Psychology 10: Introduction to Psychology (Prof. Fairchild)
Quiz for March 3, 2009
(Chapter 7: Thought, Intelligence)
Name: _____________________________
1.
According to the idea of the “circle of thought,” the main functions or
purposes of human thinking are to describe, elaborate, decide, plan, and
______.
a.
Think again
b.
Guide action
c.
Question ourselves
d.
Make money
e.
None of the above
2.
The ingredients of thought include concepts, propositions, schemas,
scripts, mental models, images, and cognitive maps. Which of these is more related to a sequence of activities?
a.
Concepts
b.
Propositions
c.
Schemas
d.
Scripts
e.
mental models
f. images
g.
cognitive maps
3.
Strategies for problem solving include incubation, means-end analysis,
working backward, and analogies. Which
of these requires the least effort?
a.
Incubation
b.
means-end analysis
c.
working backward
d.
analogies
e.
none of the above
4.
People tend to perceive and accept data that support their hypothesis
about something, but they tend to ignore information that is inconsistent with
it. This is known as the:
a.
Confirmation bias
b.
Representativeness heuristic
c.
Availability heuristic
d.
Anchoring heuristic
e.
Fallibility of human cognition
5.
An IBM computer known as Deep Blue was very good at playing:
a.
Backgammon
b.
Go
c.
Poker
d.
Chess
e.
Soccer
6.
According to the text, the average 6 year old has a vocabulary of about
_____ words
a.
13
b.
1300
c.
13000
d.
130,000
e.
1,300,000
7.
The earliest IQ test was developed to:
a.
Help the armed forces make appropriate assignments of recruits
b.
Identify which immigrants were mentally defective and thus should not
be allowed into the United States
c.
Help employers decide which employees were most appropriate for the
available jobs
d.
Determine who could vote in the Jim Crow South
e.
None of the above
8.
Jonah just took an IQ test.
According to the scoring method used today, his IQ score will reflect
a.
his mental age divided by his chronological age, times 100
b.
his chronological age divided by his mental age, times 100
c.
how quickly he completed the test
d.
his raw score, adjusted for how long he has lived in his present culture
e.
none of the above
9.
Correlating people’s job success with their pre-employment test scores
is one way of measuring a test’s
a.
Reliability
b.
Standardization
c.
Norms
d.
Length
e.
Validity
10.
Correlating people’s original test score with a re-test is one way of
measuring a test’s
a.
Validity
b.
Standardization
c.
Norms
d.
Length
e.
None of the above
11.
BONUS: Without lifting your
pencil or pen from the paper, draw three or four straight lines through the
nine bubbles.
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