AP Psychology Unit 5a Cognitive Psych

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Dr. Mendoza is studying the mental strategies people use when solving problems. Dr. Mendoza is clearly a(n):

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Cognitive psychologist

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A dessert recipe that gives you the ingredients, their amounts and the steps to follow is an example of a(n):

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Algorithm

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Which of the following is an example of the use of heuristics? Options: Trying every possible combination of letters when unscrambling a word, Considering each possible move when playing chess, Using the formula “area=length x width” to find the area of a rectangle, Playing chess using a defensive strategy that has often been successful for you

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Playing chess using a defensive strategy that has often been successful for you

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Rudy is 6 feet tall, weighs 210 pounds, and is very muscular. If you think that Rudy is more likely to be a basketball player than a computer programmer, you are a victim of:

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The representativeness heuristic

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Airline reservations typically decline after a highly publicized airplane crash because people overestimate the incidence of such disasters. In such instances, people’s decisions are being influenced by:

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The availability heuristic

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With regards to ground beef, consumers respond more positively to an ad describing it as “75 percent lean” than to one referring to its “25 percent fat” content. This is an example of:

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The framing effect

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Organizing pieces of info into smaller units.

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Chunking

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Marilyn's problem-solving strategy was hampered by: Functional fixedness, The overconfidence phenomenon, A mental set, Her lack of a prototype for the solution

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A mental set

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Fill-in-the-blank test questions measure ________; matching concepts with their definitions measures ________.

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recall; recognition

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After studying biology all afternoon, Alonzo is having difficulty remembering details of the organic chemistry material that he memorized that morning. Alonzo's difficulty best illustrates

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retroactive interference.