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ThinkPsychology CH09

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show a person’s knowledge and progress.  
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Algorithm   show
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show a type of intelligence generally assessed by intelligence tests that present well-defined problems with only one correct answer.  
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Aptitude   show
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show the act of applying the mind selectively to a sense or thought  
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show a type of processing failure characterized by an inability to remember the second element in a pair of rapidly successive stimuli  
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show a type of heuristic that tells a person that if he or she can bring examples of an event to mind easily, that event must be common  
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show the effect that occurs when a person's beliefs distort his or her logical thinking  
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Belief perseverance   show
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show mental activities associated with sensation, perception, thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating  
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show a mental grouping of similar objects, events, and people  
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Confirmation bias   show
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show a type of intelligence characterized by the ability to adapt to new situations, come up with unique and unusual ideas, and think of novel solutions to problems  
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Decision making   show
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show a top-down method of arriving at a specific conclusion based on broader premises  
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show see theoretical reasoning  
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show a neurotransmitter that helps people make decisions that lead to good outcomes and avoid bad outcomes  
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Emotional intelligence   show
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Endogenous attention   show
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Executive control systems   show
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Exemplar theory   show
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show See stimulus-driven selection  
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show a theory that suggests that people put items in categories together if they share certain characteristics, even if not every member of the category has similar features  
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show a theory that states that a person selects stimuli early in the perception process, even before he or she assesses the meaning of the input  
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Framing   show
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show a bias that limits a person's ability to think in unconventional ways  
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General intelligence   show
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Goal state   show
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show a type of attention in which a person makes an explicit choice to pay attention to something  
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show informal rules that make the decision-making process quick and simple  
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Hierarchy   show
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show a person's erroneous belief that he or she knew something all along after an event has occurred  
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Inductive reasoning   show
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show a problem-solving state in which a person has incomplete or unsatisfactory information  
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show the sudden realization of the solution to a problem  
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Intelligence   show
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Judgment   show
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show the level of ability typical of a child of the same chronological age  
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show a preexisting state of mind that a person uses to solve problems because that state has helped the person solve similar problems in the past  
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Normal distribution   show
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Overconfidence   show
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Perceptual load   show
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show the ability to find many solutions to complicated or poorly defined problems and use those solutions in practical, everyday situations  
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Practical reasoning   show
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Problem solving   show
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show a person of normal intelligence who has an extraordinary ability  
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show a mental image or typical example that exhibits all the features associated with a concept  
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Reasoning   show
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Savant syndrome   show
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Sensory buffer   show
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Set of operations   show
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Social intelligence   show
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show is a type of attention that is motivated by external factors.  
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show a deductive pattern of logic in which a conclusion is made based on two or more premises  
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Syllogistic reasoning   show
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Theorical reasoning   show
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