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Unit 2 Cognition
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1
Students who do well on college entrance exams generally do well in their first year of college. This helps establishes
predictive validity.
test-retest reliability.
content validity.
split-half reliability.
2
Which strategy should he use to maximize his chances of successfully retrieving information for the exam?
Mass Practice
Distributed practice
Automatic processing
Iconic memory
3
Mave got a new car with the license plate “MAVNUM1.” Her old plate was old one, “VANMOM1.” She only recalls the old one.
retroactive interference.
anterograde amnesia.
retrograde amnesia.
proactive interference.
4
Stephanie can do complex calculations, but scored low in intelligence. She may have
advanced mental age.
intelligence heritability.
savant syndrome.
practical intelligence.
5
Dr. Pag accurately describes the Flynn effect as the
average intelligence score of the general population over the last several
stereotype threat could cause some to underperform on standardized tests.
extreme scores are more common for males than for females on math
predictive ability of intelligence tests.
6
How should Dr. Corvus accurately explain the difference between achievement and aptitude tests?
Achievement tests reflect what you know; aptitude what you can learn
None of the above
Achievement tests measure verbal performance; aptitude tests for spatial.
Achievement tests measure general intelligence; aptitude tests for multiple
7
Which of the following is long-term potentiation (LTP)?
Information is transferred from the working memory to long-term memory.
Cerebelum processed implicit memories.
Constucted memories have the potential to be either accurate or inaccurate.
Synaptic changes allow for more efficient transfer of intermation.
8
If Aleister wanted to calculate a child’s intelligence quotient using the original formula, he should compare a child’s
mental age to their chronological age.
intelligence to their siblings’ intelligence.
math intelligence to their verbal intelligence.
intelligence to their parents’ intelligence.
9
If Zowie writes a biography of the creator of the most widely used modern intelligence test, who should she write about?
Robert Sternberg.
Alfred Binet.
Howard Gardner.
David Wechsler.
10
Historically, intelligence tests were sometimes used inappropriately to discriminate against specific groups. This is
the Flynn effect.
the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
test standardization.
the eugenics movement.
11
The tendency for individuals to remember more accurately information at the beginning and end of a list is __.
serial position effect
procedural Memory
retrieval
mnemonics
12
Dr. Jarvis conducted a memory study. Which of his findings replicates the findings from past research?
the amygdala helps process memories of happy experiences.
the amygdala is active when the retrieval of a long-term memory is primed.
the amygdala enhances memories of strong emotional events.
the amygdala produces long-term potentiation in the brain.
13
What would be true of a thermometer that always reads three degrees lower than the actual temperature?
It is neither reliable or valid.
It is valid but not reliable.
It is reliable but not valid.
It is both reliable and valid.
14
You are more likely to remember happy memories when you are presently happy than when you are sad due to
proactive interference.
mood congruence.
retroactive interference.
iconic memory.
15
If Lanie is able to tell when her husband is upset by noticing subtle changes in his facial expressions, she has
naturalistic intelligence
spatial intelligence
particle intelligence
emotional intelligence
16
We remember a phone number by pausing after the area code and again after the next three numbers. This is ___.
Chunking
The serial position effect
Semantic encoding
Auditory encoding
17
Which of the following is an example of source amnesia?
Mike can’t recall locker combination as he confuses it with last year’s.
Stephen misremembers a dream as something that really happened.
Mary forgot about an incident in grade school until she's reminded.
Iva can’t recall a horrifying event because she has repressed them.
18
Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the graph?
Forgetting becomes more rapid as time passes.
Forgetting is unrelated to time.
Most forgetting occurs early on and then levels off.
Forgetting is relatively constant over time.
