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AP Psychology UNIT 7: Chapter 11-12

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring, retaining, and using knowledge is:
a)
Cognition
b)
Learning
c)
Perception
d)
Sensation
2.
A prototype is a:
a)
Step-by-step procedure for solving problems
b)
Mental grouping of similar objects, events or people
c)
Best example of a particular category
d)
Simple thinking strategy for solving problems efficiently
3.
The child who says “milk gone” is engaging in ____________. This type of utterance demonstrates that children are actively experimenting with the rules of ____________.
a)
Babbling; syntax
b)
Telegraphic speech; syntax
c)
Babbling; semantics
d)
Telegraphic speech; semantics
4.
Holds about 7 items at a time
a)
Short-term memory
b)
Long-term memory
c)
Sensory memory
5.
Has unlimited storage capacity
a)
Working memory
b)
Short-term memory
c)
Sensory memory
d)
Long-term memory
6.
Part of LTM that stores memories of how things are done.
a)
Declarative memory
b)
Acoustic memory
Elaborative memory
c)
Acoustic memory
d)
Procedural memory
7.
A memory of something that was NOT deliberately learned.
a)
Implicit memory
b)
Explicit memory
c)
Retrieval cues
d)
Acoustic memory
8.
Memory of something that WAS deliberately learned.
a)
Implicit memory
b)
Explicit memory
c)
Retrieval cues
d)
Acoustic memory
9.
Forgetting caused by lapses in attention
a)
Blocking
b)
Transience
c)
Misattribution
d)
Absent-mindedness
10.
Techniques used to improve memory.
a)
Bias
b)
Persistence
c)
Mnemonic
d)
Transience
11.
The rules of language
a)
Grammer
b)
Morphemes
c)
Language acquistion
d)
Script
12.
A knowledge cluster 
a)
Script
b)
Schema
c)
Algorithm
d)
Heuristic
13.
A rule of thumb
a)
Schema
b)
Script
c)
Algorithm
d)
Heuristic
14.
Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to:
a)
Allow preexisting beliefs to distort logical reasoning
b)
Cling to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
c)
Search randomly through alternative solutions when problem solving
d)
Look for information that is consistent with one’s beliefs
15.
Inability to perceive a new use for an object associated with a different purpose
a)
Mental set
b)
Functional Fixedness
c)
Bias
16.
Organizing pieces of info into smaller units.
a)
Rehearsal
b)
Chunking
c)
Perserverance
d)
Encoding
17.
Retention of encoded material over time.
a)
Encoding
b)
Storage
c)
Rehearsal
d)
Retrieval
18.
Location and recovery of info from memory
a)
Encoding
b)
Storage
c)
Rehearsal
d)
Retrieval
19.
Information that is reviewed to keep it from fading.
a)
Chunking
b)
Maintenance Rehearsal
c)
Storage
d)
Retrieval
20.
Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 memory tasks?
a)
Encoding
b)
Storage
c)
Rehearsal
d)
Retrieval
21.
Skinner and other behaviorists have argued that language development is the result of:
a)
Imitation
b)
Reinforcement
c)
Association
d)
All of the above
22.
Mental sets and functional fixedness are types of:
a)
Algorithms
b)
Heuristics
c)
Fixation
d)
Insight
23.
Memory decay is fastest for which type of memory?
a)
Sensory Memory
b)
Short Term Memory
c)
Working Memory
d)
Long Term Memory
24.
Which of the following memories happen with conscious awareness?
a)
Implicit Memories
b)
Episodic Memories
c)
Procedural Memories
d)
Repressive Memories
25.
According to _________ theory, you are likely to form memories that mirror your emotional state.
a)
Mood congruent
b)
Mood dependent
c)
episodic memory
d)
priming
26.
If distractors are strong, Recognition is superior to recall.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Using the Atkinson Shriffin memory model, which process forms a LTM from STM
a)
selective attention
b)
recalling
c)
storage
d)
encoding
28.
The process of getting information into memory is called_______
a)
priming
b)
chunking
c)
encoding
d)
storing
29.
Sherry easily remembers the telephone reservation number for Holiday Inns by using the mnemonic 1-800-HOLIDAY. She is using a memory aid known as
a)
the peg-word system.
b)
implicit memory.
c)
the serial position effect
d)
chunking
30.
Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called
a)
repressed memories.
b)
sensory memories
c)
mood-congruent memories
d)
flashbulb memories
31.
Superior memory for rap lyrics that include the most rhymes best illustrates the value of
a)
acoustic encoding
b)
mood-congruent memory
c)
priming
d)
the spacing effect
32.
The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory
a)
explicit   
b)
short-term   
c)
implicit   
d)
sensory
33.
Iconic memory refers to
a)
visually encoded images in long-term memory
b)
the encoded meanings of words and events in short-term memory
c)
photographic, or picture-image, memory that lasts for only a few tenths of a secon
34.
Your ability to immediately recognize the voice over the phone as your mother's illustrates the value of
a)
chunking
b)
acoustic encoding
c)
implicit memory
d)
state-dependent memory
35.
Repeating someone's name several times shortly after being introduced to that person is an effective strategy for
a)
chunking
b)
priming
c)
automatic processing
d)
rehearsal
36.

