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WorksheetsUnit 2 Exam Review
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What does top-down processing help with in language comprehension?
Generating possible answers for a given problem
Providing clues about potential solutions before collecting evidence
Using predictions to fill in missing information
Anticipating what might happen next to fully understand a sentence
What does top-down processing assist with in problem-solving tasks?
Processing information based on direct sensory input
Analyzing stimuli to build our perception of the world
Using past experiences, background knowledge, and context clues to generate possible answers
Predicting what might happen next to help understand a sentence fully
emotion-induced blindness
failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere
Eyewitness testimony & constructive memory
When you are in a high stress environment you forget the things you said or did. your perception is altered
lasts a short time, only a couple of seconds (1-3 seconds)
Focus on one stimulus at a time (often at the expense of others)
Top down processing
Bottom up processing
Selective Attention
Absolute Threshold
Name and briefly explain three Gestalt principles.
Continuity, Figure-ground, Symmetry
Alignment, Repetition, Figure-ground
Continuity, Symmetry, Alignment
Proximity, Similarity, Closure
Provide an example of top-down processing in psychology.
Using prior knowledge and expectations to interpret sensory information.
Using emotions and feelings to interpret sensory information.
Using bottom-up processing to interpret sensory information.
Using sensory information to form prior knowledge and expectations.
Describe the role of bottom-up processing in visual perception.
Bottom-up processing only occurs in auditory perception.
Bottom-up processing involves the analysis of sensory information to form a perception.
Bottom-up processing is not involved in visual perception.
Bottom-up processing involves the synthesis of sensory information to form a perception.
When someone mentions hamburgers, Trisha immediately thinks of McDonald's. In this instance, McDonald's is a
phoneme
heuristic.
prototype.
mental set
fixation.
An algorithm is a
simple thinking strategy for making decisions quickly and efficiently.
method of hypothesis testing involving trial and error.
best example of a particular category.
methodical step-by-step procedure for solving problems.
specific kind of prototype.
As he attempted to spell the word “receive,” Tim reminded himself “i before e except after c.” Tim's self-reminder best illustrates the use of
prototypes.
trial and error.
insight.
an algorithm.
a heuristic.
Rachelle's car would not start. To find the problem she decided to go alphabetically through the repair checklist of all possible reasons the car will not start. Rachelle's strategy best demonstrates
fixation.
insight.
a heuristic.
confirmation bias.
an algorithm.
A tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence.
mental set
confirmation bias
functional fixedness
fixation
Which cognitive bias is illustrated by someone feeling compelled to continue an event because of the time or money already spent on it?
FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
Overconfidence
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Hedonic Adaptation
While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of...
inattentional blindness
place theory
blind spot
feature detectors
sensory adaptation
The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory
encoding
retrieval
chunking
recognition
blockage of memory by previous or subsequent memories or loss of a retrieval cue
confabulation
decay
interference
episodic
The transforming of information so the nervous system can process it
retrieval
storage
encoding
confabulation
The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember
encoding
recognition
chunking
episodic
Someone is playing a song on a piano that you have heard before. You are able to identify this song as one you have heard because of which process?
recognition
reconstruction
recaall
confabulation
If you recite the rhyme "Thirty days has September, April, June, and November" to remember the number of days in each month, you are using a(n)
mental picture.
mnemonic device.
schema.
mental picture.
Memory of a specific event
Semantic Memory
Implicit Memory
Episodic Memory
Long Term Memory
Remember more when you are in a similar situation or environment
Context Dependent Memory
State Dependent Memory
Elaborative Memory
Long Term Memory
If you have misplaced your car keys, going through the sequence of actions for the last time you came into your house may allow you to find them. This is an example of ____________________________.
context-dependent memory
mood congruence
state-dependent memory
a flashbulb memory
Our tendency to recall items at the END of a list is called _________________.
primacy effect
recency effect
mood congruence
priming
This is believed to be the basis for learning and remembering associations.
long-term potentiation
flashbulb memory
mood congruence
serial position effect
You are walking through Aldrich Park and see a cyclist fall off of their bike. Suddenly, you remember a time you fell off your bike and broke your wrist as a child. This is what type of memory?
