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