The inability to create new memories

a)

Retrograde Amnesia

b)

Source Amnesia

c)

Anterograde Amnesia

37.

Inability to remember info previously stored memory

a)

Source Amnesia

b)

Retrograde Amnesia

c)

Anterograde Amnesia

38.

Forgetting where/who/how you learned info.

a)

Anterograde Amnesia

b)

Retrograde Amnesia

c)

Source Amnesia

39.

What are the three stages of memory?

a)

Sensory Memory

b)

Short-Term Memory

c)

Working Memory

d)

Storage

e)

Long-Term Memory

40.

Active maintenance of information in short-term storage

a)

Sensory Memory

b)

Rehearsal

c)

Working Memory

d)

Mnemonic Device

41.
A strategy in which the likelihood of an event is estimated on the basis of how easily other instances of the event are available in memory is called the:
a)
Availability heuristic
b)
Availability algorithm
c)
Representativeness heuristic
d)
Representativeness algorithm
42.

The inability to recall a word, while knowing that it is in memory.

a)

TOT: Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon

b)

Forgetting

c)

DeJa Vu

43.

Forgetting caused by lapses in attention.

a)

Blocking

b)

Misattribution

c)

Absent-mindedness

d)

Persistence

44.

Everyday life concepts.

a)

Artificial Concept

b)

Natural Concept

c)

Concept

45.

School learned concepts

a)

Concept

b)

Natural Concept

c)

Artificial Concept

46.
A dessert recipe that gives you the ingredients, their amounts and the steps to follow is an example of a(n):
a)
Prototype
b)
Algorithm
c)
Heuristic
d)
Mental set
47.

How an issue is posed

a)

Heuristics

b)

Framing

c)

Script

48.
A, an and ill are all examples of:
a)
Phonemes
b)
Morphemes
c)
Syntax
d)
Grammar
49.
The various vowel sounds that can be placed between a t and an n produce words such as tan, ten, tin, and ton. These various vowel sounds represent different
a)
prototypes.
b)
semantics.
c)
morphemes.
d)
phonemes.
50.

Our spoken, written or gestured works and combining them to communicate.

a)

Phoneme

b)

Grammar

c)

Morpheme

d)

Language

51.

In a spoken language, the smallest distinctive sound uttered.

a)

Pragmatics

b)

Morpheme

c)

Phonome

d)

Semantics

52.

In a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning

a)

Pragmatics

b)

Morpheme

c)

Semantics

d)

Phonome

53.

Practical aspects of communication (Reminds me of Denotation)

a)

Pragmatics

b)

Syntax

c)

Semantics

d)

Phoneme

54.

Giving meaning to words, sentences, phrases. (Reminds me of Connotation)

a)

Syntax

b)

Pragmatics

c)

Semantics

d)

Phoneme

55.

The rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language.

a)

Language

b)

Syntax

c)

Semantics

d)

Pragmatics

56.

Beginning at 3 to 4 months... The stage of speech development in which the infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the household language

a)

Two-word phrases

b)

One-Word Stage-holophrases

c)

Babbling Stage

d)

Telegraphic Speech

57.

About age 1 to 2... The stage in speech development during which a child speaks mostly in single words

a)

One-Word Stage-holophrases

b)

Two-Word Stage

c)

Babbling Stage

d)

Telegraphic Speech

58.

About age 2.... The stage in speech development during which a child speaks mostly two-word statements

a)

One-Word Stage-holophrases

b)

Two-Word Stage

c)

Telegraphic Speech

d)

Babbling Stage

59.

Early speech stage in which the child speaks like a telegram – “go car” – using mostly nouns and verbs and omitting “auxiliary” words

a)

Telegraphic Stage

b)

One-Word Stage-holophrases

c)

Babbling Stage

d)

Two-word phrases

60.

Estimating the likelihood of things based on availability in memory.

a)

Representative Bias

b)

Hindsight Bias

c)

Availability Bias

d)

Confirmation Bias

61.

Tendency to second guess a decision after the event has happened.

a)

Representative Bias

b)

Confirmation Bias

c)

Availability Bias

d)

Hindsight Bias

62.

How to judge the likelihood of things.

a)

Representative Bias

b)

Hindsight Bias

c)

Availability Bias

d)

Confirmation Bias

63.

The process by which people translate incoming info into a form they can understand.

a)

Accommodation

b)

Assimilation

c)

Algorithms

64.

When people adapt current knowledge structures in response to new experiences.

a)

Accommodation

b)

Assimilation

c)

Algorithms

65.

The impermanence of long-term memories-based on the idea that memories gradually fade in strength over time-also known as “decay theory”. Ebbinghaus’s Forgetting Curve.

a)

Congntion

b)

Transience

c)

Memory

d)

Storage

66.

Blocking: Forgetting when a memory cannot be retrieved because of interference.


What are the two types of blocking?

a)

Proactive Interference: When an old memory disrupts the learning & remembering of a new memory.

b)

Misattribution: Memory faults that occur when memories are retrieved, but are associated with the wrong time, place of person.

c)

Absent-mindedness: Forgetting caused by lapses in attention.

d)

Retroactive Memory: When a new memory blocks the retrieval of an old memory.

e)

Suggestibility: The process of memory distortion as the result of deliberate or inadvertent suggestion.

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