AP Psych Final/Exam Review

According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream

• latent contenet
• manifest content
• dualsim
• biological rhythms

reoccurring problems in a falling or saying asleep

• insomnia
• withdrawl
• narcolepsy
• sleep apnea

Group polarization is the tendency for 

•  a group to become divided on an issue.
• a group's opinion to strengthen after discussion with like-minded people.
• a group to become extreme in their viewpoints when challenged.
• a group to bond during a difficult circumstance.

You may experience cognitive dissonance if

• you learn that a friend you have been sticking up for has lied to you.
• you take a job that you dislike in order to feed your family.
• you are required to write an essay on a topic you don't agree with.
• all of the above

Prejudice is a(n) _____ while discrimination is a(n) _____.

• behavior; attitude
• instinct; choice
• attitude; behavior
• choice; instinct

a newer understanding of short-term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory. 

• iconic memory
• working memory
• echoic memory
•  implicit memory

the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system. 

• echoic memory
• sensory memory
• working memory
• short term memory

the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information. 

• proactive interference 
• retroactive interference
• serial position effect 
• spacing effect

organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically. 

• relearning 
• chunking 
• encoding
• priming

a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second. 

• iconic memory
• implicit memory
• echoic memory
• working memory