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AP Psych Unit 5 Cognition

Total questions: 191

Worksheet time: 2hrs 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Inability to perceive a new use for an object associated with a different purpose
a)
Mental set
b)
Functional Fixedness
c)
Bias
2.
A rule of thumb
a)
Schema
b)
Script
c)
Algorithm
d)
Heuristic
3.
Problem-solving procedures or formulas that guarantee a correct outcome
a)
Schema
b)
Script
c)
Algorithm
d)
Heuristic
4.
A knowledge cluster 
a)
Script
b)
Schema
c)
Algorithm
d)
Heuristic
5.
The rules of language
a)
Grammer
b)
Morphemes
c)
Language acquistion
d)
Script
6.
Techniques used to improve memory.
a)
Bias
b)
Persistence
c)
Mnemonic
d)
Transience
7.
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
8.
Holds about 7 items at a time
a)
Short-term memory
b)
Long-term memory
c)
Sensory memory
9.

Phonemes and morphemes refer to

a)

elements of telegraphic speech

b)

basic elements of language

c)

basic elements of concepts

d)

memories stored in the LTM

10.

Your sensory memory is the quickest and is split into two parts, what you hear and what you see. These are called...

a)

Ego and Id

b)

visual-spatial

c)

echoic and iconic

d)

audio and myopic

11.

___________________ measured the sensory memory by flashing a grid of nine letters on a screen and seeing how many people could remember.

a)

Benjamin Whorf

b)

Hermann Ebbinghaus

c)

Noam Chomsky

d)

George Sperling

12.

Which are three ways to remember things that would otherwise be forgotten in your STM?

a)

chunking, mnemonics, and rehearsal

b)

Sensory, STM, and LTM

c)

Episodic, Semantic, and Procedural

d)

Recognition, recall, and retrieval

13.

Which are three main parts of the Long-Term Memory

a)

chunking, mnemonics, and rehearsal

b)

Sensory, STM, and LTM

c)

Episodic, Semantic, and Procedural

d)

Recognition, recall, and retrieval

14.

Also known for his curve of forgetting, which Cornell notes is based off of, this researcher discovered the primacy and recency effect.

a)

Hermann Ebbinghaus

b)

Noam Chomsky

c)

George Sperling

d)

Benjamin Whorf

15.

On the following list, which would you remember based on the primacy and recency effect? 4,9,8,4,2,6,3,6,8,4,2,1,1,5,7

a)

4,9,8 and 1,5,7

b)

4, 9, 8, 4, 2

c)

7, 5, 1, 1, 2, 4,

d)

6, 3, 6, 8, 4, 2

16.

Someone who cannot encode new memories has...

a)

Anterograde amnesia

b)

Long-term potentiation

c)

Retroactive Interference

d)

Proactive Interference

17.

This theorist believed humans were born with a language acquisition device, meaning children are predisposed to learning language quickly.

a)

Hermann Ebbinghaus

b)

Noam Chomsky

c)

George Sperling

d)

Benjamin Whorf

18.

This theorist believed that the language we speak can change how we think. For instance, some languages have more words for "love" than English. Does this mean that they have a greater understanding of what love is?

a)

Hermann Ebbinghaus

b)

Noam Chomsky

c)

George Sperling

d)

Benjamin Whorf

19.

If I want to find sriracha sauce in the grocery store, I could go up and down every aisle until I found it. This would take longer, but guarantee I find it. This is called using

a)

An algorithm

b)

A heuristic

20.

If I want to find sriracha sauce in the grocery store, I could check the most obvious places (Asian section, sauce section, etc...). This "rule of thumb" thinking is called using

a)

An algorithm

b)

A heuristic

21.

When studying memory, we are often concerned with the process of getting information into the system. The process of getting information into short-term memory is called

a)

retrieval

b)

storage

c)

encoding

d)

sensation

e)

perception

22.

Suppose you want to remember all the states. You decide that you are going to make up a song to help you. When you do this, you are using what psychologists call a(n)

a)

mnemonic

b)

learning strategy

c)

encoding strategy

d)

retrieval strategy

e)

context cue

23.

Which of the following brain structures plays a key role in transferring information from short-term memory to long- term memory?

a)

hypothalamus

b)

thalamus

c)

hippocampus

d)

frontal lobe

e)

parietal lobe

24.

Which of the following exemplifies retroactive interference

a)

After suffering a blow to the head, Jean cannot form new memories

b)

Elle failed a Spanish test because she studied for her Italian test after studying Spanish

c)

Lee cannot remember an important date on the history exam

d)

Gene cannot remember his new locker combination but remembers last year’s

e)

Jodie remembers the first few items on her school supply list, but can’t remember the rest of them

25.

When someone provides his phone number to another person, he usually pauses after the area code and again after the next three numbers. This patter underscores the importance of

a)

chunking

b)

serial position effect

c)

semantic encoding

d)

auditory encoding

e)

automatic encoding

26.

Which of the following is an example of source amnesia?

a)

Iva can’t remember the details of a horrifying event because she has repressed them

b)

Mary has entirely forgotten about an incident in grade school until her friend reminds her of the event

c)

Michael can’t remember this year’s locker combination because he confuses it with last year’s combination

d)

Stephen misremembers a dream as something that really happened

e)

Anna, who has been trying to lose weight, is unable to remember several of the between-meal snacks she had yesterday

27.

