AP Psych Cognition and Language Review

Because it has features commonly associated with the concept of a dog, a poodle is considered:

Syntax refers to 

Experts in a field often prefer heuristics to algorithms because heuristics:

Which best describes the use of availability heuristics?

Phonemes are best defined as:

Grady was in an accident that left him unable to comprehend spoken words. Most likely damage to

Which hormone directly helps to regulate sleep?

Procedural knowledge like tying your shoes is stored in which part of the brain

Adding salt to a meal slowly until you can taste the difference illustrates

Noam Chomsky’s language theory included the idea that:

Which is an example of the Sapier-Whorf hypothesis?

 To become a chess or checkers champion one must use:

Which is NOT true of babbling?

 Learned taste aversions generally result from

The fact that we can think without language is best illustrated by

I want to buy the blue car on the commercial I saw. I don't look at any other color. Example of

Cognitive psychologists classify learning as

Ecstasy increases the activity of ___________ which is connected to the feeling of pleasure

Scientist are trained to review any inconsistencies with their hypothesis in order to avoid

When he was 40, AJ was asked to recall his 14th birthday, which type of memory is this example?

Which of the following is not supported by the Whorf-Sapirlinguistic relativity hypothesis?

The part of the brain most responsible for making decisions is the 

When Maria's mother drops her off at preschool, Maria says only one word, "Mama." Maria is in 

Which structure is found in the inner ear?

When Dave injured Broca's area of the brain he had problems

Compared to divergent thinkers, convergent thinkers are more likely to:

info received from the senses and then transformed into concepts used to solve problems is

Which of the following is not a good example of the ability to overcome functional fixedness?

 Which of the following statements best describes an example of availability heuristic?

Dr. Mendoza is studying the mental strategies people use when solving problems. He is using

Which of the following is an example of the use of the representativeness heuristic?

Which of the following terms is not an example of a problem-solving technique?

Walking up and down the aisles of a store to find your item is a strategy known as

When solving an anagram one must try every possible combination of letters, this is an example 

Which system allows you to raise your hand to answer a question

Which of the following statements best illustrates the concept of framing?

Dr. Tallway believes that children learn language based on reinforcement.  He agrees with 

Which type of scan uses X-ray technology to examine the structure of the brain?

Rudy is 6'6 and 220lbs, I think that he is more likely a basketball player than a chess player

Who believed that language was part of an inborn communication device?

What type of memory has info about how to do things like ride a bike, tie shoes or hit a ball

The psychologist that concluded that a child will model aggressive behaviors modeled by adults

Complete the following: -ed is to SH as _____________ is to ______________

Which of the following is an opiate?

A survey showed that 75% of ppl like plants, but only 15% of them like botany, this is due to 

Which of the following is an example of functional fixedness?

Failure to notice a differently worded questions is an example of what obstacle to prob solving

You hear that one of my children is a good ball player.You assume that it is my son not daugter

William Wundt's early work led to the theory of

Rules of grammar can best be defined as: