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Carol Gilligan criticized Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral development theory primarily because it:
AWas biased toward male perspectives and underestimated female ethics of care
BIgnored biological factors in moral reasoning
CUsed cross-sectional designs instead of longitudinal ones
DFocused exclusively on early childhood development
Judging the probability that an object or person belongs to a specific category based on how closely it matches a typical prototype is the:
AAvailability Heuristic
BRepresentativeness Heuristic
CConfirmation Bias
DFraming Effect
The psychological study of how physical, cognitive, and social changes occur across the human lifespan from conception to death is:
AComparative Psychology
BDevelopmental Psychology
CDifferential Psychology
DEducational Psychology
A step-by-step procedure or set of rules that guarantees a correct solution to a problem if followed correctly is an:
AHeuristic
BInsight
CAlgorithm
DMental Set
According to Robert Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence, intelligence is composed of three distinct sub-components:
AFluid, Crystallized, and Spatial Intelligence
BVerbal, Performance, and Full Scale Intelligence
CAnalytical, Creative, and Practical Intelligence
DLinguistic, Logical, and Musical Intelligence
The tendency to persist in using a problem-solving strategy that has worked in the past, even when it is no longer effective, is called a:
AFunctional Fixedness
BCognitive Dissonance
CConfirmation Bias
DMental Set
The cognitive bias that prevents people from seeing an object as having a function other than its conventional or customary use is:
AFunctional Fixedness
BMental Set
CAnchoring Effect
DFraming Effect
The tendency for a group’s average attitude or decision to become more extreme after group discussion than it was initially is called:
AGroupthink
BGroup Polarization
CSocial Facilitation
DDeindividuation
The loss of self-awareness and individual restraint that occurs in group situations that foster anonymity is termed:
ASocial Loafing
BGroupthink
CDeindividuation
DPluralistic Ignorance
A pre-judged, typically negative attitude toward members of a specific social group based solely on their group membership is defined as:
ADiscrimination
BStereotype
CEthnocentrism
DPrejudice