The tendency to overestimate the probability of events that get heavy media coverage reflects the operation of

a)

framing effects

b)

the representativeness heuristic

c)

the availability heuristic

d)

mental set

e)

forming subgoals

28.

In Elizabeth Loftus's 1978 study, subjects viewed a slide presentation of an accident. Later, some of the subjects were asked a question about a yield sign when the actual slides contained pictures of a stop sign. When these same subjects were later asked about what kind of sign was at the accident, there were very likely to be confused in this situation. This is an example of __________.

a)

instant replay effect

b)

hindsight bias effect

c)

misinformation effect

d)

levels of processing effect

e)

constructive processing effect

29.

Randall believes that aliens crashed in the western United States in the 1950s. When looking for information about this on the internet, he ignores any sites that are skeptical of his belief and only visits and talks with his friends about the sites that support his belief. What is this an example of?

a)

creativity bias

b)

confirmation bias

c)

functional fixedness

d)

convergent thinking

e)

confirmation fixedness

30.

The system of rules for combining words and phrases to make meaningful sentences is called________.

a)

syntax

b)

phonics

c)

grammar

d)

pragmatics

e)

morphology

31.

Memory encoding in which auditory stimuli is known as

a)

acoustic

b)

vocal

c)

semantic

d)

parallel

e)

iconic

32.

While Tara was in the deli section of the store, her husband called to remind her to pick up some apples for a new recipe. By the time that Tara had reached the produce section, she forgot what she was supposed to buy for her husband's recipe. It wasn't until she walked back to the deli section that she remembered she needed apples. This is an example of?

a)

tip of the tongue phenomenon

b)

rehearsal

c)

semantic encoding

d)

chunking

e)

encoding specificity principle

33.

Maintenance rehearsal is

a)

synonymous with chunking

b)

consciously repeating information over and over again

c)

connecting information that needs to be remember with information previously stored

d)

picturing an object, pattern, or image in your mind

e)

also known as motivated forgetting

34.

If information from the short term (working) memory is converted into long term memory, which of the following concepts has occurred?

a)

repression

b)

chunking

c)

transduction

d)

consolidation

e)

depolarization

35.

Regarding declarative memory which of the following is false?

a)

declarative memory is stored in long term memory

b)

declarative memory is made up of facts and personal information

c)

declarative memories are recalled without conscious effort

d)

declarative memories are known as explicit

e)

declarative memories have two types: semantic and episodic

36.

Which of the following psychologists is known for work revolving around the capabilities of human memory with respect to eyewitness testimony

a)

Sperling

b)

Loftus

c)

Ebbinghaus

d)

Skinner

e)

Chomsky

37.

Which theory of forgetting suggests that forgetting is due to the result of a failure to access stored memories?

a)

interference theory

b)

constructionist theory

c)

three stage theory

d)

decay theory

e)

retrieval theory

38.

Concepts defined by specific rules are known as

a)

natural concepts

b)

intuitive concepts

c)

regular concepts

d)

logical concepts

e)

superordinate concepts

39.

Wolfgang Kohler (think back to the Learning unit) studied which aspect of problem solving?

a)

concept formation

b)

algorithms

c)

insight

d)

decay

e)

heuristics

40.

__________ is to a step by step series of rules while ____________ is to a rule of thumb for solving problems/making judgments/decisions

a)

heuristic / algorithm

b)

algorithm / heuristic

c)

mental set / functional fixedness

d)

functional fixedness / mental set

e)

algorithm / concept

41.

Rules that govern proper use of words, phrases, and sentences to convey meaning are called

a)

language

b)

grammar

c)

syntax

d)

semantics

e)

linguistics

42.

The smallest units of meaning within a language are known as?

a)

phonemes

b)

morphemes

c)

graphemes

d)

syllables

e)

letters

43.

Children learning language typically start to use one word phrases around what age?

a)

3 months

b)

6 months

c)

12 months

d)

15 months

e)

18 months

44.

The "magic number seven (+/- 2)" is usually connected to a persons's

a)

short term memory

b)

long term memory

c)

sensory memory

d)

implicit memory

e)

flashbulb memory

45.

The concept of mood congruent memory deals with which aspect of memory

a)

encoding

b)

repression

c)

storage

d)

retrieval

e)

relearning

46.

The greater likelihood of recalling information from memory while in the same or similar environment in which the memory was originally encoded is an example of

a)

retroactive interference

b)

chunking

c)

elaborative rehearsal

d)

encoding specificity

e)

procedural memory

47.

The capacity of short term memory is

a)

2 (+ or - 3)

b)

5 (+ or - 1)

c)

3 (+ or - 2)

d)

9 (+ or - 2)

e)

7 (+ or - 2)

48.

A task that would lead to deep levels of memory would be

a)

identifying the number of letters in a word

b)

determining if two words rhyme

c)

deciding if someone's name is a good fit for them

d)

determining if a word fits into a sentence

e)

identifying the number of syllables in a word

49.

The three stages of the Atkinson- Shiffrin process of memory are

a)

iconic, echoic, encoding

b)

sensory, short term, long term

c)

shallow, medium, and deep processing

d)

semantic, episodic, procedural

e)

cerebellum, temporal lobe, hippocampus

50.

