Using only the materials shown, problem solvers are asked to mount the candle on the wall. Few people consider using the tack box to hold the candle. What concept explains why most people fail to solve this problem?
A. Divergent thinking
B. Availability heuristic
C. Representative heuristic
D. Functional fixedness
Answer: D
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A method for finding the minimum number of dimensions to account for a large number of variables is called a. correlational analysis. b. multiple regression
c. factor analysis. d. analysis of variance.
Which of the following best characterizes Cattell’s approach to intelligence?
a. He was adamantly opposed to Galton’s ideas that intelligence could be inherited. b. He believed it was unrelated to measures of sensory acuity or reaction time. c. He believed that systematic measurement was essential to the study of intelligence. d. He believed that intelligence was far too complex to be measured.
If you are making use of information-rich higher mental processes, such as organizing various research articles in writing your term paper, you are engaged in a complex form of
a. classical conditioning. b. cognitive learning. c. respondent learning. d. operant conditioning.
Carefully testing a favorite folk saying, the research results did not verify the claimed relationship. Assuming the soundness of the research methodology, what may be concluded?
a. Even science can be wrong on occasion. b. Some things cannot be known. c. The folk wisdom must contain an invalid assumption. d. Folk sayings are not the concern of science.