APP Unit 2 EXAM Review

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information is called _______________.

• perception

• sensation

• adaptation

• transduction

The brief sensory memory of visual stimuli is known as ______________ memory.

• iconic

• echoic

• semantic

• procedural

The inability to retrieve information from one's past is referred to as ____________ amnesia.

• retrograde

• anterograde

• infantile

• dissociative

The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list more easily than the middle items is known as the ________________ effect.

• serial position

• recency

• primacy

• interference

A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people is called a _______________.

• concept

• schema

• algorithm

• prototype

The smallest distinctive sound unit in a language is a _______________.

• phoneme

• morpheme

• syllable

• lexeme

The theory that intelligence is a single general ability is known as the ____________ factor.

• g

• s

• c

• m

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to mind.

• Sensory Memory

• Long-Term Memory

• Algorithm

• Availability Heuristic

The tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions.

• Algorithm

• Confirmation Bias

• Sensory Memory

• Working Memory

A problem-solving strategy that guarantees a solution by following a step-by-step procedure.

• Working Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Algorithm

• Heuristic