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Question 1

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According to Collins and Quillian, to which of the following statements would subjects take the longer amount of time to answer “true” ?

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Choice (5)		Response
a.	A sandal is a shoe.
b.	A ballet slipper is a shoe.
c.	A sandal is a piece of clothing.
d.	A boot a shoe.
e.	A shoe is a piece of clothing.

Question 2

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If during a chess game a player were to write down all of the possible moves she could make, this set of moves would be an example of

Choice (5)	Response
a.	inductive reasoning
b.	a problem space
c.	a heuristic
d.	functional fixedness
e.	a mental set

Question 3

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Matt՚s parents are physicists, and so are the parents of several of his best friends. Therefore, Matt believes that many people are employed as physicists. Matt՚s reasoning is based on

Choice (5)		Response
a.	the conjunction fallacy
b.	a mental set
c.	risky decision making
d.	the representativeness heuristic
e.	the availability heuristic