AP Psych Exit Slip 14

Audra is working on a puzzle book and comes across the following figure. Which of the following Gestalt laws would best explain Audra’s perception of the image?

• • closure

• • similarity

• • proximity

• • continuity

• I don't know

One night, Noel went to a new restaurant. While waiting for her meal, she could not ignore the slurping sound the other diners made while eating. She was so focused on that sound that she could not even enjoy her meal. Which of the following concepts explains Noel's experience?

• • Gestalt principle of proximity

• • Monocular cue of texture gradient

• • Change blindness

• • Selective attention

• I don't know

Which of the following monocular depth cues is most represented in the image?

• • Linear perspective

• • Texture gradient

• • Shading

• • Relative size

• I don't know

Darnayia has been seeing a lot of social media ads about an exciting new sports simulation game. While several of her friends say that the game is their ideal example of a video game, others who have played the game complain that it was too expensive and not as fun as they expected. Darnayia buys the game. When her mother asks her why she chose that game, Darnayia only mentions the advice she heard about the game was the best one they’ve ever played. Which of the following cognitive processes explains why Darnayia can justify her purchase of the expensive game and ignore her concerns over the cost?

• • Mental set

• • Schemas

• • Priming

• • Confirmation bias

• I don't know

A group of 25 American college students who were taking introductory psychology during the spring semester participated in a study about cognition. Participants were first asked to read a story about a Russian battle from the 19th century. Later, participants were asked to write down as many details as they could remember from the story. Twenty-two out of 25 of the students changed some of the details of the story, such as referring to a “house” instead of using the Russian word “dacha” that was used in the story.

Which of the following would explain why the students changed details in their recall of the study?

• • Confirmation bias

• • Bottom-up processing

• • Hindsight bias

• • Availability heuristic

• I don't know

Raj, a four-year-old child, learned to open the door to a classroom by pulling on the handle. Now whenever he approaches any door he pulls on the handle and is confused when that does not work. This is best explained by Raj’s having developed which of the following for door opening?

• • Accommodation

• • Object permanence

• • A mental set

• • Divergent thinking

• I don't know

People listening to rock music played backward often perceive an evil message if specifically told what to listen for. That phenomenon best illustrates

• • parapsychology

• • perceptual constancy

• • perceptual adaptation

• • top-down processing

• I don't know

A test that is labeled an achievement test is most likely to be given to

• • predict an individual’s ability to succeed in a particular job

• • allow a student to be exempted from a college course

• • assess the mental age of a gifted eight-year-old

• • investigate an individual’s cognitive style

• I don't know

A disadvantage of using the concept of mental age in assessing intelligence because of which of the following?

• • It is inappropriate for adults.

• • It is based on a negatively skewed distribution.

• • Its norms are no longer appropriate.

• • It produces unreliable test results among rural children.

• I don't know

Henry took an intelligence test and scored lower than he thought he should. He kept retaking the test, but he kept getting about the same score each time. This series of events indicates that the test was

• • reliable

• • valid

• • standardized

• • predictive

• I don't know