AP Psych: Chapters 7 Memory and Cognition & Language

Question 1

The rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a language:

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syntax

Question 2

Tendency to recall experiences as though you experienced them in the same mood you're in now:

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mood-congruent memory

Question 3

Tendency to search for info that supports preconceptions & ignoring evidence to the contrary:

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confirmation bias

Question 4

Disruptive effect of prior learning on recall of new information:

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proactive interference

Question 5

Relatively permanent & limitless storehouse of memory (e.x. knowledge, skills, experiences):

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long-term memory

Question 6

In a language, a system of rules that enables communication & understanding:

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grammar

Question 7

The process of getting information out of memory storage:

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retrieval

Question 8

True or False: New language learning gets harder with age.

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True

Question 9

Type of memory used in identifying learned info from choices, such as a multiple choice test:

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recognition

Question 10

most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance subtests

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WAIS

Question 11

Who created the original Intelligence test to measure mental age?

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Binet

Question 12

Bell-shaped graph that describes distribution of intelligence

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Normal Curve

Question 13

a ten year old who has an IQ of 120 has a mental age of what?

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12

Question 14

What did the studies of twins, the their IQ tell us about intelligence?

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IQ is inherited

Question 15

In psychology, "the persistence of learning over time through store & retrieval of info" means:

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memory

Question 16

Mental image/best example of a category; matching new items provides quick method for sorting:

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prototype

Question 17

Confusing the source of information:

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misattribution

Question 18

A spoken, written, or signed words & the ways these are combined to communicate meaning:

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language

Question 19

Memory of facts & experiences that one consciously knows and can "declare:"

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explicit memory

Question 20

Disruptive effect of new learning on recall of old information:

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retroactive interference

Question 21

A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.

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concept

Question 22

If the scores on two halves of a test are not very similar then the test does not have

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reliability

Question 23

For an intelligence test to be useful, it must be

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reliable, valid, and standardized.

Question 24

In a language, the smallest distinctive sound unit.

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phoneme

Question 25

Methodical, logical rule/procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem:

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algorithm

Question 26

questions about the history of spongebob on a math test means that test is low in

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validity

Question 27

Enables "snap judgments," basing judgments off of stereotypes rather than relevant info:

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representative heuristic

Question 28

Which of the following would likely have more crystallized intelligence?

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An 80 year old grandmother who did not attend college

Question 29

Clinging to one's initial conceptions even when presented with evidence to the contrary:

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belief perseverance

Question 30

Memory aids, especially techniques that use vivid imagery arconyms or organizational devices:

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mnemonics

Question 31

The AP Psychology exam is a(n)

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Achievement Test

Question 32

A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment/event:

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flashbulb memory

Question 33

Beginning at about 4 months of age; stage of speech involving spontaneous utterances of sound:

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babbling stage

Question 34

Idea that if you study more regularly over time, rather than all at once, you remember better:

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spacing effect

Question 35

Presuming something is common or correct because it comes to mind quickly/readily:

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availability heuristic

Question 36

Trudy does bad on a math test that measures how well women do compared to men in math this is

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stereotype threat, self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 37

Tendency to recall first & last items on a list better than items in the middle of the list:

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serial position effect

Question 38

The processing of information into the memory system:

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encoding

Question 39

Came up with the "Forgetting Curve:"

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Ebbinghaus

Question 40

In a language, smallest unit that carries meaning; a word or part of a word:

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morpheme

Question 41

Simple thinking strategy; often allows quick/efficient problem solving/judgment; error prone:

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heuristic

Question 42

Activation of associations in memory (often unconscious):

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priming

Question 43

Activated memory; briefly holds a few items before information is stored or forgotten:

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short-term memory (STM)

Question 44

Tendency to be more confident than correct; to overestimate accuracy of one's beliefs/judgments

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overconfidence

AP Psych: Chapters 7 Memory and Cognition & Language

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AP Psych: Chapters 7 Memory and Cognition & Language

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