AP Psychology – Unit 5: Cognition Quiz

Which type of processing involves unconscious encoding of incidental information?

• Effortful Processing

• Automatic Processing

• Semantic Encoding

• Shallow Processing

Deep processing involves encoding based on:

• Sound

• Visual structure

• Meaning

• Repetition

Divided attention refers to:

• Ignoring irrelevant stimuli

• Concentrating on a single task

• Alternating focus between tasks

• Focusing on multiple tasks simultaneously

Metacognition refers to:

• Implicit thinking

• Thinking about thinking

• Memory retrieval

• Automatic encoding

Iconic memory is a:

• Memory of sound

• Visual sensory memory

• Motor memory

• Long-term visual memory

The average capacity of short-term memory is:

• 3 items

• 7 items

• 10 items

• Unlimited

(Select all that apply) The _____ and _____ are parts of the brain network dedicated to implicit memory formation.

• Frontal lobe

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Basal Ganglia

Remembering to pick up groceries later is an example of:

• Flashbulb memory

• Eidetic memory

• Prospective memory

• Procedural memory

Flashbulb memories are:

• Vivid memories of emotional events

• Formed through rehearsal

• Always inaccurate

• Implicit

Noam Chomsky proposed the existence of a:

• Language acquisition device

• Visual-spatial sketchpad

• Working memory model

• Serial position curve