A Knowledge Structure That Contains Information About a Concept and Its

question 177

Multiple Choice

A knowledge structure that contains information about a concept and its relationship to other concepts (e.g., a structure that contains information about judges and how judges relate to lawyers, criminals, the general public, and so forth) is known as a ____.

• A)script
• B)schema
• C)heuristic
• D)map

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals or the ego to protect against anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Subconsciously Attributes

Subconsciously attributes refer to qualities or features that are assigned or associated with something without conscious awareness.

Association Techniques

Techniques in which respondents are presented with visual or auditory stimuli and asked to respond with the first association that comes to mind.

Theory

A system of ideas intended to explain something, based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.