day 2 review

Selective Attention: Focusing on one stimulus (e.g., ignoring café noise while reading) is an example of __.

Selective Attention

The tendency to perceive a complete shape from incomplete parts is called __.

Closure

Recognizing a familiar face in a crowd demonstrates __, using background knowledge to guide your perception.

Top-Down Processing

The grouping of nearby objects, such as trees lining a street, is referred to as __.

Proximity

The slight difference in images between our two eyes, known as __, helps us perceive depth.

Binocular Disparity

Establishing a step-by-step method to solve problems is an example of an __.

Algorithm

The mental shortcut used to judge the likelihood of events based on how easily examples come to mind is the __ heuristic.

Availability

Continuing to invest in a project despite its failure reflects the __ fallacy.

Sunk-Cost

Memories of personal experiences are categorized as __ memory.

Episodic

The method of studying in short sessions over time is known as __ practice.

Distributed

The phenomenon of recalling the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is called the __ effect.

Serial Position

Attributing someone's behavior mainly to their personality traits reflects a __ attribution.

Dispositional

The discomfort arising from holding two conflicting beliefs is called __ dissonance.

Cognitive

A test designed to measure what a person has learned is known as an __ test.

Achievement

When individuals in a group assume that someone else will take action in a crisis, it reflects __ of responsibility.

Diffusion

Failing to see a screwdriver as a possible weight in a problem-solving scenario is an example of __ fixedness.

Functional

The theory that intelligence consists of multiple distinct abilities, instead of a single general ability, is referred to as __ intelligences.

Multiple

The phenomenon where repeated exposure to a stimulus increases preference for it is known as the __ exposure effect.

Mere