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Worksheetsmemory and cognition review
Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 41mins
Match the following
Cognition
Thinking, Problem Solving
Concept
Linking Objects, Words, Ideas
Prototype
Creating a representation of a concept
Schema
A collection of related concepts
Which of these is an abstract concept?
(a) Sally realizes that her dog is has a party that she needs need to attend at 5:30. She knows that traffic is really about around 5 because of people getting off of work. She decides to leave at 4:30 to make sure she beats the rush.
(b) Johnny drops a glass and watches it shatter. Johnny pics up a plastic cup and drops it, and it does not shatter. Johnny only uses plastic cups.
(c) Step one unplug and plug in the computer. Step Two press the Power Button. Step 3 Hold down F4 Key and Boot in to safe mode.
Doug uses the same remote every day to turn on the TV. One day the TV does not turn on. He continues to hammer the button on the remote to get the TV to work.
Mental Set
Functional Fixedness
Decision Bias
Stupidity
Sammy usually emails his teacher his work on his Chromebook. He forgot the Chromebook at home. He gives up on completing the work even though he has his access to a computer, tablet, phone, and his parents phone. This is an example of (a)
(a) claims that humans have larger brains to handle complex social groups
(b) intergroup bias: a tendency for people to characterize positive things about their ingroup using more abstract expressions, but negative things about their outgroups using more abstract expressions
(c) group to which a person belongs
(d) group to which a person does not belong
(e) networks of social relationships among individuals through which information can travel
Language does not effect our perception of reality.
True
False
What is considered an average IQ
90
100
12
140
Intelligence is based solely on how much care and learning a student gets from its environment
True, genetics plays no factor in intelligence. Everyone can be a genius if they are in the right environment.
False, Intelligence is combination of both genetics and environment.
True, intelligence is directly related to how much schooling a student receives.
False, intelligence is entirely based on genetics, there is no other factor that determines intelligence.
What is the bell curve commonly associated with in intelligence testing?
Norming
Rationalizing
Decreasing
Verbal comprehension
What does the decision bias "representative" refer to?
Using available precedents to make decisions
Unintentional stereotyping of someone or something
Focusing on confirming existing beliefs
Belief that the event was predictable
In problem solving, what is the term for the tendency to continually use an old solution without results?
Functional fixedness
Anchoring
Mental set
Confirmation bias
Since problem solving skills and reasoning cannot be taught, which type of intelligence do
schools in the U.S. focus on instead?
Fluid intelligence
Crystallized intelligence
Raw intelligence
All of these are correct
Vidya is in support of a particular political viewpoint. She seeks out news stories and opinion pieces that reaffirm her opinions. When she comes across news of new administrative policies or changes, she interprets them in a way that supports her existing beliefs.
Hemant, on the other hand, is adamantly opposed to Vidya's views. He seeks out news sources that are aligned with his position. When he comes across news stories, he interprets them in a way that supports his current point of view. What kind of bias do you identify here?
Framing
Saliency
Anchoring
Confirmation
Champion
Prafful was shopping at a mall first saw a T-shirt that costed Rs.1,200 and then saw a second one that costed Rs.250 in another shop. Prafful immediately thought that the second T-shirt was a steal deal and bought it. However, at the same shop, there was another customer bargaining for a similar T- shirt for Rs.200 as he had seen a cheaper one for Rs. 150 earlier. What kind of bias do you identify here?
Framing
Saliency
Anchoring
Confirmation
Champion
Consider Emanuel, a person whose scores on traditional IQ tests are
low but who quickly grasps real-life problems. He easily picks up knowledge about how the world works. Which type of intelligence does Emanuel have?
Practical Intelligence
Analytical Intelligence
Creative Intelligence
Consider Latisha, who scores high on traditional intelligence tests such as the Stanford-Binet and is a star analytical thinker. Latisha’s intelligence approximates what has traditionally been called intelligence and what is commonly assessed by intelligence tests. What is the type of intelligence that Latisha has?
Practical Intelligence
Analytical Intelligence
Creative Intelligence
Todd does not have the best test scores but has an insightful and creative mind. Which type of intelligence does he have?
Practical Intelligence
Analytical Intelligence
Creative Intelligence
Howard Gardner believes
That intelligence is multifaceted and cannot be measured by just one metric.
IQ is the best determinent of how intelligent someone is.
Intelligence is not a real concept and has nothing to do with reality.
That true intelligence is solely based on logic and reason.
A sample of divergent thinking is :
Wondering how many ways we can use a fork.
Baking cookies from a recipie.
4+4=8
Read a paragraph and answer with a detail from the text.
An example of convergent thinking is:
Write down a poem.
Create an essay.
Brainstorming.
Follow a map to get to a destination.
An example of convergent thinking is :
Read a weather report.
Analyzing the quality of water in the San Juan River.
Use your creativity to create a toy.
Folding clothes.
An example of divergent thinking is:
Solving an equation.
Make vaccine for covid 19.
Showing a person a photo and asking them to create a caption for the photo.
Write down the results of a poll.
According to the graph is their a correlation between genetics and IQ?
Yes, children that share genes tend to have simliar IQs
Yes, children are just as smart as their parents.
No, how children are raised is the main determinent of IQ
No, the farther people are appart the closer the IQ
factor that according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.
IQ
General Intelligence (g)
EQ
aptitude
A mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to this provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories.
prototype
cognition
algortihm
mental set
Which type of problem solving technique is methodical, logical, and will always lead to a correct answer if there is one?