Which of the following examples best illustrate episodic memory?

a)

telling someone how to tie shoe

b)

answering correctly that the Battle of Hastings was in 1066

c)

knowing that the word for black in French is noir

d)

remembering that a clown was at your 5th birthday party

e)

long-term memory for the time tables learned in second grade

51.

Doug wrote a grocery list of ten items, leaves it at home. The list included in order: peas, corn, squash, onions, apples, pears, bananas, flour, milk, and eggs. If the law of primacy holds which of the following is Doug most likely to remember when he gets to the store?

a)

peas, pears, eggs

b)

banana, flour, peas

c)

apples, pears, bananas

d)

flour, milk, eggs

e)

peas, corn, onions

52.

Which of the following exemplifies retroactive interference?

a)

after suffering a blow to the head, Jean cannot form new memories

b)

Elle failed a Spanish test because she studied for her Italian test after studying Spanish

c)

Lee cannot remember an important date on the history exam

d)

Gene cannot remember his new locker combination but remembers last year's

e)

Jodie remembers the first few items on her school supply list, but can't remember the rest of them

53.

Ray hurt his head in a car accident and has been experiencing problems recalling past events. Ray’s doctors told his parents that Ray may be suffering from

a)

anterograde amnesia

b)

misinformation effect

c)

incomplete schemas

d)

retrieval failure

e)

retrograde amnesia

54.

Steve can only remember his old locker combination; he keeps forgetting he new combination. Steve is experiencing

a)

blocking interference

b)

retroactive interference

c)

proactive interference

d)

repression interference

e)

suppression interference

55.

What psychologist believed that the forgetting of information will occur rapidly at first and will then level off, with the remaining information being retained for a long period of time?

a)

Hermann Ebbinghaus

b)

Donald Hebb

c)

Karl Lashley

d)

Sigmund Freud

e)

Elizabeth Loftus

56.

Which of the following describes long –term potentiation?

a)

When attempting to retrieve information, it is easier to recognize than recall

b)

Constructed memories have the potential to be either accurate or inaccurate

c)

Memories are formed in the brain when a synapse changes to allow for more efficient transfer of information

d)

Implicit memories are processed by the cerebellum instead of by the hippocampus

e)

Information is transferred from working memory to long-term memory

57.

The basketball players could remember the main points of their coach’s halftime talk, but not her exact words. This is because they encoded the information

a)

semantically

b)

acoustically

c)

visually

d)

shallowly

e)

automatically

58.

Which of the following illustrates the serial position effect?

a)

The only name Kensie remembers from the people she met at the party is Spencer, because she thought he was particularly good looking

b)

Kimia has trouble remembering information from the book’s first unit when she reviews it for semester finals

c)

It’s easy for Brittney to remember that carbon’s atomic number is 6 because her birthday is on December 6

d)

Kyle was not able to remember the names of all his new co-workers after one week on the job, but he could after two weeks

e)

Al is unable to remember the middle of a list of vocabulary words as well as he remembers the first or last words on the list

59.

Hermann Ebbinghaus is considered a pioneer in memory research because he established the importance of

a)

semantic encoding

b)

mnemonic devices

c)

rehearsal

d)

iconic storage

e)

long term potentiation

60.

Chemistry teachers almost always present elements within the context of the periodic table. The periodic table is useful because it is a(n)

a)

example of chunking

b)

hierarchy

c)

mnemonic device

d)

example of iconic storage

e)

massed rehearsal strategy

61.

Chomsky proposed that children learn language swiftly

a)

because they possess an innate language acquisition device

b)

through imitation, reinforcement, and shaping

c)

as the quality of their thought improves with age

d)

because they need to in order to get their increasingly complex needs met

e)

as they learn how to apply algorithms to language

62.

The linguistic relativity hypothesis is the notion that

a)

one's language determines the nature of one's thought

b)

one's thought determines the nature of one's language

c)

language and thought are separate and independent processes

d)

language and thought interact, with each influencing the other

e)

no correlation between language and thought exists

63.

A hueristic is

a)

a flash of insight

b)

a guiding principle or "rule of thumb" used in problem solving or decision making

c)

a methodical procedure for trying all possible solutions to a problem

d)

a way of making a compensatory decision

e)

a deficiency within the mirror neurons of the brain

64.

In the context of psychometric testing, content validity is defined as

a)

The extent to which the test actually measures what it is purported to measure

b)

The degree to which there is a correlation between results on the test and future performance on another measure

c)

The degree to which the test will yield similar results across administrations

d)

The extent to which scores on two versions of the test are highly correlated

e)

The degree to which scores on two sections of the same test are consistent with each other

65.

On a normal score distribution, an IQ score of 85 would be located

a)

approximately one standard deviation above the mean

b)

approximately one standard deviation below the mean

c)

approximately two standard deviations above the mean

d)

approximately two standard deviations below the mean

e)

in a variable position-it would depend on the age of the respondent

66.

Test standardization is accomplished by

a)

administering the test to a sample chosen to reflect the characteristics of the population in question

b)

administering different parts of the test to different samples meant to reflect different populations

c)

correlating the results on the test with the results on other tests that claim to measure the same dimension

d)

correlating the consistency of scores given by different sets of graders

e)

equilibrating the numbers of times each answer choice appears

67.

