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Cognition is described simply as:Read the answer and worked solution →A step-by-step formula that guarantees the desired outcome is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A mental construct made of a cluster of related concepts is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The best example the brain holds for a concept is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The score earned on a test designed to measure intelligence is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Being unable to see an object used for anything but its designed purpose is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The tendency to focus on information that supports what you already believe is:Read the answer and worked solution →Being pulled toward an initial figure when negotiating a price reflects:Read the answer and worked solution →Cognition encompasses perception, knowledge, problem solving, judgment, memory and:Read the answer and worked solution →A heuristic differs from an algorithm in that a heuristic is:Read the answer and worked solution →The idea of the schema in psychology is credited to work published in:Read the answer and worked solution →Prototypes and schemata both help the nervous system cope with the fact that it handles:Read the answer and worked solution →Functional fixedness is described as a type of:Read the answer and worked solution →An algorithm is preferable to a heuristic when the priority is:Read the answer and worked solution →Confirmation bias is dangerous in reasoning because it makes a person:Read the answer and worked solution →The letters IQ stand for:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each thinking termRead the answer and worked solution →Which obstacle or bias is it?Read the answer and worked solution →Algorithm or heuristic?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: thinkingRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the thinking rulesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Cognition is described simply as:

  1. Thinking
  2. Sensing
  3. Reflexes
  4. Sleeping
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Correct answer: A. Thinking

1. The word covers a wide family of mental activities. 2. Simply put, cognition is thinking. 3. It encompasses the processes associated with perception, knowledge, problem solving, judgment, language, and memory. 4. Reflexes happen without any of those processes being involved. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 7 'Thinking and Intelligence', sections 7.1-7.5_

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A step-by-step formula that guarantees the desired outcome is called:

  1. A schema
  2. An algorithm
  3. A heuristic
  4. A prototype
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Correct answer: B. An algorithm

1. Problem solving strategies differ in whether they promise a correct result. 2. An algorithm is a problem-solving formula that provides you with step-by-step instructions. 3. Those instructions are used to achieve a desired outcome. 4. A heuristic is another type of problem solving strategy, and it offers no such guarantee. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 7 'Thinking and Intelligence', sections 7.1-7.5_

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A mental construct made of a cluster of related concepts is called:

  1. A heuristic
  2. A syllogism
  3. A schema
  4. An algorithm
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Correct answer: C. A schema

1. The mind groups related ideas rather than storing them separately. 2. A schema is a mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts. 3. The idea comes from Bartlett's work in 1932. 4. An algorithm is a procedure rather than a structure of knowledge. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 7 'Thinking and Intelligence', sections 7.1-7.5_

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