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Unit 5 Review AP Psychology

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11th - 12th Grade

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Unit 5 Review AP Psychology
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Pablo vainly searches for a screwdriver while failing to recognize that a readily available coin in his pocket would turn the screw. His oversight best illustrates: 

functional fixedness.
the availability heuristic.
belief perseverance.
the representativeness heuristic.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A defense attorney emphasizes to a jury that her client works full-time, supports his family, and enjoys leisure-time hobbies. Although none of this information is relevant to the trial, it is designed to make the defendant appear to be a typical member of the local community. The lawyer is most clearly attempting to take advantage 

confirmation bias.
functional fixedness.
belief perseverance.
the representativeness heuristic.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In English, it is appropriate to refer to “a pretty bird,” but not to “a bird pretty.”  This best illustrates the importance of:

syntax.
semantics.
morphemes.
phonemes.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

•Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin’s classic three-stage model of memory includes all of the following, except:

A. short- term memory

B. long-term memory

C. flashbulb memory

D. sensory memory

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

•According to the serial position effect, you will remember more:

A. items at the beginning and end of a list, than in the middle.

B. items in the middle of a list, than at the beginning and end.

C. vocabulary words if you process them visually.

D. vocabulary words if you process them acoustically.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The reason most North Americans cannot accurately describe the head of a penny is due to:

A. storage decay

B. encoding failure

C. motivated forgetting

D. retrieval failure

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A strategy in which the likelihood of an event is estimated on the basis of how easily other instances of the event are available in memory is called the:

Availability heuristic
Availability algorithm
Representativeness heuristic
Representativeness algorithm

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