Heuristic
Insight
Algorithm
Convergent Thinking
Divergent Thinking
Carina wants to mix a new shade of purple for her painting. She could strategically mix one drop of blue at a time into her existing color, but instead, she uses what she knows to just mix a little blue, a little white, and then a little red, etc. until she gets the right shade.
Which type of problem-solving is she using?
insight
mental set
heuristic
algorithm
The _______________________ heuristic allows people to make decisions based on the information available in their immediate consciousnesses.
availability
representative
Which is the most likely prototype for the concept “vehicle”?
glider
moped
car
scooter
bicycle
The tendency to perceive and approach problems in the same ways that have worked in the past is called ________.
mental set
means-end analysis
noncompensatory modeling
functional fixedness
prototypical idealization
Normal Curve: Match the percentage of the population with the intelligence score range (scores on a Wechsler IQ test, with the average score set at 100).
68%
85-115
95%
70-130
99%
55-145
Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence was divided into 3 categories. What are they?
practical, intrapersonal, and creative
experimental, analytical, and problem solving
analytical, practical, and creative
experimental, problem solving, and practical
Riley has figured out how to unlock his bedroom door with a paper clip. What has he most likely overcome in his new use of the paper clip?
functional fixedness
the representational problem
the representative heuristic
divergent thinking
the confirmation bias
Memory retrieval in which a person identifies an object, idea, or situation as one he or she has or has not experienced before
recognition
recall
storage
retrieval
The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory
encoding
retrieval
chunking
recognition
Fading away of memory over time
interference
confabulation
schemas
decay
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
The process by which information is maintained over a period of time
encoding
confabulation
procedural
storage
Memory retrieval in which a person reconstructs previously learned material
storage
retrieval
recall
encoding
What happens to information in your brain after it has been encoded?
It goes through the storage process.
It gets divided into schemas.
It is ready for retrieval.
It is screened for interference.
What type of memory makes it possible for you to watch a movie without noticing the gaps between the frames?
semantic memory
sensory memory
episodic memory
procedural memory
Knowledge of language, including its rules, words, and meanings, is called
iconic memory.
working memory.
episodic memory.
semantic memory.
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.
If you relate new information to material that you already know, you are practicing
elaborative rehearsal.
chunking.
the Method of Loci.
the spacing effect.
Whe a person subconscously blocks memories of a frightening experience, this kind of forgetting is called
indexing.
decay.
amnesia.
repression.
Memory of facts and concepts
Semantic Memory
Implicit Memory
Explicit Memory
Episodic Memory
Memory of a specific event
Semantic Memory
Implicit Memory
Episodic Memory
Long Term Memory
In-depth memory of clear, specific information
Episodic Memory
Short Term Memory
Long Term Memory
Explicit Memory
Processes that you have memorized and know, but the details are not highly focused on
Implicit Memory
Explicit Memory
Episodic Memory
Echoic Memory
Translation of information into a form in which it can be used
Storage
Encoding
Retrieval
Maintenance
What is Acoustic Encoding?
Attaching meaning to information
Repeat the information over and over
Only go over the information twice
Storing a picture of the information in your memory
What is Semantic Encoding
Attach Meaning to the information
Repeat the information over and over
Only go over the information twice
Store a picture of the information in your memory
Maintenance of encoded info over time
Encoding
Chunking
Retrieval
Storage
Making an effort to rehearse information over and over again to remember
Elaborative Rehearsal
Maintenance Rehearsal
State Dependent Memory
Context Dependent Memory
During a psychology class, Daniel was asked about a type of memory error. The professor described a scenario where Ethan noticed that his ability to recall the details of a book he read a year ago was decreasing over time. What type of memory error is Ethan experiencing?
Bias
Transience
Misattribution
Suggestibility
Evelyn was studying for her psychology exam when she suddenly realized she forgot to pick up her brother, Kai, from his soccer practice. Elijah, her classmate, suggested that this could be an example of a certain type of memory error caused by lapses in attention. What type of memory error is this?
Absent-mindedness
Misattribution
Blocking
Suggestibility
In a psychology class, Liam was asked to recall an event from his childhood. However, he confused the source of the memory and attributed it to a movie he had seen. What type of memory error did Liam experience?
Suggestibility
Bias
Persistence
Misattribution
During a class discussion, Manny asked a leading question to Elijah and Arjun. Which memory error might this induce?
Persistence
Bias
Suggestibility
Misattribution
Martha, Lisa, and Ava were studying for their psychology exam. They found that they were unable to recall certain information due to interference from other information. What type of forgetting is this scenario an example of?
Transience
Absent-mindedness
Blocking
Forgetting: Interference
During a psychology class, Grace was asked to recall her childhood memories. However, she kept recalling an undesirable memory of losing her pet. Which memory error is Grace experiencing?
Suggestibility
Persistence
Misattribution
Bias
During a psychology class discussion, Harper, Michael, and Luna were discussing memory errors. They came across a scenario where a person's memories were being distorted by their current belief system. Which memory error is this scenario illustrating?
Suggestibility
Persistence
Misattribution
Bias
During a class discussion, Michael recalls an event from his childhood that never actually happened. Mia and Elijah, his classmates, had previously shared a similar story, which Michael had heard. Which memory error, caused by the effects of misinformation from external sources leading to the creation of false memories, is Michael experiencing?
Misattribution
Bias
Persistence
Suggestibility
If a sensory message is important enough to enter consciousness, it moves from sensory memory to which type of memory?
Long-Term Memory
Implicit Memory
Echoic Memory
Short-Term Memory
Eidetic Memory
If a person is unable to remember anything new moving forward from an injury, which type of amnesia are they experiencing?
Anterograde
Retrograde
Infantile
Iconic
Echoic
