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OLDROYD PSYCHOLOGY 1010 FINAL EXAM
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+/LATEST EXAM!!!
Which term refers to all the mental activities associated
with thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating?
A) aglorithm
B) heuristic
C) cognition
D) univerisal - Answer-C
Simple thinking strategies that allow us to solve problems
and make judgments efficiently are called
A) fixations
B) heuristics
C) prototypes
D) algorithms - Answer-B
A mental set is most likely to inhibit
A) confirmation bias
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B) overconfidence
C) creativity
D) belief perserverance - Answer-C
Jacquelyn suffered symptoms so similar to those
associated with pregnancy-induced morning sickness that
she erroneously concluded that she was pregnant.
Jacquelyn's conclusion best illustrates the influences of
A) confirmation bias
B) the availability heuristic
C) the representativeness heuristic
D) functional fixedness - Answer-C
The overconfidence phenomenon refers to the tendency to
A) cling to our initial conceptions, even though they have
been discredited
B) search for information that supports our preconceptions
C) underestimate the extent to which our beliefs and
judgments are inaccurate
D) judge the likelihood of an event in terms of how readily
instances of its occurrence are remembered - Answer-C
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In the words "helped" and "called," the "ed" ending is a(n)
A) prototype
B) morpheme
C) heuristic
D) aalgorithm - Answer-B
Chomsky suggested that as a child first begins hearing
language, appropriate settings, or standards regarding
rules of that language are activated in the child's
A) representativeness heuristic
B) language acquisition device
C) category hierarchy
D) algorithm - Answer-B
An impaired use of language is known as
A) functional fixedness
B) telegraphic speech
C) babbling
D) aphasia - Answer-D
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The correct sequence of brain areas involved in reading a
printed sentence aloud is
A) visual cortex, Wernicke's area, angular gyrus, Broca's
area, and motor cortex
B) visual cortex, Wernicke's area, Broca's area, angular
gyrus, and motor cortex
C) visual cortex, angular gyrus, Wernicke's area, Broca's
area, and motor cortex
D) visual cortex, angular gyrus, Broca's area, Wernicke's
area, and motor cortex - Answer-C
Human language appears to have evolved from
A) the representativeness heuristic
B) gestured communication
C) a process simulation
D) a critical period - Answer-B
Joni claims that she is intellectually gifted because she
"processes" an IQ of 145. She is most clearly committing
the error known as
A) heritability
B) the Flynn Effect
OLDROYD PSYCHOLOGY 1010 FINAL EXAM
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+/LATEST EXAM!!!
Which term refers to all the mental activities associated
with thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating?
A) aglorithm
B) heuristic
C) cognition
D) univerisal - Answer-C
Simple thinking strategies that allow us to solve problems
and make judgments efficiently are called
A) fixations
B) heuristics
C) prototypes
D) algorithms - Answer-B
A mental set is most likely to inhibit
A) confirmation bias
,2|Page
B) overconfidence
C) creativity
D) belief perserverance - Answer-C
Jacquelyn suffered symptoms so similar to those
associated with pregnancy-induced morning sickness that
she erroneously concluded that she was pregnant.
Jacquelyn's conclusion best illustrates the influences of
A) confirmation bias
B) the availability heuristic
C) the representativeness heuristic
D) functional fixedness - Answer-C
The overconfidence phenomenon refers to the tendency to
A) cling to our initial conceptions, even though they have
been discredited
B) search for information that supports our preconceptions
C) underestimate the extent to which our beliefs and
judgments are inaccurate
D) judge the likelihood of an event in terms of how readily
instances of its occurrence are remembered - Answer-C
,3|Page
In the words "helped" and "called," the "ed" ending is a(n)
A) prototype
B) morpheme
C) heuristic
D) aalgorithm - Answer-B
Chomsky suggested that as a child first begins hearing
language, appropriate settings, or standards regarding
rules of that language are activated in the child's
A) representativeness heuristic
B) language acquisition device
C) category hierarchy
D) algorithm - Answer-B
An impaired use of language is known as
A) functional fixedness
B) telegraphic speech
C) babbling
D) aphasia - Answer-D
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The correct sequence of brain areas involved in reading a
printed sentence aloud is
A) visual cortex, Wernicke's area, angular gyrus, Broca's
area, and motor cortex
B) visual cortex, Wernicke's area, Broca's area, angular
gyrus, and motor cortex
C) visual cortex, angular gyrus, Wernicke's area, Broca's
area, and motor cortex
D) visual cortex, angular gyrus, Broca's area, Wernicke's
area, and motor cortex - Answer-C
Human language appears to have evolved from
A) the representativeness heuristic
B) gestured communication
C) a process simulation
D) a critical period - Answer-B
Joni claims that she is intellectually gifted because she
"processes" an IQ of 145. She is most clearly committing
the error known as
A) heritability
B) the Flynn Effect
