AP Psych Unit #5: Cognitive Psychology

On a fishing trip, Ed realizes that he has mistakenly packed the sewing box instead of the tackle box. He wants to fish but returns home because he does not have any lines or hooks. Ed’s failure to realize that sewing thread can be used as fishing line and that a bent needle can be used as a hook is an example of

• Overconfidence Bias

• Decay Theory

• Functional Fixedness

• Proactive interference

When Josie thinks of the word "bird" she pictures a songbird although there are other types of birds like penguins, ostriches and eagles. The songbird is Josie's _______ for the word "bird".

• Prototype

• Framing

• Priming

• Source Misattribution

In a normal distribution of test scores, the percentage of scores that fall at or below the mean score (rounding to the nearest whole number) is

• 25
• 50
• 68

• 95

Which of the following types of tests is designed to measure an individual’s knowledge of a subject?

• Achievement
• Attitude
• Aptitude
• Projective

A student who obtained a percentile rank of 75 on an achievement test is best characterized as having

• Ranked 75th from the top in a group of 100 test takers
• Answered 75% of the test questions correctly
• Scored higher than 75% of the test takers
• Scored 75% higher than the average test taker

The performance of the group on which an IQ test is standardized sets the

• Method of administration most suitable for the test
• Extent to which IQ is determined by environment
• Degree of validity of the IQ test
• Norms against which the performance of later test takers can be evaluated

Which of the following is the most appropriate criterion for evaluating the predictive validity of an intelligence test?

• Intelligence quotient
• Mental age
• Chronological age
• School grades

Applying the same strategy or pattern to solve similar problems because it worked in the past is known as

• Belief Bias

• Mental Set

• Representative Heuristic

• confirmation bias

The test you took for AP US History does not produce consistent results, even when comparing students at the extreme ends of performance. This test is not:

• Valid
• Reliable
• Standardized
• Normal

I gave each of you a totally different intelligence test in a totally different manner. You should complain that the test is not:

• Valid
• Reliable
• Standardized
• Normal