Psych Module 2 Questions
1. To find the best route to work, Vlad identified all D: Convergent
thinking in-
routes and eliminated options one-by-one. Which of volves narrowing
down mul-
the following did Vlad tiple options to find the
use? best solution, which is
A. Incubation what Vlad did by
B. Divergent thinking eliminating routes one
C. Expertise by one to find the best
D. Convergent thinking route to work.
2. When asked to think of a ball, Carlos quickly thought A: Prototypes are
mental
of images of baseballs, basketballs, and footballs. representations of
the most
Which psychological concept best applies to this sce- typical examples
of a cat-
nario? egory. In this case,
A. Prototypes when Carlos thought
B. Convergent thinking of a ball, he quickly
C. Creativity thought of com- mon
D. Venturesome examples like base-
personality balls, basketballs, and
foot- balls, which are
prototypes of the
category "ball."
3. Dr. Yamlak discovered that there was only a 3 percent A: A 3 percent
chance of er-
chance of error in his finding that people who pro- ror (p-value of
0.03) indi-
duce new and valuable ideas also tend to earn more cates that the
results are sta-
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money. Which of the following statements tistically significant,
provides the most accurate interpretation mean- ing that there is
of these results? strong ev-
A. Dr. Yamlak's result that creativity relates to income idence to
support the re-
is statistically significant. lationship between
B. Dr. Yamlak's result that convergent creativity and income.
thinking re- lates to income is statistically
significant.
C.Dr. Yamlak's result that creativity relates to
income is not statistically significant.
D. Dr. Yamlak's result that accommodation
relates to income is not statistically
significant.
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4. Your teacher asks how many uses you can C: Divergent thinking
think of for a pencil. She is testing your in- volves generating
A. convergent thinking. multiple ideas or
B. intrinsic motivation. solutions to a prob- lem,
C. divergent thinking. often in creative or
D. prototypes. unconventional ways.
Being asked to think of
as many uses as
possible for a pencil is a
test of divergent think-
5. Dr. Jablonski conducted a study in which she
ing.
mea- sured the amount of time it took for
participants to categorize one of two actions B: Dr. Jablonski is like-
as discrimination: (1) ly interested in
measuring how quickly
participants can
failing to hire someone who appeared to be White or identify actions
as discrimi-
(2) failing to hire someone who appeared to be Black. nation based
on their men-
The median amount of time it took participants to tal prototypes of
what con-
categorize action 1 as discrimination was 3 seconds, stitutes
discrimination. The
and the median amount of time it took C. Divergent
participants to categorize action 2 as thinking
discrimination was 1 sec- ond. D. Convergen
Which psychological concept is Dr. Jablonski t thinking
most likely interested in measuring in this
6. Caitlin, a
scenario?
fifth grader,
A. Creativity
is asked to
B. Prototypes
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remember her sec- ond-grade teacher's faster response time for
name. What measure of reten- tion will the scenario involving
Caitlin use to answer this question? some- one who
A. Storage appeared to be Black
suggests that partici-
pants may have a
stronger or more readily
accessible prototype for
discrimination against
Black individuals.
D: To remember her
sec- ond-grade
teacher's name, Caitlin
would need to re-
trieve the information
from
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1. To find the best route to work, Vlad identified all D: Convergent
thinking in-
routes and eliminated options one-by-one. Which of volves narrowing
down mul-
the following did Vlad tiple options to find the
use? best solution, which is
A. Incubation what Vlad did by
B. Divergent thinking eliminating routes one
C. Expertise by one to find the best
D. Convergent thinking route to work.
2. When asked to think of a ball, Carlos quickly thought A: Prototypes are
mental
of images of baseballs, basketballs, and footballs. representations of
the most
Which psychological concept best applies to this sce- typical examples
of a cat-
nario? egory. In this case,
A. Prototypes when Carlos thought
B. Convergent thinking of a ball, he quickly
C. Creativity thought of com- mon
D. Venturesome examples like base-
personality balls, basketballs, and
foot- balls, which are
prototypes of the
category "ball."
3. Dr. Yamlak discovered that there was only a 3 percent A: A 3 percent
chance of er-
chance of error in his finding that people who pro- ror (p-value of
0.03) indi-
duce new and valuable ideas also tend to earn more cates that the
results are sta-
1/
78
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money. Which of the following statements tistically significant,
provides the most accurate interpretation mean- ing that there is
of these results? strong ev-
A. Dr. Yamlak's result that creativity relates to income idence to
support the re-
is statistically significant. lationship between
B. Dr. Yamlak's result that convergent creativity and income.
thinking re- lates to income is statistically
significant.
C.Dr. Yamlak's result that creativity relates to
income is not statistically significant.
D. Dr. Yamlak's result that accommodation
relates to income is not statistically
significant.
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4. Your teacher asks how many uses you can C: Divergent thinking
think of for a pencil. She is testing your in- volves generating
A. convergent thinking. multiple ideas or
B. intrinsic motivation. solutions to a prob- lem,
C. divergent thinking. often in creative or
D. prototypes. unconventional ways.
Being asked to think of
as many uses as
possible for a pencil is a
test of divergent think-
5. Dr. Jablonski conducted a study in which she
ing.
mea- sured the amount of time it took for
participants to categorize one of two actions B: Dr. Jablonski is like-
as discrimination: (1) ly interested in
measuring how quickly
participants can
failing to hire someone who appeared to be White or identify actions
as discrimi-
(2) failing to hire someone who appeared to be Black. nation based
on their men-
The median amount of time it took participants to tal prototypes of
what con-
categorize action 1 as discrimination was 3 seconds, stitutes
discrimination. The
and the median amount of time it took C. Divergent
participants to categorize action 2 as thinking
discrimination was 1 sec- ond. D. Convergen
Which psychological concept is Dr. Jablonski t thinking
most likely interested in measuring in this
6. Caitlin, a
scenario?
fifth grader,
A. Creativity
is asked to
B. Prototypes
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remember her sec- ond-grade teacher's faster response time for
name. What measure of reten- tion will the scenario involving
Caitlin use to answer this question? some- one who
A. Storage appeared to be Black
suggests that partici-
pants may have a
stronger or more readily
accessible prototype for
discrimination against
Black individuals.
D: To remember her
sec- ond-grade
teacher's name, Caitlin
would need to re-
trieve the information
from
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