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QR Challenge: Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt

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Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question

Answer

1. Rose believes that being involved in a plane crash is more likely than being involved in an automobile crash because she sees plane crashes on tv more. What decision making error has Rose made?Availability Heuristic
2. Focusing on information that supports your beliefs and discounting information that contradicts your beliefs is called the _____.Confirmation Bias
3. Consider the word driving. The d sound is known as a _____, while the suffix -ing is known as a _____.phoneme;morpheme
4. In French, the phrase "Haven't the police found you yet?" is written "La police, ne t'a pas encore trouvé?" Since French speakers arrange words differently than English speakers, the literal translation is "The police, not you have yet found?" In other words, French and English speakers use different rules, called _____, to govern word order.syntax
5. While trying to learn what a "dog" is, Arash mentally compares every animal to his family's new puppy. If the animal is similar enough, he decides that it is also a dog. Arash's puppy serves is _______________ for the concept of "dog."overextending or Prototype
6. Charlotte is a jeweler, and a friend asks if she knows where violet diamonds come from. Charlotte replies that she has never seen a violet diamond, so they must not exist. Charlotte's _____ reasoning may be in error.inductive
7. Whenever Leslie's father gets home before 6 P.M., she knows he finished work early and will probably be in a good mood. The last two times he came home early, he took Leslie to dinner. Leslie hears her father's car pull into the garage at 5:30 P.M. and thinks, "We're going out to dinner!" Leslie is using _______ reasoningdeductive
8. _________________ are cognitive shortcuts, or rules-of-thumb, that help to solve a problem.heuristics
9. Failing to realize that a knife can be used as a flat-head screwdriver is an example of ________Functional Fixedness
10. Sergei is _____________ because he can speak Russian and FrenchBilingual
11. Language acquisition occurs largely through behavioral reinforcement. True or FalseFalse its heredity
12. The Liberty Bell is a ___________ representing freedom in Philadelphia, PAsymbol
13. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This saying is an example of which problem solving method?Trial and Error
14. When we arrive at the solution to the problem when we have not been consciously working on the problem.Incubation Effect
15. You are using _________ Thinking when you think there is only one way to solve a problemConvergent
16. There are multiple ways to skin a cat. This saying is an example of what type of thinking?Divergent Thinking
17. If people thought everyone that goes to Bishop Guilfoyle is Catholic, they would be wrong. They would be using the __________ HeuristicRepresentative
18. Lisa has been raised by her parents that drugs are bad, mmmkay. She decides to turn her friends down when they offer her some weed. She is using the __________ Heurisitic.Anchoring
19. When a husband slinks home to his wife after going to the casino he will use the ___________ __________ to tell her that he still has 40% of his money left instead of saying he lost 60% of his money!Framing Effect
20. What is the communication of ideas through symbols that are arranged according to rules of grammar?Language
21. This is a highly effective (and sometimes very annoying) for of communication for infants that don’t know how to speak yetCrying

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Rose_believes_that_being_involved_in_a_plane_crash_is_more_likely_than_being_involved_in_an_automobile_crash_because_she_sees_plane_crashes_on_tv_more._What_decision_making_error_has_Rose_made?

Question 1 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Focusing_on_information_that_supports_your_beliefs_and_discounting_information_that_contradicts_your_beliefs_is_called_the______.

Question 2 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Consider_the_word_driving._The_d_sound_is_known_as_a______,_while_the_suffix_-ing_is_known_as_a______.

Question 3 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_French,_the_phrase_"Haven't_the_police_found_you_yet?"_is_written_"La_police,_ne_t'a_pas_encore_trouvé?"_Since_French_speakers_arrange_words_differently_than_English_speakers,_the_literal_translation_is_"The_police,_not_you_have_yet_found?"_In_other_words,_French_and_English_speakers_use_different_rules,_called______,_to_govern_word_order.

Question 4 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=While_trying_to_learn_what_a_"dog"_is,_Arash_mentally_compares_every_animal_to_his_family's_new_puppy._If_the_animal_is_similar_enough,_he_decides_that_it_is_also_a_dog._Arash's_puppy_serves_is_________________for_the_concept_of_"dog."

Question 5 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Charlotte_is_a_jeweler,_and_a_friend_asks_if_she_knows_where_violet_diamonds_come_from._Charlotte_replies_that_she_has_never_seen_a_violet_diamond,_so_they_must_not_exist._Charlotte's_______reasoning_may_be_in_error.

Question 6 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Whenever_Leslie's_father_gets_home_before_6_P.M.,_she_knows_he_finished_work_early_and_will_probably_be_in_a_good_mood._The_last_two_times_he_came_home_early,_he_took_Leslie_to_dinner._Leslie_hears_her_father's_car_pull_into_the_garage_at_5:30_P.M._and_thinks,_"We're_going_out_to_dinner!"_Leslie_is_using_________reasoning

Question 7 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=__________________are_cognitive_shortcuts,_or_rules-of-thumb,_that_help_to_solve_a_problem.

Question 8 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Failing_to_realize_that_a_knife_can_be_used_as_a_flat-head_screwdriver_is_an_example_of_________

Question 9 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Sergei_is_______________because_he_can_speak_Russian_and_French

Question 10 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Language_acquisition_occurs_largely_through_behavioral_reinforcement._True_or_False

Question 11 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Liberty_Bell_is_a_____________representing_freedom_in_Philadelphia,_PA

Question 12 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_at_first_you_don’t_succeed,_try,_try_again._This_saying_is_an_example_of_which_problem_solving_method?

Question 13 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_we_arrive_at_the_solution_to_the_problem_when_we_have_not_been_consciously_working_on_the_problem.

Question 14 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=You_are_using___________Thinking_when_you_think_there_is_only_one_way_to_solve_a_problem

Question 15 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=There_are_multiple_ways_to_skin_a_cat._This_saying_is_an_example_of_what_type_of_thinking?

Question 16 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_people_thought_everyone_that_goes_to_Bishop_Guilfoyle_is_Catholic,_they_would_be_wrong._They_would_be_using_the____________Heuristic

Question 17 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Lisa_has_been_raised_by_her_parents_that_drugs_are_bad,_mmmkay.__She_decides_to_turn_her_friends_down_when_they_offer_her_some_weed._She_is_using_the____________Heurisitic.

Question 18 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_a_husband_slinks_home_to_his_wife_after_going_to_the_casino_he_will_use_the________________________to_tell_her_that_he_still_has_40%_of_his_money_left_instead_of_saying_he_lost_60%_of_his_money!

Question 19 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_communication_of_ideas_through_symbols_that_are_arranged_according_to_rules_of_grammar?

Question 20 (of 21)

 


Psychology Chapter 8 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_is_a_highly_effective_(and_sometimes_very_annoying)_for_of_communication_for_infants_that_don’t_know_how_to_speak_yet

Question 21 (of 21)