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Which of the following is the best example of the behavioral component of an attitude?


A) Bea feels recycling is a great concept.
B) Bob is upset when he hears a corporation plans to build a polluting plant near his home.
C) Bill struggles to understand the arguments of both sides present in a debate over a new manufacturing plant.
D) Betty writes a letter to her senator asking for support of a law making corporations responsible for the pollution they cause.

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Dave believes all college professors are irritable,impatient,and uninterested in whether students learn.His belief is an example of a(n) :


A) confirmation bias.
B) script.
C) attribution.
D) stereotype.

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Shalissa is described as being very adaptable,and can apply what she has learned in any given situation.She is probably high in ______________ intelligence.


A) analytical
B) creative
C) naturalistic
D) practical

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In the absence of any additional information,which of the following conclusions may be drawn with certainty from a positive correlation between intelligence test scores and brain volume?


A) A larger brain produces higher intelligence.
B) Higher intelligence results in a bigger brain.
C) Factors like better nutrition yield both a larger brain and higher intelligence test scores.
D) Intelligence test scores and brain volume are related but exactly what that means is unclear.

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What problem-solving strategies don't guarantee solutions but make more efficient use of time?


A) heuristics
B) stereotypes
C) algorithms
D) mental sets

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Imagine a graph showing fluid and crystallized intelligence scores as a function of age.Age appears on the x-axis,with increasing age toward the right.One curve portrays fluid intelligence scores; the other,crystallized intelligence scores.Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between the two curves as age increases?


A) The two curves converge.
B) The two curves remain parallel.
C) The curves diverge: the slope of the fluid intelligence curve eventually becomes increasingly negative,whereas the slope of the crystallized intelligence curve does not.
D) The curves diverge: the slope of the fluid intelligence curve eventually becomes increasingly negative,whereas the slope of the crystallized intelligence curve eventually becomes positive.

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Human sentences may contain abstract ideas embedded in other ideas.That is,human sentences may involve a process called:


A) recursion.
B) semantics.
C) aphasia.
D) pragmatics.

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According to Robert Sternberg,__________________ refers to the ability to break problems down into component parts,or analysis,for problem solving.This is the type of intelligence that is measured by intelligence tests and academic achievement tests.


A) analytical intelligence
B) creative intelligence
C) practical intelligence
D) linguistic intelligence

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Based on your text's discussion,the correlation between intelligence and brain volume is best described as:


A) weak and negative.
B) essentially zero.
C) weak and positive.
D) moderate and positive.

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Bonnie studied car mechanics in high school and spent a lot of time helping out at her dad's garage.Her ability to replace a blown gasket relies primarily on her _________ intelligence.


A) crystallized
B) flexible
C) cumulative
D) fluid

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Tranh has given so many lectures that he gives little thought to what he expects might happen when he walks in the classroom: He assumes students will assemble,take notes,and occasionally ask a question.That Dr.Tranh finds the process so routine most clearly reflects the development of a(n) :


A) mental set.
B) prototype.
C) script.
D) algorithm.

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Roberta is trying to decide whether to vote for a political candidate.Based on what she has read about him,she has concluded that he is not qualified for the position,but she generally agrees with his political positions.Also,she trusts him and likes his decisive personality.In fact,she likes him so much that she sent a small donation to his campaign.Her trust of the candidate represents the ____________ component of her attitude toward him.


A) affective
B) cognitive
C) behavioral
D) situational

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Prefixes,suffixes,and word roots are examples of:


A) phonemes.
B) semantics.
C) morphemes.
D) schemas.

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Lori and Monica are looking at the cans of coffee on display at a local supermarket.They are trying to decide which of two different-sized cans is the better buy.Lori attempts to divide the price of each can by the number of ounces of coffee each contains.Monica suggests that "the larger size is usually a better buy." Lori is using a(n) _____; Monica is using a(n) ______.


A) heuristic; algorithm
B) algorithm; heuristic
C) algorithm; prototype
D) prototype; heuristic

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Percent are men.One student is described as ambitious,athletic,and assertive.Why are most people likely to think this description refers to a male student?


A) They are using the availability heuristic.
B) They are using the representative heuristic.
C) People seek only confirming information.
D) People tend to rely on deductive reasoning.

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"Look,Officer,I didn't see the stop sign back there because the sun was in my eyes." The police officer responds,"You were not paying attention." How would a social psychologist describe this situation?


A) Both individuals were making fundamental attribution errors.
B) Both individuals were making external attributions.
C) The driver was making an internal attribution; the officer was making an external attribution.
D) The driver was making an external attribution; the officer was making an internal attribution.

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According to your text,the neural mechanisms supporting song in songbirds are similar to those underlying human language.The finding supports _____'s view that language is innate.


A) Noam Chomsky
B) Lev Vygotsky
C) B.F.Skinner
D) John Watson

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Which of the following would take most people the longest to identify as a fruit (even though it technically is a fruit) ?


A) grape
B) apple
C) orange
D) olive

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A schema is:


A) a flexible mental framework.
B) the best example of a concept.
C) a methodical problem solving procedure.
D) a nefarious plot.

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In Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence,which of the following is also called "componential intelligence?"


A) Practical intelligence
B) Existential intelligence
C) Creative intelligence
D) Analytic intelligence

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