Deck 10: Thinking

Question 1

An important aspect of explicit problem solving is

A) using sudden insight
B) conceptualizing a goal and the steps for reaching that goal
C) relying on 'feelings of knowing'
D) finding a path through a maze

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A good analogy for problem solving is

A) finding a path through a maze
B) playing a game of chess
C) following directions in a cookbook
D) outlining a chapter in a textbook

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A researcher is advertising for chess experts, and people who have never played chess. You decide that s/he is probably planning to study

A) pattern recognition
B) how experts use 'chunking' to solve problems
C) how working memory processes may differ according to one's level of expertise
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Conscious goals along with conscious steps for getting from a starting point to the goal is a characteristic of

A) internal problem solving
B) external problem solving
C) implicit problem solving
D) explicit problem solving

Question 5

Compared to , involves greater executive control, frequent conscious access, and the recruitment of many cortical regions in goal pursuit.

A) explicit problem solving, implicit problem solving
B) implicit problem solving, explicit problem solving
C) external problem solving, internal problem solving
D) internal problem solving, external problem solving

Question 6

The 'feeling of knowing' occurs with

A) focal consciousness
B) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
C) long-term memory encoding
D) transient episodic memory

Question 7

Concepts like working memory, selective attention, autobiographical retrieval, and conscious perception

A) correspond well to separate cortical locations of the brain
B) all involve the basal ganglia
C) evoke activity in overlapping brain regions
D) are limited to the medial temporal lobe

Question 8

The acquisition of language is considered to be a form of

A) internal problem solving
B) external problem solving
C) implicit problem solving
D) explicit problem solving

Question 9

Which of the following is not an appropriate task to use to assess frontal lobe damage?

A) The Tower of Hanoi task
B) A 'remember-versus-know' decision
C) The Wisconsin Card Sorting task WCS)
D) A problem that requires task-switching

Question 10

Working memory is supported by cortical regions in

A) the frontal lobe
B) the parietal lobe
C) both the frontal and parietal lobes
D) neither the frontal nor the parietal lobe

Question 11

________ is a useful way to work around the capacity limits of immediate memory.

A) sensory memory
B) mental effort
C) selective attention
D) chunking

Question 12

A survey conducted at a university asked participants to point to the most prototypical example of a chair out of several different possibilities. Which of the following was the most likely object to be selected?

A) a high bar stool
B) a lawn chair
C) a comfortable recliner
D) a wooden chair with four legs, a seat and a back

Question 13

The occurrence of sudden "insight" in problem solving is most likely due to

A) long term processes
B) short term processes
C) explicit processes
D) implicit processes

Question 14

The phrase "neuronal activity that is time-limited and interacts with long term connectivity patterns" could refer to

A) semantic memory
B) working memory
C) verbal memory
D) long term memory