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1) Define cognition:
2) Boris the chess master selects his next move by considering moves that would threaten his opponent's queen. His opponent, a chess-playing computer, selects its next move by considering all possible moves. Boris is using a ________ and the computer is using an ____________.
3) Failing to see that an article of clothing can be inflated as a life preserver is an example of:
4) Rudy is 6 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 210 pounds, and is very muscular. If you think that Rudy is more likely to be a basketball player than a computer programmer, you are a victim of the _________________ heuristic.
5) In relation to ground beef, consumers respond more positively to an ad describing it as "75 percent lean" than to one referring to its "25 percent fat" content. This is an example of the ______________ effect.
6) Whorf s linguistic relativity hypothesis states that:
7) Benito was born in 1937. In 1947, he scored 130 on an intelligence test. What was Benito's mental age when he took the test?
8) Don's intelligence scores were only average, but he has been enormously successful as a corporate manager. Psychologists Sternberg and Wagner would probably suggest that Don's __________ intelligence exceeds his __________ intelligence.
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Discusses the different stages of life cycle
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Define the cognition
: Define cognition: Boris the chess master selects his next move by considering moves that would threaten his opponent's queen. His opponent, a chess-playing computer, selects its next move by considering all possible moves. Boris is using a ________ a..
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Generalize those notions to everyday life
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Define the extinction
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Define developmental psychopathology
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