Suppose that you have always prepared a casserole in a certain fashion. Then you buy a food processor. It would be most efficient to prepare the ingredients in a new order, but you follow your old, familiar order. The strategy that you are using is
a. the hill-climbing heuristic.
b. a mental set.
c. parallel processing.
d. divergent production.
Ans: b
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a. Retrospective b. Psychoanalytic c. Longitudinal d. Cross-sectional
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a. develop insomnia and show general disturbances in his sleep patterns. b. spend extra time in slow-wave sleep for several nights. c. spend less time in slow-wave sleep than he did before he took part in the study. d. spend extra time in both slow-wave and REM sleep for several nights.
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A) psychometrics; at which the roommate complains B) psychometrics; on the stereo C) psychophysics; at which the roommate complains D) psychophysics; on the stereo
Which statement is FALSE about how high-IQ children perform in school?
a. They are generally very successful in school. b. They are at high risk of dropping out of high school. c. They earn higher grades than others. d. They are more likely than others to attend college.