#40. As part of his homework assignment, Ken memorized the names of all of the p
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#40. As part of his homework assignment, Ken memorized the names of all of the planets, learned the distance between the Sun and the Earth, decided what items he still needed to research and spent time daydreaming about space travel. Ken was engaged in A) thinking B) functional fixedness C) constructing an algorithm. D) developing a heuristic #41. When Mark came back from skiing, he wanted to brew a cup of coffee Because he was out of coffee filters, he settled for tea. Mark's failure to realize that he could use a paper towel as a coffee filter best illustrates A) a mental set B) intuition C) functional fixedness D) the availability heuristic. ge has very conservative political beliefs. He prefers listening to radio talk shows that are consistent with his beliefs. This tendency to search only for information and ev that supports one's perspective illustrates A) fallacy of positive instances. B) over-estimation effect C) confirmation bias D) belief-bias effect *43. The essence of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis is that A) the meaning of language is determined by the perceptions of the people who use the language B) most languages have a common root and are fundamentally similar ) differences among languages cause differences in thoughts and perceptions of their speakers D) all languages have the same basic syntax. A form of communication that is based on a system of symbols and which may be written, signed or spoken is best described as A) phonology B) concept formation #44 - C) language D) infinite generation when Hillary was asked what comes to mind in response to the word animal , she immediately said 'horse'. For Hillary 'horse' is a(n) A) prototype B) formal concept #45 of the category. C) heuristic D) additive featureExplanation / Answer
Ans 40 : A) thinking
Ken was involved in thinking, as he learned the distance between sun and earth and now he is deciding on research and spends time on day dreaming about space travel. He did not construct any algorithm or did any calculations , so it was all about thinking basically.
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