Don tells Ray he wants to get a new sports car. Ray immediately understands why, because he is familiar with the common characteristics of sports cars and knows what makes them different from family cars
Ray is using mental categories called __________
a) classes.
b) concepts.
c) attributes.
d) classifications.
b
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Carol suffers from coronary heart disease and is trying to decide between stress management and antihypertensive medication. Based on current research findings, how would you advise her?
a. Stress management will provide her with greater benefit. b. Stress management might be a useful adjunct to medication. c. There is no evidence that stress management lowers blood pressure. d. Stress management is better because it has fewer side-effects.
Bruner, Goodnow, and Austin proposed that people solve concept identification tasks by
a. memorizing all the positive instances of the category. b. creating category prototypes. c. forming and evaluating hypotheses. d. All these
Which of the following statements best illustrates the self-perception theory of Daryl Bem?
a. "I eat brown bread because I like it." b. "I married him, so I must love him." c. "I can see myself being a successful attorney." d. "Everybody likes me."
Greta is 15 months old and attends a day care center. Greta is in a toddler room with other
children. Whenever Greta hears other children crying, she begins to cry. According to Hoffman, Greta is in which of the following stage of empathy? a. Global empathy b. Egocentric empathy c. Empathy for another's feelings d. Empathy for another's life condition