Psychologists Use the Term Explicit Cognition to

question 415

Multiple Choice

Psychologists use the term explicit cognition to

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

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Definitions:

Proximity-Seeking

Behavior aimed at reducing distance from a preferred individual or object, often observed in attachment contexts.

Contact-Maintaining

The act of keeping in touch or staying connected with others, especially in maintaining relationships over distance or time.

Insecure Attachment

A type of attachment style identified in psychology where individuals have difficulty forming secure and stable relationships due to early experiences of inconsistent or neglectful care from primary caregivers.

Nerve Cells

Also known as neurons, these are the basic building blocks of the nervous system responsible for transmitting information throughout the body.