Psychology 101: Exam 3 - Quiz 7

What is the confirmation bias?

• believing the event you just experienced was predictable

• stereotyping someone or something unintentionally

• focusing only on one piece of information when making a decision

• focusing on information that aligns with your existing beliefs

focusing on information that aligns with your existing beliefs

A ________ is the smallest unit of language that conveys some type of meaning.

• morpheme

• syllable

• phoneme

• letter

morpheme

Carmela believes her assistant, Lian, is incompetent. She notices only what Lian does wrong while ignoring the above average quality of most of her work. This exemplifies ________ bias.

• representational

• confirmation

• anchoring

• hindsight

confirmation

A(an) ________ is a basic sound unit of a given language.

• syntactic unit

• morpheme

• syllable

• phoneme

phoneme

Which term refers to the vocabulary of a language, or the words contained within that language?

• grammar

• lexicon

• morpheme

• phoneme

lexicon

Which concept is a type of mental set where you cannot perceive an object being used for something other than what it was designed for?

• anchoring bias

• hindsight bias

• representative bias

• functional fixedness

functional fixedness

Which term refers to the process by which we derive meaning from morphemes and words?

• syntax

• semantics

• interpretation

• language

semantics

What impact did Genie’s early isolation have on her ability to acquire language? She never developed a(n) ________.

• lexicon

• ability to speak

• ability to communicate

• mastery of the grammatical aspects of language

mastery of the grammatical aspects of language

Knowing what a dinosaur is because you looked through a book with pictures of dinosaurs and watched the film Jurassic Park is an example of a natural concept that was developed through ________ experience.

1. direct

2. indirect

3. theoretical

4. practical

indirect

Knowing what a rainbow looks like because you have seen a rainbow is an example of a(n) ________ concept.

• artifical

• modular

• prototypical

• natural

natural

Niaz’s car breaks down, and he is convinced that it was a predictable event even though there was no way of knowing it would happen. This exemplifies ________.

• hindsight bias

• availability heuristic

• anchoring bias

• representational bias

hindsight bias

Samara meets a nurse. She immediately assumes he is able to help care for sick people, works long hours, and dispenses advice about illness because her ________ schema suggests that nurses behave this way.

• event

• artificial

• role

• script

role

Gonzalo is attempting to open his car door using the auto lock button on his keychain. He pushes the button twice, but his car door does not open. He continues to push the button even though it is likely that the auto lock feature has stopped working, and he will need to open the door manually with his key. This illustrates a ________.

• functional fixedness

• mental set

• hindsight bias

• confirmation bias

mental set

________ concepts are ones that we know by a specific set of characteristics.

• Natural

• Ideal

• Artificial

• Prototypical

Artifical