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Unit 5 AP Psych Cognitive Psychology

Authored by Susan C Miscavage

Social Studies

11th - 12th Grade

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Unit 5 AP Psych Cognitive Psychology
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Directs attention purposefully to something important, ignores irrelevant stimuli =

Selective attention

Divided attention

Inattentional blindness

Change blindness

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Directs attention purposefully to something important, ignores irrelevant stimuli =

Selective attention

Divided attention

Inattentional blindness

Change blindness

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Cognitive accommodation
Backward masking
Functional fixedness
Proactive interference

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A prototype is best defined as

An example of habituation
An example of bottom-up processing
The hypothetical “most typical” instance of a category
An essential element of category membership

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The cognitive theory of depression states that depression results from

Anger directed toward the self and significant others
An excess of certain neurotransmitters in the brain
Maladaptive interpretations of life events
Oral fixations from disturbed mother-infant relationships

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A teacher asks students to think of as many uses for a brick as possible. By listing 50 uses, most of which the class finds new and unusual, Susan is displaying

Computational learning
Paired-associate learning
Hypothetical thinking
Divergent thinking

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Metacognition refers to

Amnesia
Mental retardation
Artificial intelligence
Thinking about thinking

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