AP Psych Unit 5 Review Part 1 (THERE WON'T BE A PART 2 SORRY)

_________ refers to mental activities and processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating information. 

A ______ is a mental grouping of similar objects, events, states, ideas, and/or people, etc.

• Memory

• Concept

• Fixation

• Heuristic

Elvis cannot find the exact zeroes of a 5th degree polynomial, and resorts to using Newton's method in order to approximate the zeroes and get things done more quickly than just pondering over how to find the zeroes.

Which problem-solving technique did Elvis use?

• Algorithm

• Heuristics

• Trial and Error

• Insight

As Elvis ponders over the 5th degree polynomial whose zeroes he wants to find, he notices something. He has a sudden realization and quickly begins to factor the polynomial in a way that can yield expressions for the zeroes of the polynomial.

What problem-solving technique did Elvis use?

• Trial and Error

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

• Insight

Jessica sees a quadratic equation and wants to find its zeroes. In order to do so, she factors it properly, looks at the factors, and then uses those factors to find the zeroes. Each step is methodical, and if anyone else did it then they too would arrive at the same answer.

What problem-solving technique did Jessica use?

• Heuristic

• Algorithm

• Insight

• Trial and Error

Rafael believes that he isn't good enough, but does not search for any contradictory evidence that would say he is. Instead, he only looks for information that confirms his ideas and beliefs, such as poor performance on certain tests, while ignoring his overall higher grades on the rest of the tests.

What obstacle to problem-solving is Rafael experiencing?

• Confirmation Bias

• Mental Set

• Fixation

• Availability Heuristic

Since compromises worked before, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser, makes another compromise in 1850.

What term best describes what is going on in Henry Clay's mind?

• Confirmation Bias

• Mental Set

• Availability Heuristic

• Fixation

"I just can't approach this problem in any other way! I'm used to plugging and chugging these numbers into this equation, but this one is just so different!"

Which obstacle to problem-solving is most likely affecting the person speaking above?

• Intuition

• Confirmation Bias

• Mental Set

• Fixation

"I've got a feeling--just a feeling--that someone is following me."

What aspect of human cognition is being used by this person to make the judgment that they are being followed?

• Trial and Error

• Mental Set

• Intuition

• Algorithm

What concept BEST explains why people are afraid more of airplane crashes than car crashes, even though you are way more likely to get into a car crash? (Hint: You hear more negative things about airplane crashes then you do car crashes)

• Availability Heuristic

• Intuition

• Confirmation Bias

• Insight