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WorksheetsCognition/Memory AP vocab review quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The tendency to hold onto a belief even when the belief has been discredited.
a)
Confirmation bias
b)
belief perserverance
c)
divergent thinking
2.
The smallest unit of language that has meaning.
a)
morpheme
b)
phoneme
c)
syllable
3.
a tendency to estimate the probability of certain effects based on how readily they come to mind.
a)
availability heuristic
b)
belief perserverance
c)
representative heuristic
4.
Unable to recognize novel (new) uses for an object because we are so familiar with its common use.
a)
proactive interference
b)
algorithm
c)
functional fixedness
5.
Problem solving strategy that involves step-by-step procedure. (formulas)
a)
heuristic
b)
algorithm
c)
insight learning
6.
Identifying something familiar through matching or multiple choice
a)
recognition
b)
recall
c)
mood congruence
7.
Encoding of picture images
a)
automatic processing
b)
chunking
c)
visual encoding
8.
grouping information into meaningful units which increases the capacity of STM.
a)
serial position effect
b)
chunking
c)
selective attention
9.
Memory of facts and experiences that one consciously knows and can verbalize.
a)
explicit memory
b)
implicit memory
c)
retrieval
10.
The retention of encoded information over time.
a)
storage
b)
heuristic
c)
effortful processing
11.
The process by which old memories prevent the retrieval of new memories
a)
recognition
b)
retroactive interference
c)
proactive interference
12.
A problem solving strategy used as a mental shortcut to quickly simplify and solve a problem
a)
heuristic
b)
algorithm
c)
functional fixedness
13.
Tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood
a)
state dependent memory effect
b)
mood congruence
c)
selective attention
14.
The sudden appearance of awareness of a solution to a problem. (lightbulb moment)
a)
heuristic
b)
algorithm
c)
insight learning
15.
smallest units of sound in a spoken language
a)
morphemes
b)
phonemes
c)
funny memes
16.
Thinking that produces many alternatives or ideas.
a)
convergent thinking
b)
divergent thinking
c)
priming
17.
The process of getting information out of memory storage
a)
encoding
b)
retrieval
c)
confirmation bias
18.
Unconscious encoding of information that occurs without interfering with our thinking about other things.
a)
encoding
b)
automatic processing
c)
effortful processing
19.
Retrieval of information from LTM in the absence of any other information or cues. (essays, FRQ's)
a)
retrieval
b)
priming
c)
recall
20.
Tendency to judge the likelihood of things according to how they relate to a prototype. (stereotype)
a)
representative heuristic
b)
availability heuristic
c)
confirmation bias
21.
Application of grammatical rules without making appropriate exceptions. (I goed to the store)
a)
priming
b)
encoding
c)
overgeneralization or overregularization.
22.
Tendency to notice or seek information that already supports our preconceptions and ignore information that refutes our ideas.
a)
confirmation bias
b)
belief perserverance
c)
availability heuristic
23.
Retention without conscious recollection of learning the skills and dispositions.
a)
implicit memory
b)
explicit memory
c)
retroactive interference
24.
Encoding the requires our attention and conscious effort.
a)
priming
b)
automatic processing
c)
effortful processing
25.
Activating specific associations in memory either consciously or unconsciously.
a)
effortful processing
b)
priming
c)
recall
26.
Better recall for information that comes at the beginning and at the end of a list of words.
a)
serial position effect
b)
encoding
c)
recognition
27.
The focusing of awareness on stimuli in sensory memory that facilitates its encoding into STM.
a)
processing
b)
chunking
c)
encoding
28.
The process by which new memories prevent th4e retrieval of older memories.
a)
retroactive interference
b)
proactive interference
c)
selective attention
29.
Tendency to recall information better when in the same internal state as when the information was encoded. (Remembering better when you sit in the same seat as when you learned it.)
a)
mood congruent memory
b)
selective attention
c)
state dependent memory
30.
The process of putting information into the memory system.
a)
memorization
b)
learning
c)
encoding
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