reasoning with artificial intelligence (AI)systems.

Accepted Answer

•Human intelligence is generally conside

Question 18

Craig and Delia are married.Delia is the mother of Jane.That Craig is the father of Jane is a(n)_____ inference.

Accepted Answer

A)  deductive 
B)  inductive 
C)  antecedent 
D)  consequent 
A)  deductive 
B)  inductive 
C)  antecedent 
D)  consequent

Question 19

According to Evans (1993),which conclusion is accepted a great deal more often than the other three conclusions?

Accepted Answer

A)  modus tollens 
B)  invalid affirmation of the consequent 
C)  modus ponens 
D)  invalid denial of antecedent 
A)  modus tollens 
B)  invalid affirmation of the consequent 
C)  modus ponens 
D)  invalid denial of antecedent

Question 20

What is the atmosphere hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

•That the logical terms (some ,all ,no ,

When judging content-free material,_____ regions are active.

According to Bruner et al.'s (1956)_____ concept,all selected features must be present.

What neurological evidence supports the mental model explanation?

Which type of reasoning is concerned with conclusions that follow with certainty from their premises?

What is attribute identification? What is rule learning?

The Wason selection task is a test of the ability to use which type of reasoning?

Patients with damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex perform:

How can behavior in the Wason card-selection task be explained?

The decision-making strategy in which only instances consistent with the hypothesis are chosen is referred to as the:

Which is NOT a hypothesis testing strategy identified by Bruner,et al.(1956)?

_____ reasoning is concerned with conclusions that follow with certainty from their premises.

Which is NOT a logical quantifier?

According to Bruner et al.'s (1956)_____ concept,an association between two or more features is specified.

Describe the Wason card-selection task.What is the typical outcome and what does it signify?

Based on what you know of the atmosphere hypothesis,and given the following premises,which conclusion should participants select? All men are humans. All humans are women.

Training in logic _____ in better performance on the original Wason card-selection task.

Compare human reasoning with artificial intelligence (AI)systems.

Craig and Delia are married.Delia is the mother of Jane.That Craig is the father of Jane is a(n)_____ inference.

According to Evans (1993),which conclusion is accepted a great deal more often than the other three conclusions?

What is the atmosphere hypothesis?

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Exam 10: Reasoning

When judging content-free material,_____ regions are active.

According to Bruner et al.'s (1956)_____ concept,all selected features must be present.

What neurological evidence supports the mental model explanation?

Which type of reasoning is concerned with conclusions that follow with certainty from their premises?

What is attribute identification? What is rule learning?

The Wason selection task is a test of the ability to use which type of reasoning?

Patients with damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex perform:

How can behavior in the Wason card-selection task be explained?

The decision-making strategy in which only instances consistent with the hypothesis are chosen is referred to as the:

Which is NOT a hypothesis testing strategy identified by Bruner,et al.(1956)?

_____ reasoning is concerned with conclusions that follow with certainty from their premises.

Which is NOT a logical quantifier?

According to Bruner et al.'s (1956)_____ concept,an association between two or more features is specified.

Describe the Wason card-selection task.What is the typical outcome and what does it signify?

Based on what you know of the atmosphere hypothesis,and given the following premises,which conclusion should participants select? All men are humans. All humans are women.

Training in logic _____ in better performance on the original Wason card-selection task.

Compare human reasoning with artificial intelligence (AI)systems.

Craig and Delia are married.Delia is the mother of Jane.That Craig is the father of Jane is a(n)_____ inference.

According to Evans (1993),which conclusion is accepted a great deal more often than the other three conclusions?

What is the atmosphere hypothesis?

The Science of Cognition

Perception

Attention and Performance

Mental Imagery

Representation of Knowledge

Human Memory: Encoding and Storage

Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval

Problem Solving

Expertise

Decision Making

Language Structure

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Individual Differences in Cognition

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