(Q001) The word crow is a(n) ____________________ for a type of bird, while the word caw is
a(n) ____________________ for the sound a crow makes.
a.
symbolic representation; analogical representation
b.
analogical representation; symbolic representation
c.
exemplar; prototype
d.
prototype; exemplar
(Q002) Yuri asks his father, Vadim, what a triangle looks like. Vadim gets out a piece of paper
and draws a triangle that has three identical angles and sides, rather than drawing one that is
oblong and asymmetrical. Vadim has shown his son a triangle using the
____________________.
a.representativeness heuristic
b.prototype model
c.exemplar model
d.defining attribute model
(Q004) Jenny's best friend, Doris, got a bad case of food poisoning after eating at a Greek
restaurant. For weeks afterward, whenever they would hang out, Doris would go on and on
about how awful it was. Now Jenny refuses to touch Greek food herself, because she thinks she
may get sick too. It appears Jenny has fallen prey to the bias in decision making called
____________________.
a.the representativeness heuristic
b.the availability heuristic
c.framing
d.counterfactual thinking
(Q006) You continue to push on a door when, according to a sign on that door, you should try
pulling open the door instead. Which barrier to problem solving are you failing to overcome?
a.irrelevant information
b.functional fixedness
c.mental set
d.restructuring the representation