Semantic
Priming
Episodic
Procedural
You took piano lessons as a child, though you don't remember much about it. One day, you see a piano and decide to give it a try. You find you can still play some simple songs. What kind of memory are you using?
Conditioning
Episodic
Priming
Procedural
You took piano lessons as a child, though you don't remember much about it. One day, you see a piano and decide to give it a try. You find you can still play some simple songs. What kind of memory are you using?
Conditioning
Episodic
Priming
Procedural
On your way to class, you notice a flyer for a new burger place on campus. A few hours later, when asked what you want for lunch, you find you're craving a burger. This is an example of what kind of memory?
Episodic
Priming
Conditioning
Semantic
On your way to class, you notice a flyer for a new burger place on campus. A few hours later, when asked what you want for lunch, you find you're craving a burger. This is an example of what kind of memory?
Episodic
Priming
Conditioning
Semantic
One of your classmates mentions they are from the state of Ohio. You don't know where you learned this information, but you know the state capital is Columbus. This is an example of what kind of memory?
Priming
Episodic
Semantic
Procedural
Kevin and Jonathan see each other for the first time in twenty years at a class reunion. They immediately recall the winning play of the state championship game they played in together as seniors in high school.
short-term memory.
iconic memory.
procedural memory
episodic memory
What is a mental set?
The tendency to approach a problem in a particular way, especially a way that has been successful in the past
The tendency to judge the likelihood of an event on the basis of how readily we can
remember instances of its occurrence
The tendency to think of objects only in terms of their normal use
None of these
LTM can be broadly divided into two categories
Semantic and declarative
Implicit and procedural
Implicit and explicit
explicit and declarative
Driving a car
Explicit Memory
Implicit Memory
Naming the parts of the different body systems
Explicit Memory
Implicit Memory
Meaning of words
Explicit Memory
Implicit Memory
In the forgetting curve, if you have done nothing by the second day
You will forget 10% of the lesson
You will forget 50 to 80% of the lesson
You will forget 10 to 30% of the lesson
You will forget 50 to 60% of the lesson
•When you hear familiar words in your native language, it is virtually impossible not to register the meanings of the words. This best illustrates the importance of:
A. chunking.
B. flashbulb memory.
C. automatic processing.
D. iconic memory.
•According to the serial position effect, you will remember more:
A. items at the beginning and end of a list, than in the middle.
B. items in the middle of a list, than at the beginning and end.
C. vocabulary words if you process them visually.
D. vocabulary words if you process them acoustically.
After suffering a brain injury in a motorcycle accident, Adam cannot form new memories. He can, however, remember his life experiences before the accident. Adam's memory difficulty most clearly illustrates:
A. repression
B. retroactive interference
C. encoding failure
D. source amnesia
During her evening Spanish language exam, Janica so easily remembers the French vocabulary she studied that morning that she finds it difficult to recall the Spanish vocabulary she rehearsed that afternoon. Her difficulty best illustrates:
A. the spacing effect
B. proactive interference
C. retroactive interference
D. state-dependent memory
Critical Thinking Questions:
Which of the following would be predicted by Ebbinghaus’ famous forgetting curve? Several years after learning the dates of important historical events for a college class, students:
A. will remember most of the dates, and will remember them for years to come.
B. will remember most of the dates, and will slowly start to forget them.
C. will have forgotten most of the dates, but what they do remember, they’ll remember for years to come.
D. will have forgotten most of the dates, but during the years to come, they will again remember what they initially forgot.
•You are used to driving a car with a standard shift (stick shift). Today you are driving a friend’s car that has an automatic transmission. As you drive, you keep trying to shift gears, but there is no shift. This tendency is most likely due to:
A. retroactive interference
B. proactive interference
C. motivated forgetting
D. encoding failure
•You are asked to recall the names of the Seven Dwarfs in the Snow White fairy tale. You are familiar with the story, and may have even seen a movie of the story, yet you cannot remember all seven names accurately. What type of memory problem might account for this?
