INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the Word or Phrase in [ ] Which

question 18

Multiple Choice

INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the word or phrase in [ ] which will correctly complete the statement.
-Money to make social security benefit payments comes from contributions from [employees only | employers only | employees and employers].

• A)for the first item
• B)for the second item
• C)if neither item will correctly complete the statement.

Analyze the influence of cognitive structures and processes on perception and judgment.

Distinguish between different problem-solving strategies including algorithms and heuristics.

Understand the role of cognitive psychology in explaining human thought, reasoning, and information processing.

Identify how cognitive errors and biases can influence personal belief systems and perceptions of reality.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The process in which a response to a specific stimulus becomes associated with other stimuli that are similar, leading to the same response.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that initially has no effect but becomes able to provoke a specific response through association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In psychology, the process through which a conditioned response decreases or disappears as a consequence of repeated exposure to the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that have not been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.