Which of the following is NOT a dimension of intelligence in Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences?

a)

environmental

b)

mathematical

c)

spatial

d)

musical

e)

emotional

68.

A standardized sample for developing a test

a)

Should be representative of all the types of people for whom the test is designed

b)

Is an early version of the test to determine questions that differentiate individuals

c)

Is a set of norms that will determine what score should be considered passing

d)

Should include people from all different age groups, ethnic groups, and genders

e)

Must include a standard set of directions for administering the test that all students will receive

69.

If Mrs. Delvecchio compared the scores of students on the odd-numbered questions on the test with their scores for the even-numbered questions, she would be attempting to determine if the test had

a)

content validity

b)

split-half validity

c)

predictive validity

d)

test-retest reliability

e)

concurrent validity

70.

Which of the following best describes Charles Spearman’s g of intelligence?

a)

There are many factors that determine intelligence, but genetics is the most important one

b)

The internal validity of an intelligence test is g

c)

A general intelligence that underlies success on a wide variety of tasks is g.

d)

Giftedness is determined by both innate ability to perform and experiences one has in life.

e)

Giftedness is determined by both innate ability to perform and experiences one has in life.

71.

According to Sternberg, which of the following types of intelligence in his triarchic theory are measured by standard IQ tests?


I. Analytic

II. Practical

III. Creative

a)

I only

b)

II only

c)

III only

d)

I and II only

e)

I, II, III

72.

Freddie is a 10 year old boy with a mental age of 12. According to the scoring of the Stanford-Binet test, Freddie's intelligence quotient is

a)

12

b)

83

c)

95

d)

120

e)

140

73.

The psychologist who developed the first modern intelligence test used to help the French government with the placement of special needs students was

a)

Charles Spearman

b)

Robert Sternberg

c)

Howard Gardner

d)

Lewis Terman

e)

Alfred Binet

74.

Adam is taking a final exam in his calculus class. All of the questions on the exam relate to material that was covered over the course of the year. Therefore, the test can be said to display high

a)

criterion validity

b)

standardization

c)

reliability

d)

content validity

e)

test-retest reliability

75.

Garrett scored a 28 the first time he took the college entrance exam. Six months later, he took it again and scored a 29. Be cause his scores were so close together the test would be considered

a)

valid

b)

normed

c)

standardized

d)

reliable

e)

predictable

76.

Which of the following best illustrates Spearman's concept of g?

a)

Lisa does well in math, but poorly in chemistry

b)

Fatima does not know the capital of her state but can compose music successfully

c)

Quinn is an excellent baseball player who has received a scholarship to play in college

d)

Sarah has maintained straight A's throughout high school

e)

Kris is an excellent actor and singer

77.

Bailee recently took the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and scored one standard deviation above the mean. Bailee would most likely have an IQ of

a)

115

b)

85

c)

130

d)

95

e)

100

78.

Mr. Thomas believes that students with high IQ’s are more likely to succeed in life than are those with low IQ’s. Which psychologist would most likely agree with Mr. Thomas?

a)

Daniel Goleman

b)

Lewis Terman

c)

Robert Sternberg

d)

Noam Chomsky

e)

Leon Festinger

79.

Which of the following best illustrates the concept of divergent thinking?

a)

Hank is good at listening to other people and helping them with their problems

b)

Gloria is an excellent softball player who receives a scholarship to play in college

c)

Tony does extremely well in school, but has a difficult time making friends

d)

Richard knows the lyrics of every song he has ever heard

e)

Ali designs workplace accommodations for the physically impaired

80.

Which of the following would score high on the emotional intelligence scale?

a)

Jaelyn can complete crossword puzzles quickly

b)

Claude is good at interpreting the emotions of others

c)

Pauline is good at fixing mechanical machines

d)

Marcus knows how to make spaghetti

e)

Elle has invented a new device to help others learn to read

81.

Who was the first psychologist to propose that intelligence is the result of nature?

a)

Robert Sternberg

b)

Howard Gardner

c)

Charles Spearman

d)

Sir Francis Galton

e)

Lewis Terman

82.

Howard Gardner found evidence of multiple intelligences in individuals who scored low on intelligence but had an area of exceptional ability-for example, to make complex calculations. These people have

a)

the Flynn effect

b)

savant syndrome

c)

advanced mental age

d)

Wechsler syndrome

e)

intelligence heritability

83.

The Flynn effect refers to

a)

Superiority of certain racial and ethnic groups on intelligence tests

b)

Fact that male performance on math tests is more extreme (that is, more very high and very low scores) than is female performance

c)

Stereotype threat that might cause some Black students to under perform on standardized tests

d)

Predictive ability of intelligence tests

e)

Gradual improvement in intelligence test scores over the last several decades

84.

Heritability of intelligence refers to

a)

The extent to which a person’s intelligence is caused by genetics

b)

The effect of adoption on the intelligence of adopted children

c)

The amount of group variation in intelligence that can be attributed to genetics

d)

The amount of group variation in intelligence that can be attributed to genetics

e)

The correlation between intelligence test scores of individual twins

85.

