PSYCHOLOGY 9B UCI TEST 3 STUDY GUIDE WITH 100%
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/26 A
COMPLETE EXAM SOLUTION GRADED A+ FOR PASS
cognition - CORRECT ANSWERS all the mental activities associated with thinking,
including knowing, remembering, solving problems, making judgments and decisions, and
communicating
mental representation - CORRECT ANSWERS an internal mental symbol that stands for
some object, event, or state of affairs in the world
concepts - CORRECT ANSWERS a category, class, of related items; it consists of mental
representations of those items
prototype - CORRECT ANSWERS a best example or average member of a concept that
incorporate most of the features commonly associated with it
superordinate - CORRECT ANSWERS concepts that are abstract in nature and represent
the highest level of categorization
ex: furniture, fruit, animal
subordinate - CORRECT ANSWERS concepts that are more specific within basic level
concepts
ex: rocking chair, Granny Smith apple, hummingbird
basic level - CORRECT ANSWERS broad concepts that include a lot of members yet
their members still have a lot in common
ex: chair, bed, sofa
, PSYCHOLOGY 9B UCI TEST 3 STUDY GUIDE WITH 100%
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/26 A
COMPLETE EXAM SOLUTION GRADED A+ FOR PASS
algorithm - CORRECT ANSWERS step-by-step procedures that guarantee a solution
insight - CORRECT ANSWERS the sudden realization of a solution to a problem
bounded rationality - CORRECT ANSWERS the idea that rational decision making is
constrained by limitations in people's cognitive abilities, available info, and time
dual processing theory - CORRECT ANSWERS a theory which states that there are two
types of thinking: controlled thinking and automatic thinking
the controlled system - CORRECT ANSWERS type of thinking that is slower, more
effortful, and leads to more thoughtful rational outcomes
the automatic system - CORRECT ANSWERS type of thinking that is fast, fairly
effortless, and leads to decent outcomes most of the time
heuristics - CORRECT ANSWERS a mental shortcut that allows people to efficiently
solve problems and make judgements and decisions
representativeness heuristic - CORRECT ANSWERS placing a person or object in a
category if that person or object is similar to one's prototype for that category
prototype model - CORRECT ANSWERS A way of thinking about concepts: Within each
category, there is a best example—a prototype—for that category.
thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS the mental manipulation of representations of
knowledge about the world
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/26 A
COMPLETE EXAM SOLUTION GRADED A+ FOR PASS
cognition - CORRECT ANSWERS all the mental activities associated with thinking,
including knowing, remembering, solving problems, making judgments and decisions, and
communicating
mental representation - CORRECT ANSWERS an internal mental symbol that stands for
some object, event, or state of affairs in the world
concepts - CORRECT ANSWERS a category, class, of related items; it consists of mental
representations of those items
prototype - CORRECT ANSWERS a best example or average member of a concept that
incorporate most of the features commonly associated with it
superordinate - CORRECT ANSWERS concepts that are abstract in nature and represent
the highest level of categorization
ex: furniture, fruit, animal
subordinate - CORRECT ANSWERS concepts that are more specific within basic level
concepts
ex: rocking chair, Granny Smith apple, hummingbird
basic level - CORRECT ANSWERS broad concepts that include a lot of members yet
their members still have a lot in common
ex: chair, bed, sofa
, PSYCHOLOGY 9B UCI TEST 3 STUDY GUIDE WITH 100%
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/26 A
COMPLETE EXAM SOLUTION GRADED A+ FOR PASS
algorithm - CORRECT ANSWERS step-by-step procedures that guarantee a solution
insight - CORRECT ANSWERS the sudden realization of a solution to a problem
bounded rationality - CORRECT ANSWERS the idea that rational decision making is
constrained by limitations in people's cognitive abilities, available info, and time
dual processing theory - CORRECT ANSWERS a theory which states that there are two
types of thinking: controlled thinking and automatic thinking
the controlled system - CORRECT ANSWERS type of thinking that is slower, more
effortful, and leads to more thoughtful rational outcomes
the automatic system - CORRECT ANSWERS type of thinking that is fast, fairly
effortless, and leads to decent outcomes most of the time
heuristics - CORRECT ANSWERS a mental shortcut that allows people to efficiently
solve problems and make judgements and decisions
representativeness heuristic - CORRECT ANSWERS placing a person or object in a
category if that person or object is similar to one's prototype for that category
prototype model - CORRECT ANSWERS A way of thinking about concepts: Within each
category, there is a best example—a prototype—for that category.
thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS the mental manipulation of representations of
knowledge about the world
