Max Is So Used to Thinking That a Tough Competitive

question 43

Multiple Choice

Max is so used to thinking that a tough competitive style of behavior is the best way to impress others that he fails to recognize that the most effective way to impress his girlfriend is with cooperative tenderness.Max's oversight best illustrates

• A) a fixation.
• B) the framing effect.
• C) an algorithm.
• D) divergent thinking.

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Definitions:

Processing Speed

The rate at which an individual can perceive, understand, and respond to information or stimuli.

Rehearsal

A strategy for remembering that usually involves continuing to actively process to-be-remembered material, like repeating it to oneself.

Working Memory

The part of the cognitive machinery that holds information one is actively thinking about at the moment; also referred to as short-term memory.

Retrieval

What we usually mean by remembering, that is, getting information out of mental storage so we can use it.