The most widely used modern intelligence test was developed by

a)

Alfred Binet

b)

Louis Terman

c)

Robert Sternberg

d)

David Wechsler

e)

Howard Gardner

86.

Students who do well on college entrance exams generally do well in college. This helps establish that these exams have

a)

predictive validity

b)

split-half reliability

c)

content validity

d)

test-retest reliability

e)

standard validity

87.

The purpose of Alfred Binet's early intelligence test was to

a)

predict how children would do in school

b)

identify differences among ethnic and racial groups

c)

help French graduates find the occupation to which they were most likely to succeed

d)

establish the scientific definition of intelligence

e)

facilitate "genetic breeding" experiments

88.

The intelligence quotient compares a child's

a)

aptitude to his or her school performance

b)

mental age to his or her chronological age

c)

intelligence to his or her sibling's intelligence

d)

intelligence to his or her parents' intelligence

e)

math intelligence to his or her verbal intelligence

89.

Which of the following is a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test?

a)

correlational analysis

b)

factor analysis

c)

standard deviation

d)

regression toward the mean

e)

structural equation modeling

90.

Women score lower on math tests if they are told the test reflects natural mathematical ability and when male test-takers are in the group. Which concept best explains this research finding?

a)

reliability

b)

heritability

c)

factor analysis

d)

mental age

e)

stereotype threat

91.

What higher-order knowledge includes information about factors that influence learning and memory and resources needed to complete tasks?

a)

Declarative

b)

Rote

c)

Kinesthetic

d)

Procedural

92.
What are phonemes?
a)
Two or more words
b)
Smallest meaningful units
c)
Composed of many words (infinite)
d)
Basic Sounds
93.
What are morphemes?
a)
Two or more words
b)
Smallest meaningful units
c)
Composed of many words (infinite)
d)
Basic Sounds
94.
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
95.
The rules of grammar are rules of
a)
Phonemes
b)
Morphemes
c)
Syntax
d)
Semantics
96.
Grammar
a)
the system of rules for acceptable language
b)
the smallest units of sound that carry meaning
c)
the system of rules for putting words in order
d)
the system of using words to create meaning
97.
When our child first says dada, dada, dada or mama, mama, mama. Rather than associating meaning with that combination of consonants and vowels, at first baby Fritz will be:
a)
Cooing
b)
Doodling
c)
Booing
d)
Babbling
98.
Trying to find people that agree with you that cheddar is the best type of cheese and ignoring those who disagree represents...
a)
Intuition
b)
Confirmation Bias
c)
Mental Set
d)
Overconfidence
99.
When instances come readily to mind, we often presume such events are common. What of the following is the term for this phenomenon?
a)
Intuition insight 
b)
Confirmation bias
c)
Belief perserverance
d)
Availability heurisitic
100.
______ is an example of a concept that best exemplifies the characteristics of that concept.
a)
prototype
b)
concept
c)
syntax
d)
thinking
101.
Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they match our prototype.
a)
availability heuristics
b)
representative heuristics
c)
concepts
d)
functional fixedness
102.

The weatherman in Idaho says there is a 20% chance it will rain & u get ur umbrella. The weatherman in Wyoming says it's and 80% chance of sun & u get ur sunglasses.

a)

This exemplifies prototypes

b)

This demonstrates your concept for weather

c)

This is an example of mental set

d)

This is a demonstration of framing

103.
The Hopi tribe has no past tense in their language.  As a result, they don't dwell on the past like English speakers do.  This shows
a)
telegraphic speech
b)
linguistic determinism
c)
apasia
d)
perceptual set in language
104.

Which of the following terms best represents the ability to produce ideas which are both novel and valuable?

a)

convergence

b)

creativity

c)

algorithm

d)

representative heuristic

e)

availability heuristic

105.

Which type of creative thinking expands the number of possible problem solutions?

a)

Divergent Thinking

b)

Convergent Thinking

c)

Intrinsic Motivation

d)

Availability Heuristic

e)

Representative Heuristic

106.

Which type of problem solving technique is methodical, logical, and will always lead to a correct answer if there is one?

a)

Heuristic

b)

Insight

c)

Algorithm

d)

Convergent Thinking

e)

Divergent Thinking

107.

What is our tendency to think we know or can perform better or more accurately than we really can?

a)

Confirmation Bias

b)

Overconfidence

c)

Intuition

d)

Insight

e)

Algorithm

108.

Which theory says that if a child does not learn a language of any kind by the age of 7, they will never be able to master a language?

a)

Insight

b)

Intuition

c)

Phoneme

d)

Morpheme

e)

Critical Periods

109.

Despite overwhelming and highly publicized evidence that Senator McEwan was guilty of serious political corruption and misconduct, many who had supported her in past elections remained convinced of her political integrity. Their reaction best illustrates

a)

fixation.

b)

the representativeness heuristic.

c)

belief perseverance.

d)

the availability heuristic.

e)

the framing effect.

110.

The rock musician was hit with a rotten egg while performing his latest hit song. The fact that you can recognize two different meanings for the word “hit” in the preceding sentence demonstrates the importance of

a)

syntax.

b)

semantics.

c)

morphemes.

d)

prototypes.

e)

linguistic determinism.

111.

