Unit 2: Content
Topic 2.2: Cognitive approach Questions
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Match each part of confirmation bias to an example.
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.7
A seller opens a negotiation with a very high price. The anchor tends to:
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.6
The most effective way to counter confirmation bias is to:
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.1
A schema is:
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.5
Many biases arise because System 1:
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After meeting an anchor, people typically adjust:
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.5
Match each task to the system that mainly handles it.
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Remembering the horoscopes that 'came true' and forgetting the rest is an example of:
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Operant conditioning is learning driven mainly by:
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Adding something pleasant after a behaviour, so it increases, is:
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.3
Removing something unpleasant after a behaviour, so it increases, is:
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.1
Which approach does schema theory belong to?
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.1
Match each stage of memory to how a schema acts on it.
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.7
Anchoring bias is relying too heavily on:
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.3
Match each consequence to its effect and type.
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.1
According to schema theory, memory is best described as:
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.6
Confirmation bias is the tendency to:
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• Aimnova past-paper practice — 2.2.5
In dual processing theory, System 1 thinking is:
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System 2 thinking is:
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Match each term to its meaning.
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