As We Build Our Knowledge Base on a Particular Topic

question 39

Multiple Choice

As we build our knowledge base on a particular topic, we find that

• A) it becomes increasingly difficult for us to add new information to that knowledge base.
• B) the new information that we encounter creates contradictions that we must resolve.
• C) it requires more and more processing capacity to maintain the base.
• D) it becomes easier to remember new information related to that topic.

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Definitions:

Priming

A psychological effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences a response to a subsequent stimulus, without conscious guidance or intention.

Insight

The capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing, often leading to a sudden realization.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Representativeness Heuristic

Assumption that any object (or person) sharing characteristics with the members of a particular category is also a member of that category.