Psychologists Use the Term Implicit Cognition to

question 43

Multiple Choice

Psychologists use the term implicit cognition to

• A) the automatic, nonconscious mental processes that influence perceptions, judgments, decisions, and reasoning.
• B) the cognitive schemas or mental frameworks we hold about traits and behaviors associated with different types of people.
• C) the deliberate, conscious mental processes involved in perceptions, judgments, decisions, and reasoning.
• D) the tendency to overestimate one's ability to have foreseen or predicted the outcome of an event.

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Definitions:

Mental Disorders

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Electroconvulsive Therapy

A psychiatric treatment involving electrically induced seizures to provide relief from severe mental disorders.

Brain Seizure

A sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain that can affect how a person appears or acts for a short time and often results in convulsions, muscle spasms, or loss of consciousness.

Convulsion

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