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Brain-driven psychological concepts and tendencies Quiz

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Question 1

According to the source, what is the evolutionary function of pain?

It is an attention signal.
It is a punishment for bad behavior.
It is a reward for avoiding harm.
It is a memory aid.

Question 2

When people lose the ability to feel emotions, what difficulty do they experience in decision-making?

They can weigh pros and cons but have trouble choosing.
They cannot weigh pros and cons at all.
They become more decisive and logical.
They only make impulsive choices.

Question 3

In the four-card task with Q, K, 2, and 7, you should turn over the K and the 2 to test the rule "If there is a K on one side, then there must be a 2 on the other."

True
False

Question 4

What is the theory in which deliberately suppressing or avoiding certain thoughts makes them more persistent?

Ironic process theory
Cognitive load theory
Reactance theory
Confirmation bias

Question 5

What do you call an exaggerated version of a stimulus to which there is an existing, evolved response tendency?

Supernormal stimulus
Conditioned stimulus
Priming stimulus
Threshold stimulus

Question 6

What does the matching law predict?

The relative frequency of choosing an option is proportional to the relative amount of previous reward obtained from that option.
Choices are always made to maximize total reward.
The probability of switching increases as reward delay increases.
Rewards affect choices only when people are conscious of them.

Question 7

In general, do people donate more money to a hunger charity when they see a picture of a single victim or when they are told the organization is working to save millions?

When they see a picture of a single victim
When they hear about millions being saved
They donate the same in both cases
They refuse to donate in both cases

Question 8

If an expected event has not happened in many independent trials, what is true about the probability that it happens on the next trial?

It is unchanged because the trials are independent.
It increases with each failed trial.
It decreases to zero after enough failures.
It becomes exactly 50%.

Question 9

Why does the self-serving bias make people resentful of teammates?

Because they overestimate their own contributions
Because they underestimate their own contributions
Because they cannot perceive others' work
Because they attribute success to luck

Question 10

Exposure to one concept makes related concepts more easily accessible. This phenomenon is called _______.

Fill in the blank

Question 11

The question "Have you stopped beating your husband yet?" is a classic example of which principle?

Presupposition
Framing
Self-serving bias
Availability heuristic

Question 12

Over a five-year period, lottery winners who won $50,000–$150,000 are no more likely to go bankrupt than average people.

True
False

Question 13

Besides intellectual ability, what factor can affect IQ scores in low-stakes testing?

Motivation
Age
Handedness
Height

Question 14

If 80% of people dream in color, what is the probability that your partner also dreams in color according to the base-rate answer?

80%
68%
50%
100%

Question 15

In Lally's study, what was the mean time for a daily health-related activity to reach maximum automaticity?

66 days
30 days
21 days
100 days

Question 16

People tend to think cars in adjacent lanes are moving slower than they really are.

True
False

Question 17

The fallacy of accepting a proposition because many or most people believe it is the ________ fallacy.

Fill in the blank

Question 18

You should decide your emotions first and then base your beliefs on them.

True
False

Question 19

If an iron is hot, what should you desire to believe?

That it is hot
That it is cold
That it is safe to touch
That its temperature is irrelevant

Question 20

For a proposition you like versus one you dislike, what burden of proof should you set?

The exact same burden
A higher burden on the one you like
A higher burden on the one you dislike
No burden on either

Question 21

When someone gives a correct argument, accepting it does them a favor.

True
False

Question 22

Fairness in a debate requires giving exactly equal weight to every position.

True
False

Question 23

In the dream-color example, what percentage of sexual partners are said to have concordant dream coloring?

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