A. self-recognition
B. transmitting cultural innovations
C. generating category hierarchies
D. linguistic determinism
Related Mcqs:
- Research studies that examine people’s responses on the Watson Selection test, the military problem puzzle and speak-aloud protocols have demonstrated that reasoning about problems is strongly influenced by:
A. Logic
B. Detection of the problem
C. Conditional of the problem
D. Heuristics
E. Representation of the problem - Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.
A. 1 & 2
B. 3 & 4
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - The Hawthorne studies were used to examine the effects of:
A. Revery obsession
B. Mass group testing
C. Manipulating workplace lighting
D. Time and motion - The Hawthorne studies were used to examine the effects of:
A. revery obsession
B. mass group testing
C. manipulating workplace lighting
D. time and motion - A father suggests that his son’s low marks in school are due to the child’s laziness. The father has made a (an)______attribution.
A. external
B. internal
C. situational
D. high consensus - A single, memorable case of welfare fraud has a greater impact on estimates of the frequency of welfare abuse than do statistics showing that this case is actually the exception to the rule. This illustrates that judgments are influenced by the:
A. availability heuristic
B. belief perseverance phenomenon
C. framing effect
D. confirmation bias - 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:
A. belief perseverance
B. the farming effect
C. the representativeness heuristic
D. linguistic determinism - Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:
A. functional fixedness
B. the framing effect
C. the representativeness heuristic
D. overconfidence - Maham forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so she spent a very uncomfortable and restless night. Unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filed jacket as a pillow. Maham’s oversight best illustrates:
A. functional fixedness
B. confirmation bias
C. overconfidence
D. the availability heuristic - Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls, Mrs. Zumpano, a second-grade teacher, watches boys more closely than she watch girls for any signs of misbehavior. Mrs. Zumpano’s surveillance strategy best illustrates:
A. the framing effect
B. the availability heuristic
C. confirmation bias
D. functional fixedness