A. retrieval failure
B. encoding failure
C. proactive interference
D. storage failure
The ability to learn from one's experiences, acquire knowledge, and use resources effectively in adapting to new situations or solving problems is...
Cognition
Intelligence
Reasoning
Critical Thinking
In Spearman's Theory of Intelligence, the ability to reason and solve problems, or general intelligence, is referred to as...
analytic intelligence
s factor
creative intelligence
g factor
Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence includes what three types of intelligence?
Analytic, creative and practical
Emotional, creative and analytical
Interpersonal, visual and verbal
Emotional, practical, and creative
The awareness of and ability to manage one's own emotions as well as the ability to be self motivated, able to feel what others feel, and socially skilled is...
social intelligence
people skills
emotional intelligence
being an empath
Giving the test to a large group of people that represents the kind
of people for whom the test is designed is called...
valuation
purposeful testing
validation
standardization
The average score within a group of scores, calculated by adding all of the scores and then dividing by the number of scores is the...
mean
median
mode
standard deviation
The average variation from the mean is called
the norm
the median
the outlier
the standard deviation
The condition in which a person's behavioral and cognitive skills
exist at an earlier developmental stage than the skills of others
who are the same age is called...
giftedness
developmental delay
ADHD
remediation
A number representing a measure of intelligence, resulting from the division of one's mental age by one's chronological age and then multiplying that quotient by 100.
deviation score
mental range
intelligence quotient (IQ)
mean
The degree to which a test actually measures what it's supposed to measure is called...
reliability
norms
validity
integrity
The tendency of a test to produce the same scores again and again each time it is given to the same people is called...
reliability
validity
sustainability
repeatability
The tendency of a test to produce the same scores again and again each time it is given to the same people is called...
reliability
validity
sustainability
repeatability
The scores from a standardized group of people, aka the standards against which all others who take the test would be compared is called the...
baseline
subset
trendsetters
norm
IQ tests can be biased against certain races, genders, socioeconomic backgrounds and cultures.
True
False
When *standardized tests are used for IQ tests, the data often forms a / an
*standardized test = a assessment that has a uniform selection of questions, answers, and grading scale - given the same way to everyone
X - Y slope
bell curve
gradient with a positive correlation of +5 at each interval
inconclusive and inconsistent report
The average score for humans on a common IQ test is
50
100
1600
500
Throughout history, according to IQ test data, humans are
becoming less and less intelligent.
becoming more and more intelligent.
consistently scoring and performing at the same or similar levels, decade after decade, generation after generation
Emotional Intelligence is
not measurable
one's ability to mange stress and understand feelings
what makes humans more intelligent than other animals
all are true about emotional intelligence
"Growth Mindset" means
you are not afraid of challenges or making mistakes
you are willing to practice in order to get better at something
you value learning over numeric grades
all of those statements are true about having a growth mindset
Fred and Eric are identical twins. Which is likely true about their intelligence?
Their intelligence test scores are closely matched.
Their brain matter volume and activation are different.
Their environment has no influence on their intelligence.
They have the same intelligence correlations as adopted siblings would.
Nadine believes that girls can’t run as fast as boys. This seems to slow her down during her co-ed race. What might she be influenced by?
Heritability
Stereotype threat
Fluid intelligence
The Flynn effect
Peter is doing a research paper on intelligence and notices that IQ scores have significantly increased over the years. This is called (the)__________________.
Flynn effect.
reliability.
content validity.
normal curve.
Studies of gender differences in intelligence show that ______________.
Girls are better than boys in complex math.
Boys are better than girls in detecting emotion.
Girls are better than boys in spelling.
Boys are better than girls in locating objects.
Which of the following is likely NOT an indication of intellectual disability?
An IQ score of 70
An IQ score of 135
Down syndrome
Savant syndrome
The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest is called __________________________.
standardization.
reliability.
content validity.
predictive validity.
Which is designed to predict a person’s future performance?
Mental age
Intelligence test
Achievement test
Aptitude test
Which ability in emotional intelligence refers to predicting how emotions may change and blend?
Perceiving
Understanding
Managing
Using
Which of Sternberg’s areas of intelligence focuses on everyday task success?
