The term "cognitive miser" was coined to refer to ____
a. people's general reluctance to do much extra thinking
b. people's general reluctance to share their ideas with other people
c. people's tendency to give themselves the benefit of the doubt in ambiguous situations
d. people's tendency to blame negative experiences on other people (or on other external circumstances)
A
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The principle of continuity states that:
A. we organize forms along a smooth line or path B. we will continue to perceive stimuli in a given manner until we notice a change C. we assume objects continue to possess the same form even when removed from our perceptual field D. we use similar patterns of organization throughout our lives
Nature's "default setting" is to make every mammal's external anatomy ____
a. male b. female c. intermediate between male and female d. fully both male and female
What advice would you give to a teacher trying to encourage creativity in his or her students? a. "Emphasize rote memorization."
b. "Provide them with items from standardized IQ tests and help them work through each problem.". c. "Encourage them to explore possibilities and not worry about getting the correct answer.". d. "Since creative ability appears to be innate, there is not a lot you can do.".
Researchers use the term desirable difficulty to refer to:
A) situations that make acquiring new knowledge more challenging, but help long-term learning. B) events that allow students to "blow off steam" and improve short-term performance. C) obstacles that distract from studying and decrease long-term learning. D) situations that students say improve the effectiveness of their studying, but which really impairs it.