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QUIZ #6 Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a mental set?

a)

The tendency to approach a problem in a particular way, especially a way that has been successful in the past

b)

The tendency to judge the likelihood of an event on the basis of how readily we can

       remember instances of its occurrence

c)

The tendency to think of objects only in terms of their normal use

d)

None of these

2.

True or False: Functional fixedness is the tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual function.

a)

False

b)

True

3.

Framing effects refer to...

a)

putting frames on pictures

b)

putting filters on pictures

c)

how the information is presented and its connotation; whether positive or negative

d)

all of these

4.

What is this an example of?

a)

functional fixedness

b)

mental set

c)

availability heuristic

d)

framing effects

5.

Availability heuristic is estimating the likelihood of events based if instances are __________ ____________ to the mind

a)

gone

b)

not available

c)

absent

d)

readily available

6.

What is this an example of?

a)

functional fixedness

b)

availability heuristic

c)

framing effects

d)

mental set

7.

What are the three types of memory?

a)

Sensory

b)

Short term

c)

Long term

d)

All of the above

8.

True or False: Sensory memory processes stimuli from the environment

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: Iconic memory is the same as visual memory

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Sound stimuli relates to...

a)

echoic memory

b)

iconic memory

c)

none of these

d)

both of these

11.

Short term memory lasts about...

a)

5 seconds

b)

30 minutes

c)

20-30 seconds

d)

1 hour

12.

What is 7 ± 2?

a)

You remember 7 bits on info plus or minus 2

b)

You forget 7 bits of info plus or minus 2

c)

You remember 2 bits of info plus or minus 7

d)

You forget 2 bits of info plus or minus 7

13.

Long term memory is __________ storage of information.

a)

continuous

b)

discontinuous

14.

What is explicit long term memory?

a)

Consciously trying to remember, recall, report

b)

Not part of consciousness and is learned outside of awareness

15.

Explicit memories are processed in the...

a)

amygdala

b)

hippocampus

c)

cerebellum

d)

prefrontal cortex

16.

Maintenance rehearsal is repeating over and over for...

a)

short term

b)

long term

c)

sensory

17.

Elaborative rehearsal is for what type of memory?

a)

short term

b)

sensory

c)

long term