Analytical
Academic
Creative
Practical
Which of the following is NOT one of Gardner’s multiple intelligences?
Naturalist
Spatial
General
Musical
Those who score above average on tests of mathematical aptitude are also likely to score above average on tests of verbal aptitude. According to Charles Spearman, this best illustrates the importance of:
validity
EQ
the g factor
reliability
in his theory of multiple intelligences, Howard Gardner (1983) proposed that intelligence is composed of ________________.
three types of intelligence
one over-arching mental capacity that he called "g"
verbal ability and math computation
eight separate types of intelligence
What kind of study design did Lewis Terman use when he found a positive correlation between giftedness and 1) high-status jobs and 2) better physical and mental health?
Aptitude
Personality
Longitudinal
Cross-section
According to the empirical rule, how much of the data falls within 3 standard deviations of the mean in a normal distribution?
25%
68%
95%
99.7%
According to the empirical rule, what percentage of the population should have an IQ between 85 and 115?
34%
68%
95%
99%
Factor analysis is a statistical procedure used to:
derive IQ scores by comparing mental age with chronological age
evaluate how accurately test items predict a criterion behavior.
identify clusters of closely related test items.
provide a quantitative estimate of heritability.
If a test is standardized, this means that
it accurately measures what it is intended to measure.
most test scores will cluster near the average.
the test will yield consistent results when administered on different occasions.
a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested group.
If a road test for a driver's license adequately samples the tasks a driver routinely faces, the test is said to
have content validity.
be reliable.
have a normal distribution.
have predictive validity.
Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's
ability to assume the perspective of others.
ability to utilize diffuse brain regions for storing memories.
accumulated knowledge.
ability to reason speedily and abstractly.
Concepts or mental frameworks that organize and interpret information.
Schemas
Assimilation
Accommodation
John is interested in understanding how people process information, solve problems, and make decisions. He believes that the mind can be studied scientifically by focusing on mental processes such as perception, memory, and language. Which school of thought in psychology is John likely to align with?
Structuralism
Functionalism
Behaviorism
Cognitive Psychology
Our memory for skills, such as riding a bike. (Select two answers)
implicit memory
explicit memory
echoic memory
iconic memory
procedural memory
During a study session, Benjamin, Ethan, and Scarlett discuss a type of memory that involves remembering personal experiences. What is this type of memory called?
Procedural Memory
Semantic Memory
Episodic Memory
Iconic Memory
While studying for their psychology exam, Zoe, Aiden, and Grace learned about a phenomenon where old information interferes with the recall of new information. What is this phenomenon called?
Decay
Proactive Interference
Retroactive Interference
Encoding Failure
During a psychology class, Jackson, Abigail, and Priya learned about a type of memory responsible for skills and habits. What is this type of memory called?
Episodic Memory
Procedural Memory
Semantic Memory
Iconic Memory
Making an effort to rehearse information over and over again to remember
Elaborative Rehearsal
Maintenance Rehearsal
State Dependent Memory
Context Dependent Memory
Attach meaning to info through “deep processing” to remember
Semantic Rehearsal
Elaborative Rehearsal
Maintenance Rehearsal
Acoustic Retrieval
Severe memory loss caused by injury to the brain
Decay
Amnesia
Interference
Chunking
Factor analysis is a statistical procedure used to:
derive IQ scores by comparing mental age with chronological age
evaluate how accurately test items predict a criterion behavior.
identify clusters of closely related test items.
provide a quantitative estimate of heritability.
If a test is standardized, this means that
it accurately measures what it is intended to measure.
most test scores will cluster near the average.
the test will yield consistent results when administered on different occasions.
a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested group.
On a normal distribution, if the mean is 80, and the standard deviation is 20, what is the range of scores that will fall within one standard deviation of the mean?
60 - 80
40 - 120
60 - 100
85 - 115
On an IQ test, how many test takers will fall within one standard deviation of the mean?
68%
84.1%
95%
99.7%
What is the most widely accepted theory of intelligence today?
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence
Galton's theory of nature v. nurture
Spearman's theory of general intelligence
Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
