stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
AP Psychology Unit 2 Cognition Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
AP Psychology Unit 2 Cognition
AP Psychology Unit 2 Cognition
49 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
647 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
49 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
49
Answers
1
What are recency effects?
Words recalled worse earlier in list
Words recalled worse later in list
Words recalled better later in list
Words recalled better earlier in list
2
What is retrograde amnesia?
Inability to form new memories
Remembering every memory ever
unable to remember some or all past memories
memories are only half way reasonable
3
Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve told us that:
Memory fades slowly, then comes back
Memory is simply stored forever
Memory fades quickly, then more slowly
Memory stays intact through time
4
the stages of memory processes
retrieving, analyzing
analyzing, storing, retrieval
encoding, storage, retrieval
encoding, saving
5
The processing of information into the memory system-for example, by extracting meaning
Syntax
overgeneralization
cognition
Encoding
6
Researcher who performed the 1st experiments establishing that syntactic & semantic constraints could guide speech
Elizabeth Loftus
Noam Chomsky
Wolfgang Köhler
George A. Miller
Hermann Ebbinghaus
7
What action would allow for holding information in the short term memory?
Associating
Chunking
Clustering
Rehearsing
Attending
8
The Flynn effect refers to the
Extrme scores that are more common for males on math tests
Superiority of certain racial groups on IQ test
gradual improvement in iIQ test scores over the years
predictive ability of intelligence tests
9
What are primacy effects?
Words recalled better earlier in list
Words recalled better later in list
Words recalled worse earlier in list
Words recalled worse later in list
10
Implicit memory includes
Procedural & Emotional memory
Emotional & Semantic memory
Procedural & Episodic memory
Episodic & Emotional memory
11
What percentage of IQ scores fall within one standard deviation of 100?
34%
68%
13%
95%
12
The Stroop effect is
whether you can tell if you are color blind or not.
how well you can tell colors from words.
the amount of time it takes to solve a puzzle.
the amount of interference in the reaction time of task.
13
Heritabity of intelligence refers to
Persons' intelligence is caused by genetics
the effect of adoption on the intelligences of the adopted
correlation betwen iq test scores of identical twins
variation in intelligence can be attributed to genetics
14
Where information about specific topics or categories is stored as memories
ganglia
nodes
neurons
networks
schemas
15
What is Mood Congruent Memory
Mood patterns based of memory
Recurring moods based off past memories
memory of past moods and emotions
Recall ability based off ones current good or bad mood
16
The belief or bias that people can predict random events
confirmation bias
predictable-world bias
availability bias
inductive reasoning
17
Which of the following is most likely to use automatic processing?
Reading school timetable, for first time
Baking a cake
Listening to music
Reading a book
18
Type of mnemonic in which new information is made memorable in order to be able to recall it more easily
elaborative encoding
semantic encoding
visual encoding
acoustic encoding
19
Which of these skills did Robert Sternberg NOT find essential to a successful intelligence?
Analytic skills
Factual skills
Practical skills
Creative skills
20
The conversion of a non-verbal mental representation into a structure suitable for expression.
visual encoding
semantic encoding
elaborative encoding
acoustic encoding
21
Aptitude Tests
Assesses ares of potential
Give a list of possible careers
Gives you a list of your strengths & weaknesses
All of the above
22
The process of remembering visual images
semantic encoding
acoustic encoding
visual encoding
elaborative encoding
23
What is retrograde amnesia?
memories are only half way reasonable
unable to remember some or all past memories
Inability to form new memories
Remembering every memory ever
24
Achievement tests are designed to
measure desire/potential capacity to meet challenges
compare person's personality with highly successful persons
assess learned knowledge or skills
assess ability to produce novel & valuable ideas
25
Psychologist that influenced the field by contributing to the gestalt theory & being the first to note insight learning
Noam Chomsky
Elizabeth Loftus
Wolfgang Köhler
Hermann Ebbinghaus
George A. Miller
26
Psychologist who pioneered in the development of experimental methods for the measurement of rote learning and memory.