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events, such as 9/11, are called

a)
repressed memories.
b)
sensory memories
c)
mood-congruent memories
d)
flashbulb memories
112.
If you watch a sequel to movie, and have trouble remembering if a character was in the first movie, you are experiencing...
a)
Repressive Memories
b)
Proactive Interference
c)
Retroactive Interference
d)
Memory Decay
113.
What is the worst way to form long term memories?
a)

Having a strong emotional experience to a memory

b)
Spaced Practice
c)
Elaborative Rehearsal
d)

Massed Practice

114.
Elizabeth Loftus did work related to 
a)
accurate memories being found during hypnosis
b)
Constructive memory processing
c)

forgetting curves

d)
Holding 7 bits of information in STM (+ or - 2)
115.
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
116.
Which brain part is responsible for facilitating explicit memories?
a)
brain stem
b)
cerebellum
c)
amygdala
d)
hippocampus
117.

Learning the the United States stopped importing all oil and energy from Russia but not be able to identify where you learned this information is an example of

a)

retrograde amnesia

b)

Anterograde amnesia

c)

Source amnesia

d)

constructed memory processing

118.

Depending on the person, this memories capacity is 5-9 items and lasts about 5-20 seconds

a)

Sensory memory

b)

Long term memory

c)

Implicit memory

d)

Working memory

119.

Match the following types of sensory memory

a)

What you see

1.

Iconic

b)

What you hear

2.

Echoic

c)

What you feel

3.

Haptic

120.

This type of memory is unlimited and can last a lifetime

a)

Sensory memory

b)

Long term memory

c)

Working memory

d)

Full-time memory

121.

Jamie is reading a book, thinking about plans for the night, and listening to music. Jamie reads 20 pages and then thinks "what did I just read?" This is an example of:

a)

Shallow Processing

b)

Deep processing

c)

Hindsight processing

d)

Iconic memory

122.

You are more likely to be able to recall information if you do so in the same area that you learned information due to _____________

a)

Mood dependent memory

b)

Iconic dependent memory

c)

State-dependent memory

d)

Context-dependent memory

123.

Deep processing is most closely related to the idea of:

a)

the primacy effect

b)

semantic encoding

c)

the spacing effect

d)

the recency effect

124.

Given a list of names people usually remember the first part of the list and the last part of the list more and are more prone to forget the names in the middle due to:

a)

Serial position effect

b)

Long term potentiation

c)

Forgetting curve

d)

Retroactive interference

125.

The 3 processes of memory are:

a)
Input, Output, and Processing
b)
Creation, Maintenance, and Deletion
c)

Sensory, Short-term, and Long-term

d)
Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval
126.
Memories of emotional events are especially likely to be facilitated by activation of the: 
a)
amygdala.
b)
hypothalamus.
c)
sensory cortex.
d)
motor cortex.
127.
We have all had the experience of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.  We are asked to remember someone’s name.  We are certain that we know the name and feel as if we are just about to remember it, yet it remains elusive.  What type of forgetting might be at work here?
a)
encoding failure
b)
retroactive interference
c)
retrieval failure
d)
motivated forgetting
128.

Your inability to remember what color eyes your friend has, despite looking at them a million times, is most likely due to:

a)

encoding failure

b)

retrieval failure

c)

storage decay

d)

source amnesia

129.
Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin’s classic three-stage model of memory includes all of the following, EXCEPT:
a)
short-term memory
b)
long-term memory
c)
flashbulb memory
d)
sensory memory
130.

As we retrieve memories, we often alter them based on past experience & expectations, which demonstrates:

a)

implicit memories

b)

priming

c)

memory construction

d)

the spacing effect

131.

Match the following types of memory

a)
Facts and concepts
1.
Semantic memory
b)
Skills and "how to"
2.

Implicit or procedural memory

c)

Events and experiences

3.
Episodic memory
132.

Answering multiple choice questions is a/an ​ (a)   task, while writing an FRQ is a/an ​ (b)   task.

Choose from the below words
recognition
recall
interference
priming
encoding
133.
The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation is known as
a)
chunking.
b)
automatic processing.
c)
long-term potentiation.
d)
the spacing effect.
134.

The use of ____ can aid our memory.

a)

massed practice and long-term potentiation

b)

repression and self-reference effect

c)

shallow processing and hierarchies

d)

chunking and mnemonic devices

135.

Memory is

a)

the conscious encoding of information

b)

stored knowledge that has been semantically encoded

c)

the persistence of learning through storage & retrieval of info

d)

recalling and retrieving info stored in the cerebellum

136.

What is being demonstrated when you believe that women are better caregivers than men, and you continue to see only good examples of females being better parents than men?

a)

CONFIRMATION BIAS

b)

REPRESENTATIVE HEURISTIC

c)

ENCODING

d)

FRAMING

137.

