PSY 1012 UPDATED SCRIPT 2026 PRACTICE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Analytical Intelligence. Answer: Aligned with academic problem
solving and computations
● Anchoring Bias. Answer: Faulty heuristic in which you fixate on a
single aspect of a problem to find a solution
● Artificial Concept. Answer: Concept that is defined by a very specific
set of characteristics
● Availability Heuristic. Answer: Faulty heuristic in which you make a
decision based on information readily available to you
● Cognition. Answer: Thinking, including perception, learning, problem
solving, judgment, and memory
● Cognitive Psychology. Answer: Field of psychology dedicated to
studying every aspect of how people think
● Cognitive Script. Answer: Set of behaviors that are performed the
same way each time; also referred to as an event schema
, ● Concept. Answer: Category or grouping of linguistic information,
objects, ideas, or life experiences
● Confirmation Bias. Answer: Faulty heuristic in which you focus on
information that confirms your beliefs
● Convergent Thinking. Answer: Providing correct or established
answers to problems
● Creative Intelligence. Answer: Ability to produce new products, ideas,
or inventing a new, novel solution to a problem
● Creativity. Answer: Ability to generate, create, or discover new ideas,
solutions, and possibilities
● Crystallized Intelligence. Answer: Characterized by acquired
knowledge and the ability to retrieve it
● Cultural Intelligence. Answer: Ability with which people can
understand and relate to those in another culture
● Divergent Thinking. Answer: Ability to think 'outside the box' to
arrive at novel solutions to a problem
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Analytical Intelligence. Answer: Aligned with academic problem
solving and computations
● Anchoring Bias. Answer: Faulty heuristic in which you fixate on a
single aspect of a problem to find a solution
● Artificial Concept. Answer: Concept that is defined by a very specific
set of characteristics
● Availability Heuristic. Answer: Faulty heuristic in which you make a
decision based on information readily available to you
● Cognition. Answer: Thinking, including perception, learning, problem
solving, judgment, and memory
● Cognitive Psychology. Answer: Field of psychology dedicated to
studying every aspect of how people think
● Cognitive Script. Answer: Set of behaviors that are performed the
same way each time; also referred to as an event schema
, ● Concept. Answer: Category or grouping of linguistic information,
objects, ideas, or life experiences
● Confirmation Bias. Answer: Faulty heuristic in which you focus on
information that confirms your beliefs
● Convergent Thinking. Answer: Providing correct or established
answers to problems
● Creative Intelligence. Answer: Ability to produce new products, ideas,
or inventing a new, novel solution to a problem
● Creativity. Answer: Ability to generate, create, or discover new ideas,
solutions, and possibilities
● Crystallized Intelligence. Answer: Characterized by acquired
knowledge and the ability to retrieve it
● Cultural Intelligence. Answer: Ability with which people can
understand and relate to those in another culture
● Divergent Thinking. Answer: Ability to think 'outside the box' to
arrive at novel solutions to a problem
