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1

A psychologist who conducts an experiment to compare the mental processes different students use to remember statistical principles is investigating
A)artificial intelligence
B)cognition
C)mental set
D)semantics
2

A counseling psychologist has developed a computer program that can suggest different paths students can take to meet the requirements for the degrees they seek. This program is an example of
A)artificial intelligence
B)subgoaling
C)decision making
D)problem solving
3

A child visiting a zoo who sees a brightly colored object leave a nest and fly to a nearby tree and says "Look at the new bird!" is using
A)a mental set to see a bird
B)an availability heuristic
C)confirmation bias based on the child's preconceptions
D)the prototype model of concept formation
4

If a college student having difficulty finding the solution to a mathematics problem tries solutions she used in high school without obtaining the correct answer, she has used
A)an algorithm
B)heuristics
C)mental set
D)belief perseverance
5

A student who persists in trying to solve a statistics problem by using a process that he used in another mathematics course has
A)a mental set
B)belief perseverance
C)hindsight bias
D)functional fixedness
6

An instructor who requires that students read articles from psychology journals and present the conclusions they have drawn is teaching
A)problem solving
B)algorithms
C)semantics
D)reasoning
7

After reading several articles about psychodynamic personality theory, a student concludes that psychodynamic therapists must emphasize unconscious motivation. This conclusion is an example of
A)mental set
B)deductive reasoning
C)inductive reasoning
D)decision making
8

A college student who seeks the advice of a counseling psychologist before choosing between psychology and sociology majors is seeking help with
A)decision making
B)problem solving
C)inductive reasoning
D)concept formation
9

A psychologist who has developed a test that includes some items requiring people to suggest the best solution to some everyday problems is attempting to measure
A)heritability
B)intelligence
C)personality
D)creativity
10

A school psychologist has administered a test to a 7-year-old child and reports that the child's performance is like that of a 9-year-old child. In this case, 9 years is the child's
A)chronological age
B)intelligence quotient
C)mental age
D)aptitude for achievement
11

A child who has an intelligence quotient of 80 and a chronological age of 10 years will have a mental age of
A)4 years
B)6 years
C)8 years
D)10 years
12

Based on a test score, a college student seeking a summer job has been trained to work in a department that cuts packing material to fit objects taking a variety of shapes. The score was obtained from
A)an aptitude test
B)an achievement test
C)a culture-fair test
D)a creativity test
13

A student studying for a final examination in an introductory psychology course is preparing for
A)an aptitude test
B)an achievement test
C)a placement test
D)a projective test
14

A psychology instructor who has made sure that a test covering material in five chapters has an equal number of items from each chapter has addressed the test's
A)validity
B)reliability
C)standardization
D)distribution
15

If applicants for an honors program take a test following the same instructions, with the same time limits, and which are scored with the same key so that the applicants' scores can be compared, the test is said to be
A)reliable
B)valid
C)precise
D)standardized





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