The use of heuristic rather than algorithms is most likely to:

Related Mcqs:

1. The emphasis is on detailed information rather than generalizations, but the approach attempts to look at the whole rather than collect specific bits of:

   A. Study
   B. Information
   C. Scientific approaches
   D. Evaluation

2. The representativeness heuristic refers to our tendency to:

   A. underestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments
   B. judge the likelihood of an event in terms of how readily instances of its occurrence are remembered
   C. cling to our initial conceptions, even though they have been discredited
   D. judge the likelihood of category membership by how closely an object or event resembles a particular prototype

3. The representative heuristic can lead to both:

   A. the arrangement problem and the framing effect
   B. the framing effect and the gambler’s fallacy
   C. the conjunction fallacy and the gambler’s fallacy
   D. the conjunction fallacy and the overconfidence effect

4. Which of the following is an example of people’s reliance on the representativeness heuristic to make decisions or judgements?

   A. People report that they did more than 50% of the work in domestic situations
   B. People tend to overestimate car accidents
   C. People are more likely to attribute a case of heartbum to spicy food than bland food
   D. People tend to underestimate death from diabetes

5. We are more likely to remember the words “typewriter, cigarette and fire” than the words “void, process and inherent” because the first three words are more likely to be _________________ encoded?

   A. automatically
   B. visually
   C. proactively
   D. implicitly

6. Endorphin agonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain and endorphin antagonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain:

   A. increase; increase
   B. decrease; increase
   C. decrease; decrease
   D. eliminate; eliminate

7. Which of the following therapies are mainly intended to eliminate symptoms rather than after personality?

   A. behavior and drug therapies
   B. psychoanalysis and client – centered therapy
   C. Psychoanalysis and drug therapies
   D. cognitive and psychoanalytic therapies

8. Phobias are now sometimes treated with benzodiazepines (rather than barbiturates). Which of the following is not a side – effect of taking benzodiazepines?

   A. Ataxia
   B. Wakefulness
   C. Drowsiness
   D. confusion

9. Researchers use experiments rather than other research methods in order to distinguish between:

   A. case studies and surveys
   B. random samples and representative samples
   C. facts and theories
   D. causes and effects

10. The origins of actives specific enquiry are more in the area of literature, poetry music and art rather than:

    A. Languages
    B. Technology
    C. Science
    D. Education