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131. Experiential processing a. uses judgment biases and heuristics. b. does not always produce an accurate result. c. is the type of reasoning used in everyday life. d. is characterized by all of these. 132. Justina has tried out for the school play along with 11 other people. If she calculates her chances of getting selected as the lead by dividing one by 12, or an 8.3 percent chance, Justina has used ________ processing. a. analytical b. heuristic c. intuitive d. experiential 133. Justina has tried out for the school play along with 11 other people. If she thinks because she is similar to last year’s actor that her chance of getting the part is good, Justina has used a. analytical processing. b. hypothetico-deductive reasoning. c. formal propositional logic. d. experiential processing. 134. Which of the following is/are TRUE regarding children and adolescent thought processing? a. Children are better than adolescents at careful logical thought. b. Adolescents rely more on heuristics than young children do. c. Early adolescents are more likely than middle adolescents to say that an opinion based on statistical information was more intelligent than one based on anecdotes. d. All of these statements are true. 135. ________ is purely intellectual, while ________ occurs when personal goals, moods, and prior stereotypes influence one’s judgments. a. Divergent thinking; convergent thinking b. Heuristic processing; intuitive thinking c. Cold cognition; hot cognition d. Experiential processing; heuristic processing 136. People are especially likely to rely on ________when they will be personally affected by the decision, have prior beliefs about the issue, or the problem involves some uncertainty. a. convergent thinking b. experiential processing c. cold cognition d. propositional logic 137. People are especially likely to rely on experiential processing when a. they will be personally affected by the decision. b. they have prior beliefs about the issue. c. the problem involves some uncertainty. d. any of these occur. 138. Although there is much evidence that smoking leads to lung cancer, Joseph reminds his friends who are trying to get him to quit smoking that his uncle lived to be 95 and smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. Joseph is relying on _________ to maintain his smoking habit. a. convergent thinking b. divergent thinking c. experiential processing d. cold cognition 139. Younger, middle, and older adolescents were asked to evaluate a video in which four boys planned to steal hot dogs from a vendor but presumably ended up killing the vendor. When the tape was stopped at various points along the story, the _______ thought the decisions of the boys in the video were less risky and also judged themselves less capable of resisting peer influence in their own lives. a. young adolescents b. middle adolescents c. older adolescents d. all of the adolescents, regardless of age 140. When asked to rate their tendency to make long-term plans by reacting to statements, such as “When I want to achieve something, I set goals and consider specific means for reaching those goals, which of the following age groups would be LEAST likely to endorse this statement? a. young adolescents b. middle adolescents c. older adolescents d. young adults