to search forinformation that confirmsone’s perceptions

Which of the following is an example of the use of the representativeness heuristic?

Believing it is more likely to get ebola than lung cancer

Infants speak in two-word phrases of telegraphic speech

mental activities involving understanding and communicating

The belief perseverance phenomenon is

hold beliefs even when presented withcontradicting evidence

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1
Failure to see a trophy as a possible hammer is best explained by what term?
functional fixedness
divergent thinking
belief bias
representativeness heuristic
2
What is the tendency to overestimate one's accuracy of judgment?
overconfidence
availability heuristic
Fixation
belief bias
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Confirmation bias is
step-by-step procedures that will guarantee a solution
to think of things only in terms of their usual functions
to search forinformation that confirmsone’s perceptions
inability to see a problem from a new perspective
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Who believed that universal grammar underlies allhuman language?
Noam Chomsky
Skinner
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Phonemes and morphemes refer to
Two types of influences language has on thought
Building blocks of concepts
Elements of language.
Basic elements of memories stored in a long-term memory.
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Which of the following is an example of the use of the representativeness heuristic?
Breaking a math problem down into smaller parts
Believing it is more likely to get ebola than lung cancer
Judging a situation by a rule that is true most of the time
Solving problems in a way that guarantees the right solution
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two-word stage is
how to get meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences
Infants speak in two-word phrases of telegraphic speech
in a language, the smallest distinctive sound unit
infant utters sounds unlike the family language
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cognition is
Rules in a language that allows us to properly understand it
mental activities involving understanding and communicating
flashes of inspiration
how to combine words into meaningful sentences
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Tie breaker! How many distinct possible answers can you get from unscrambling "hhrraiecy"?
90720
97020
92070
90270
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The belief perseverance phenomenon is
the tendency for our beliefs to distort our logic
to think of things only in terms oftheir usual functions.
to overestimate the accuracy of our knowledge and judgments
hold beliefs even when presented withcontradicting evidence

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