Cognitive Psychology Unit Test Review

The written exam for a driver's license would most likely be considered a(n) ______ test.

• Achievement

• Reliability

• Interest

• Aptitude

What are the three memory processes of the information processing model?

• Sensory, Short-Term, Long-Term

• Shallow, Intermediate, Deep Processing

• Recall, Recognition, Relearning

• Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

Kevin did not know whether the locker room was located down the short hallway to his right or down the long hallway to his left. Crossing his fingers, he decided to try the short hallway. His problem strategy best illustrates ______.

• Confirmation Bias

• Fixation

• Trial & Error

• Belief Perseverance

• The Availability Heuristic

In trying to figure out how to copy and paste an item into a document, Arlene could try all possible key combinations or she could check the pull-down menus, a much faster way to solve her problem. Arlene is relying on ______.

• Prototypes

• Heuristics

• Phonemes

• Algorithms

• Fixations

Within a normal distribution, what percent of the population will fall between 85 and 115 on an IQ test?

• 68%

• 95%

• 99.7%

• 100%

• 32%

After spending two hours trying to solve an engineering problem, Amira finally gave up. As she was trying to fall asleep that night, a solution to the problem popped into her head. Amira's experience best illustrates ______.

• Belief Perseverance

• Insight

• The Availability Heuristic

• A Mental Set

• The Framing Effect

Rachelle's car would not start. To find the problem she decided to go alphabetically through the repair checklist of all possible reasons the car will not start. Rachelle's strategy best demonstrates _______.

• Insight

• A Heuristic

• Confirmation Bias

• An Algorithm

• Fixation

In one experiment, Wolfgang Köhler watched an ape suddenly solve a problem of reaching bananas hanging from the ceiling by stacking and climbing up a number of crates. Which of the following did Köhler conclude the ape used in problem solving?

• Heuristics

• Trial & Error

• Algorithms

• Framing

• Insight

Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls, Mrs. Vedder, a second-grade teacher, watches boys more closely than she watches girls for any signs of misbehavior. Mrs. Vedder's surveillance strategy best illustrates _______.

• Availability Heuristic

• Confirmation Bias

• Intuition

• The Representativeness Heuristic

• The Framing Effect

Five-year-old Wilbur performs on an intelligence test at a level characteristic of an average 4-year-old. Wilbur's mental age is _______.

• 4

• 4.5

• 5

• 80

• 125