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Question: Scientists who study cognition are searching for ways to understand how we ________,

organize, and utilize our conscious cognitive experiences without being aware of all of the

unconscious work that our brains are doing.

  1. infiltrate

  2. B. innovate

  3. C. integrate

  4. D. intensify

  5. Answer: C. integrate

  6. Question: ________ and ________ are powerful influences on both our thoughts and behaviors.

  7. A. emotion; memory

  8. B. feeling; remembering

  9. C. recall; retention

  10. D. recollection; sentiment

  11. Answer: A. emotion; memory

  12. Question: Sensations and information are received by our brains, filtered through emotions and memories, and processed to become ________.

  13. A. actions

  14. B. chemicals

  15. C. subconscious

  16. D. thoughts

  17. Answer: D. thoughts

  18. Question: In psychology, concepts can be divided into two categories: ________ and ________.

  19. A. known; unknown

  20. B. natural; artificial

  21. C. realizable; unrealizable

  22. D. unnatural; unidentified

  23. Answer: B. natural; artificial

  24. Question: Natural concepts are mental groupings created naturally through our ________.

  25. A. behaviors

  26. B. experiences

  27. C. personality

  28. D. socialization

  29. Answer: B. experiences

  30. Question: The fact that English grammar dictates that most verbs end in-ed to indicate past tense is an example of the ________ component of language.

  31. A. grammar

  32. B. lexicon

  33. C. syntax

  34. D. thesaurus

  35. Answer: A. grammar

  36. Question: Knowing what a rainbow looks like because you have seen a rainbow is an example of a ________ concept.

  37. A. model

  38. B. natural

  39. C. prototype

  40. D. unnatural

  41. Answer: B. natural

  42. Question: 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.

  43. A. artificial

  44. B. event

  45. C. role

  46. D. script

  47. Answer: C. role

  48. Question:

  49. Answer: D. mental set

  50. Question: 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.

  51. A. anchoring

  52. B. confirmation

  53. C. hindsight

  54. D. representational

  55. Answer: B. confirmation

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