Wolfgang Köhler
Elizabeth Loftus
Hermann Ebbinghaus
Noam Chomsky
George A. Miller
27
Explicit Memory includes
Procedural & Semantic
Procedural & Emotional
Semantic & Episodic
Semantic & Emotional
28
According to Goleman, Emotional Intelligence Includes:
Self Awareness
Motivation
All of the above
Empathy
29
Short-term memory that allows you to process and recall the sensations you take in.
Declarative Memory
Sensory Memory
Semantic Memory
Episodic Memory
30
What IQ Score falls 3 standard deviations above the mean?
55
145
115
130
31
_________ is to effortful processing as ________ is to automatic processing
Echoic memory, iconic memory
Explicit memory, implicit memory
Implicit memory, explicit memory
Iconic memory, echoic memory
32
Scientist best known for the influence on linguistics, specifically, the development of transformational grammar
Wolfgang Köhler
Hermann Ebbinghaus
George A. Miller
Elizabeth Loftus
Noam Chomsky
33
Howard Gardner has theorized all of the following types of intelligence EXCEPT
creativity
language
intrapersonal skills
interpersonal skills
34
What is Gardner's view of intelligence?
A garden has flowers or vegetables
There is only one type of intelligence in a person
People have many kinds of intellegince
no one has intellegence
35
Proactive interference occurs when?
Memories are inaccessible
Current learning interferes with past learning
Past learning interferes with current learning
Past learning is forgotten
36
Fluid intelligence refers MOST directly to a person's
ability to recall facts & concepts
accumulated knowledge
ability to assume the perspective of others
ability to reason speedily & abstractly
37
What is Interference Theory?
An inaccurate recall when, SM becomes confused
An inaccurate recall when, STM becomes confused
An inaccurate recall when, LTM becomes confused
An accurate recall when, LTM becomes confused
38
Describe clustering in psychology
specific way information is organized in long-term memory
how information is transferred to our long-term memory
ability to access and retrieve information
how something is gathered
39
The serial position effect
Shows recall is best form the start of a list
Shows recall is best at the beginning and end of a list
Shows recall is best form the end of a list
Shows recall is best in the middle of a list
40
Robert Sternberg is best known for the
Social cognitive perspective
Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
Psycholinguistic Theory
Defining of G factor- General Intelligence
41
What is episodic memory?
Memory of specific experienced events
Memory of recollected episodes
Memory of events that have never taken place
Memory that is used unconsciously
42
Researcher whose experiments reveal the malleability of memories that can be changed by things that we are told
George A. Miller
Noam Chomsky
Hermann Ebbinghaus
Elizabeth Loftus
Wolfgang Köhler
43
Information about specific topics or categories are stored as memories in the
ganglia
schemas
nodes
neurons
44
The processing and encoding of sound, words, and other auditory input for storage and later retrieval.
visual encoding
elaborative encoding
semantic encoding
acoustic encoding
45
Which of the following is an example of a false memory?
Memory of your 16th birthday party
Child's memory of playing at school
Memory of the first assignments in a college class
Memory of your first day at a new job
Grandparent's memory of meeting their first grandchild
46
True or False: Amnesia often causes you to forget your implicit memories
True
False
47
An individual that scored a 95 on the IQ test would be described as which of the following
Their IQ falls within the middle 68% of people who took the test
Their IQ is better than 95% of individuals who took the test.
They will score significantly better if they retake the test
They are statistically tied with the mean value for the test
Their IQ was lower 34% of all individuals who took the test.
48
Laura is 9 but has a mental age of 12. An accurate IQ test would assess her at what intelligence quotient?
100
125
90
133
75
49
mnemonics
disruptive effect of prior learning on new information
momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli
loss of memory
memory aids; like vivid imagery