When Daniel used his coat as a blanket he showed that he had a low _______. (Because he could see another other use for his coat.)

a)

FUNCTIONAL FIXEDNESS

b)

LONG TERM POTENTIATION

c)

PARALLEL PROCESSING

d)

AUTOMATIC PROCESSIN

138.
What type of retrieval is used when trying to remember a situation your experienced?
a)
RECALL
b)
RECOGNITION
c)
RELEARNING
d)
PRIMING
139.
Being able to understand that the "right to bear arms" is not referring to an animal shows you can understand what?
a)
SEMANTICS
b)
SYNTAX
c)
PHONEME
d)
MORPHEME
140.
If you remember something only long enough to use it once, you are using __________-term memory.
a)
SHORT
b)
SENSORY
c)
IMPLICIT
d)
ICONIC
141.
Freud is often associated with _____ memory.
a)
REPRESSED
b)
ECHOIC
c)
ICONIC
d)
IMPLICIT
142.
The inability to learn something new because of something old interfering is called what?
a)
PROACTIVE INTERFERENCE
b)
RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE
143.
What kind of memory is recalled when you are only able to remember bad things when in a bad mood?
a)
MOOD-CONGRUENT
b)
ICONIC
c)
IMPLICIT
d)
WORKING
144.
What type of concept is used when someone mentions fast food and you immediately think of McDonald's? McDonald's is your _______.
a)
PROTOTYPE
b)
PRIMING
c)
FRAMING
d)
APHASIA
145.
Ebbinghaus suggested repeatedly going over something to learn it, what is this called?
a)
REHEARSAL
b)
RECALL
c)
PRIMING
d)
RELEARNING
146.
What part of the brain deals with implicit memory?
a)
CEREBELLUM
b)
HIPPOCAMPUS
c)
FRONTAL LOBE
d)
MEDULLA OBLONGATA
147.
What part of the brain deals with Explicit memory?
a)
HIPPOCAMPUS
b)
CEREBELLUM
c)
FRONTAL LOBE
d)
MEDULLA OBLONGATA
148.
What element of language does the sh- in shirt and sheep represent?
a)
PHONEME
b)
MORPHEME
c)
SYNTAX
d)
BABBLING
149.
According to the Levels of Processing Model of Memory, what allows you to remember the page you read something on but not the actual information?
a)
AUTOMATIC PROCESSING
b)
DEEP PROCESSING
c)
SHALLOW PROCESSING
d)
EFFORTFUL PROCESSING
150.
What type of memory enhancing technique is Roy G. Biv? This strategy enables you to encode the colors of the rainbow in order.
a)
MNEMONIC DEVICE
b)
FLASHBULB MEMORY
c)
SPACING EFFECT
d)
FRAMING
151.
What rule of thumb allows you to apply personal experience or knowledge to similar situations?
a)
AVAILABILITY HEURISTIC
b)
REPRESENTATIVE HEURISTIC
152.
People are more likely to respond better to you telling them that they have a 60% chance of passing a class, than telling them they have a 40% chance of failure. What kind of influence does this example demonstrate?
a)
FRAMING
b)
RELEARNING
c)
PRIMING
d)
ENCODING
153.
What type of memory allows you to complete tasks without actively recalling how?
a)
IMPLICIT MEMORY
b)
ECHOIC
c)
EXPLICIT
d)
ICONIC
154.
The Magical number 7 plus or minus 2 is associated with what type of memory?
a)
SHORT TERM MEMORY
b)
LONG TERM MEMORY
c)
SENSORY MEMORY
155.
What is the biological change that occurs during rehearsal which also increases the neuron's firing potential?
a)
LONG-TERM POTENTIATION
b)
FLASHBULB MEMORY
c)
ENCODING
d)
CHUNKING
156.
What type of heuristic can be demonstrated by this example? A teacher is having difficulty trying to convince a girl who is upset by several boys teasing her, that not all boys are not inherently bad.
a)
BELIEF PERSEVERANCE
b)
REPRESENTATIVE HEURISTIC
c)
AVAILABILITY HEURISTIC
157.
There is a man who is tall, athletic and has big hands. You see him among a group of friends and are told that one is a basketball player, another is a hockey player and the third is a soccer player. If you assume that he is the basketball player, what rule are you influenced by?
a)
REPRESENTATIVE HEURISTIC
b)
BELIEF PERSEVERANCE
c)
AVAILABILITY HEURISTIC
158.
What type of memory allows you to remember sounds for a short time?
a)
ECHOIC MEMORY
b)
ICONIC MEMORY
c)
IMPLICIT MEMORY
159.
What type of memory technique puts terms together into meaningful groups?
a)
CHUNKING
b)
FRAMING
c)
MEMORY OF LOCI
160.
What type of retrieval gives you the ability to pick out the names of the seven Dwarfs when given a list of choices?
a)
RECOGNITION
b)
RECALL
c)
RELEARNING
161.
What has occurred when you mistakenly remember the details of a story a friend told you and begin sharing it as something you read?
a)
SOURCE AMNESIA
b)
retroactive amnesia
c)
anterograde amnesia
162.
Remembering the first and last parts of a list shows the power of what type of effect?
a)
SERIAL POSITION EFFECT
b)
priming
c)
mnemonics
163.
What is being demonstrated when you believe that women are better caregivers than men, and you continue to see only good examples of females being better parents than men?
a)
CONFIRMATION BIAS
b)
encoding
c)
deep processing
164.
A general rule of thumb is called what in problem solving?
a)
HEURISTIC
b)
algorithm
c)
encoding
165.
Computers and mathematics often use logical, methodical step by step procedures called what?
a)
ALGORITHM
b)
heuristic
c)
aphasia
d)
RELEARNING
166.
"To the store we goed" was something my niece said to me once. What was her language error called?
a)
SYNTAX
b)
semantics
c)
morphemes
d)
phonemes
167.

