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The conjunction fallacy is a tendency to:
If you were to compare adult speech with the speech of infants under 6 months of age you should expect to find that:
Raheem is taking the SAT and he has just answered “A” to seven consecutives. He is convinced that if the answers are random this shouldn’t happen, so he changes one of his answers to “B” and one to “D” Raheeem is showing evidence of:
On Monday, the meteorologist forecast a 20 percent chance of rain, so Sharmila took her umbrella to work. On Friday, he reported an 80 percent chance than it would not rain, so Sharmila left her umbrella at home. Sharmila’s behavior illustrates the impact of:
In general, toddlers can:
An algorithm is a:
Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that psychiatrist:
Phonemes are the smallest units of___in a spoken language; morphemes are the smallest units of_______in language.
Which is a definition of psychology?
Some modern psychodynamic theorists, or neo-Freudians, focused on:
Some topic in psychology are difficult to study because:
Behaviorism helped makes psychology a:
The psychodynamic view emphasizes the role of________in development.
Which of the following is considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?
Development psychologists study the effect of_____on behavior.
The approach to psychology the focuses on the basic elements which make up consciousness is called:
A scientific explanation that remains tentative until it has been adequately tested is called a(n):
A post convectional level of morality is most likely to be found in cultures that value:
According to Schachter and Singer, emotional experience involves the interaction of:
In a study of effects of alcohol on driving ability, the control group should be given:
The study of mental processes such as thinking, perception information processing, etc. is a key element in_______psychology.
Perceptual schema is:
Which of the following considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
A psychologist interested is knowing how young children think while learning ‘how to play games’, is a (n):
Whose theory of ‘cognitive dissonance’ received acclaim in the ’60’s?
A theory that children develop a cognitive framework reflecting the beliefs of their society concerning characteristics and roles of males and females, and affecting the processing of new social information is known as:
For Kohlberg, the development of morality primarily involves:

Professor Pegler’s research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences the way people assess financial risks. Which specialty area does his research best represent?

A. personality psychology
B. cognitive psychology
C. clinical psychology
D. developmental psychology

Correct Answer: cognitive psychology ✔

Last Updated: May 05, 2024