12/20/22, 3:47 PM Test: Chapter 8: Thinking | Quizlet

Name: Score:

5 True/False questions

Definition Term 1 of 20
the sudden realization of a solution to a thinking
problem

True

False

Definition Term 2 of 20
a new way of thinking about a problem that restructuring
aids its solution

True

False

Definition Term 3 of 20
in decision making, the tendency to framing
emphasize the potential losses or potential
gains from at least one alternative

True

False

Definition Term 4 of 20
attempts to define how people should make descriptive decision theories
decisions

True

False

https://quizlet.com/289809597/test 1/4
12/20/22, 3:47 PM Test: Chapter 8: Thinking | Quizlet

Definition Term 5 of 20
cognitive schemas that allow for easy, fast stereotypes
processing of information about people
based on their membership in certain groups

True

False

5 Multiple choice questions

Definition 6 of 20
a category, or class, of related items; it consists of mental representations of those items

cognition

concept

insight

thinking

Definition 7 of 20
attempting to select the best alternative from among several options

thinking

decision making

problem solving

mental sets

Definition 8 of 20
the mental activity that includes thinking and the understandings that result from thinking

concept

heuristics

cognition

insight

https://quizlet.com/289809597/test 2/4
12/20/22, 3:47 PM Test: Chapter 8: Thinking | Quizlet

Definition 9 of 20
the tendency, in making judgements, to rely on the first piece of information encountered or
information that comes most quickly to mind

anchoring

stereotypes

thinking

framing

Definition 10 of 20
a way of thinking about concepts: within each category, there is a best example- a prototype-
for that category

prototype model

feature frequency model

exemplar model

availability heuristic

5 Matching questions

abstract mental representations that do not A. symbolic 11-15 of 20

correspond to the physical features of objects or ideas representations

B. affective
attempts to predict how people actually make choices, forecasting
not to define ideal choices
C. functional
fixedness
making a decision based on the answer that most easily
comes to mind D. descriptive
decision theories

in problem solving, having fixed ideas about the typical E. availability heuristic
function of objects

https://quizlet.com/289809597/test 3/4
12/20/22, 3:47 PM Test: Chapter 8: Thinking | Quizlet

the tendency for people to overestimate how events

will make them feel in the future

5 Written questions

Definition 16 of 20
placing a person or object in a category if that person or object is similar to one's prototype
for that category

Definition 17 of 20
problem-solving strategies that have worked in the past

Definition 18 of 20
the mental manipulation of representations of knowledge about the world

Definition 19 of 20
finding a way around an obstacle to reach a goal

Definition 20 of 20
a way of thinking about concepts: All members of a category are examples (exemplars);
together they from the concept and determine category membership

https://quizlet.com/289809597/test 4/4