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A is a representative or best example of a concept. 
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Mental processes that occur outside of and not available to conscious awareness are referred to as processes. 
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is purposeful mental activity that involves operating on information in order to reach conclusions. 
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reasoning is a process in which opposing facts or ideas are weighed and compared, with the aim of resolving differences. 
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The tendency to judge the probability of a type of event by how easy it is to think of examples is referred to as the . 
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A barrier to rational thinking is the development of a , a tendency to solve problems using procedures that worked before on similar problems. 
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The tendency to overestimate one's ability to have predicted an event once the outcome is known is called . 
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is the state of tension that occurs when a person simultaneously holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent, or when a person's belief is incongruent with her or her behavior. 
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The tendency of individuals to increase their liking for something that they have worked hard or suffered to attain is called . 
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The is a measure of intelligence originally computed by dividing a person' mental age by his or her chronological age and multiplying the result by 100. 
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The theory of intelligence emphasizes information-problem strategies, the ability to transfer skills to new situations, and the practical application of intelligence. 
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is a statistical estimate of the proportion of the total variance in some trait that is attributable to genetic differences among individuals within a group. 
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