Which process transfers information from sensory memory to short term memory?

a)

attention

b)

cognition

c)

differentiation

d)

perception

168.

Shortly after hearing a list of items, people tend to recall the last items in the list especially quickly and accurately. This is known as

a)

iconic memory

b)

the spacing eff

c)

im

d)

recency effect

169.

Rephrasing text material in your own words is an effective way of facilitating

a)

seman

b)

auto

c)

mood-congruent tm

d)

implicit memory

170.

Our short-term memory for new material is limited to roughly _____ bits of info.

a)

3

b)

7

c)

12

d)

14

171.

Fill-in-the-blank test questions measure_________; matching concepts to their definitions measures________.

a)

recognition; relearning

b)

recall; rec

c)

recall

d)

relearning; recall

172.

Ebbinghaus discovered that the rate at which we forget newly learned info is initially

a)

slow and subsequently stays slow

b)

rapid and subsequently slows down

c)

rapid and subsequ

d)

slow and subsequently speeds up

173.

Logical, methodical step-by-step procedures for solving problems are called

a)

heuristics

b)

semantics

c)

prototypes

d)

algorithms

174.

The smallest distinctive sound unit of language is

a)

proto

b)

phenotype

c)

morpheme

d)

phoneme

175.

Word meaning is to word order as ______ is to _______.

a)

concept; proto

b)

phoneme

c)

morpheme; phoneme

d)

semantics; syntax

176.

At 17 months of age, Julie says the word "wada" whenever she wants a drink of water. Julie is most likely in the _______ stage of language development.

a)

semantic

b)

babbling

c)

one-wrod

d)

telegraphic speech

177.

Which of the following best illustrates psychology's current understanding of the relationship between thinking and language?

a)

language determines the way

b)

all thinking must be language based

c)

cognition and language are processed in the occipia

d)

thinking affects language, which then affects our thoughts

178.

Factor analysis is a statistical procedure that can be used to

a)

derive IQ scores by comparing mental age with

b)

evaluate how accurately test items predict a crite

c)

extract test norms

d)

identify clusters of closely related test items

e)

provide a quantitative estimate of heritability

179.

A person who demonstrates an exceptional specific mental skill while otherwise remaining very limited in intellectual capacity is said to show signs of

a)

emotional intelligence

b)

savant syndrome

c)

neural plasticity

d)

intrinsic motivation

e)

intelligence quotient

180.

Alfred Binet's efforts to measure intelligence were directed at

a)

testing the worth of various theoretical defini

b)

operationally defini

c)

predicting children's

d)

selecting workers for successful job performance

e)

establishing the learning potential of French military recruits

181.

On individual intelligence tests, such as the Stanford-Binet and the Wechsler scales, an IQ of 100 indicates that the test taker

a)

correctly answered all items on the test

b)

obtained the highest score in the standardis

c)

took as long as the average test takers t

d)

score above the level of the average A

e)

scored at the average level for test takers of the same age

182.

A 6 year old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency of an average 8-year-old was said to have an IQ of

a)

7

b)

8

c)

100

d)

125

e)

133

183.

Aptitude tests are specifically designed to

a)

predict ability to learn a new skill

b)

compare an individual's abilities with those of highly successful individuals

c)

assess learned knowledge

d)

assess the ability to produce novel or valuable ideas

e)

measure educational achievement

184.

About ______ percent of WAIS scores fall between 70 and 130.

a)

10

b)

30

c)

60

d)

70

e)

95

185.

If a test yields consistent results every time it is used, it has a high degree of

a)

standardi

b)

predictive vali

c)

reliability

d)

content validity

e)

heritability

186.

To recognize the active information processing that occurs in short-term memory, researchers have characterized it as _______ memory.

a)

o

b)

working

c)

flashbul

d)

implicit

187.

Austin can't remember Jack Smith's name because he wasn't paying attention when Jack was formally introduced. Austin's poor memory is best explained in terms of

a)

stor

b)

proactive interference

c)

encoding failure

d)

source amnesia

188.

Participants in one experiment were given entirely fabricated accounts of an occasion in which they had been in a shopping mall during their childhood. Many of these participants later falsely recollected vivid details of the experience as having actually occurred. This experiment best illustrated

a)

the self-reference effect

b)

mood

c)

the misin

d)

proactive interference

189.

A normally functioning 65-year old who cannot solve abstract logic puzzles as quickly as he did when he was younger is experiencing

a)

phenomenon that is uncommon for people h

b)

normal stage of psycho-social development predicted by Erik Eri

c)

decrease in his crystallized in

d)

decrease in his fluid intelligence

e)

difficulty with concrete operational thinking

190.

Sasha has a mild intellectual disability. She has achieved the equivalent of a fifth-grade education and will soon begin vocational training so that she can earn a living wage. Sasha’s intelligence score is most likely between

a)

5 and 19

b)

20 and

c)

35 and

d)

50 and 69

e)

70 and 130

191.

The process of encoding refers to 

a)

The persistence of learning over time

b)

The recall of information previously learned

c)

Getting information into memory

d)

A clear memory of an emotionally significant event