AP Psychology Cognition Review

Front

Retrograde amnesia is a phenomenon in which a person suffers a brain injury from a stroke or an accident and loses memory of what?

Back

Events immediately before the injury

Front

The Ebbinghaus forgetting curve shows:

Back

A steep initial drop in retention followed by a gradual decline

Front

Damage to or removal of what part of the brain can cause anterograde amnesia?

Back

Hippocampus

Front

The first stage of memory formation, where information is transformed into a format that can be stored and later retrieved:

Back

Encoding

Front

The capacity of working memory, according to Miller’s ("magic") Law, is most people can hold roughly __ items in their short-term memory at once.

Back

8

Front

“Last night, I ate Chipotle for dinner” is an example of what type of memory?

Back

Episodic

Front

On the first day of her new job, Jess is introduced to eight new coworkers. Moments later, she can only remember the names of the first three and last two coworkers. Her experience illustrates what memory-based psychological concept?

Back

Serial position effect

Front

In attempting to find and purchase high-quality makeup products, Carla reminds herself that the most expensive brands are the best. Carla’s self-reminder illustrates the use of:

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A heuristic

Front

A robin is judged to be a better example of a bird than some others, a parrot or flamingo, for example. Therefore, a robin would be considered a(n) _______ of birds.

Back

Prototype

Front

On Monday, the meteorologist forecast a 20% chance of rain, so Jose took his umbrella to work. On Wednesday, the meteorologist reported an 80% chance of sunshine, so Jose left his umbrella at home. Jose’s behavior illustrates what psychological concept?

Back

Framing effect