Psychology 2135A/B Lecture 18: Lecture 18 - Thursday November 24th, 2016
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In the thompson family, there are five brothers, and each brother has one sister. If you count mrs. thompson, how many females are there in the thompson family: answer: 2. Fifteen percent of the people in london have unlisted phone numbers. You select 200 names at random from the london phone book. How many of these people can be expected to have unlisted phone numbers: a(cid:374)s(cid:449)er: (cid:374)o(cid:374)e (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455)"re i(cid:374) the pho(cid:374)e(cid:271)ook so there is a (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)er. Problem: obstacle between present state and goal. Problem solving: active efforts to discover what must be done to overcome obstacle and achieve goal. Types of problems: problem of inducing structure, require people to discover relationships among numbers, words, or symbols, e. g. , complete the following sequence, 1,2,8,3,4,6,5,6,_ Answer: 4: analogies, e. g. , eye is to face as lens is to ____ C) view: sweden is to country as salami is to _____