AP Psychology Unit 2: Cognition

The feeling that you know someone's name, but cannot recall it immediately is an example of:

• tip of the tongue phenomenon

• serial position effect

• anterograde amnesia

• source amnesia

The concept of 'g' is most accurately defined as which of the following?

• a specific type of performance affected by intelligence

• a single intellectual capacity measured by intelligence tests

• a fundamental ability that determines behavior

• storehouse of knowledge including all of the facts that we learn over a lifetime

Which of the following refers to the potential of an individual to perform an unlearned task?

• interest

• achievement

• intelligence

• aptitude

When you hear the word 'beach', you think of palm trees, sand, surfboards, and the ocean. Which of the following concepts is represented?

• sensory memory

• procedural memory

• schemas

• accommodations

In elementary school, Allen learned to speak German. In high school, he decided to take a Russian language course. He found it difficult to learn the new language because his knowledge of German was confusing him. This is an example of:

• retroactive interference

• proactive interference

• infantile amnesia

• source amnesia

The brain scans of people with amnesia are most likely to show damage in the:

• hypothalamus

• hippocampus

• amygdala

• cerebral cortex

An achievement test is most likely to be administered for the purpose of:

• assessing knowledge or skills for a job

• determining physical fitness
• evaluating emotional stability
• allowing a student to exempt a college course

A basic assumption underlying short-term memory is that it is:

• unlimited in capacity and duration
• limited in capacity and duration
• only affected by external stimuli
• permanent and unchanging

Alma obtains the phone number of a classmate and repeats the number in her mind until she can enter it into her phone as a contact. Which memory system is most useful to Alma in this situation?

• Sensory memory
• Long-term memory
• Short-term memory
• Working memory

The Flynn effect refers to:

• The impact of environmental factors on intelligence scores.
• The observed increase in intelligence test scores over generations.
• A theory about the decline of intelligence over time.
• A method for measuring emotional intelligence.