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AP Psych - Unit 2 Cognition Review - 2025
AP Psych - Unit 2 Cognition Review - 2025
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Tests designed to predict a person's future performance/capacity to learn.
aptitude tests
achievement tests
standardized tests
Myers-Briggs
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Retinal disparity refers to...
our ability to see objects as three-dimensional
our ability to judge depth
the greater the difference in images, the closer they are
our eyes' ability to focus on different objects
3
Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited capacity?
iconic memory
short-term memory
echoic memory
long-term memory
4
Seeing a seal and trainer in this sketch after being told it's for a marine show demonstrates..
feature detectors
perceptual sets
retinal disparity
subliminal messages
5
Encoding that occurs with no effort or a minimal level of conscious attention is known as...
recall.
automatic processing.
long-term potentiation.
state-dependent memory.
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All of the following are examples of Gardner's multiple intelligences except:
naturalistic
linguistic
g (general intelligence)
logical-mathematical
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We tend to approach problems a particular way because it worked in the past.
heuristic
problem solving
algorithm
mental set
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The original IQ test was developed...
in Austria, during WW2
in Nazi Germany, as a tool to discriminate
in France when school became required for all children
in the US, at Stanford University
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An algorithm is a...
method of hypothesis testing involving trial and error.
methodical step-by-step procedure for solving problems.
best example of a particular category.
thinking strategy for making quick, efficient, decisions.
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Police interrogators have been trained to ask less suggestive questions to avoid...
proactive interference.
the misinformation effect.
long-term potentiation.
mood-congruent memory.
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Depth perception can be determined with one eye using...
perceptual adaptation
binocular cues
monocular cues
place theory
12
Chronological age most typically corresponding with results on Binet's IQ test:
mental age
self concept
intelligence quotient
mental set
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Rephrasing text material in your own words is an effective way of facilitating...
mood-congruent memory.
automatic processing.
proactive interference.
semantic encoding.
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Immediate short-term memory for new material is limited to roughly _______ bits of information.
24
12
7
3
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IQ stands for
intelligence quota
intelligence quotient
intelligence quantity
intelligence
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Which of the following is not a way to group items according to Gestalt psychology?
similarity
connectedness
convergence
proximity
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The process of retrieval refers to...
getting information out of memory storage.
the organization of information into manageable units.
the persistence of learning over time.
conscious repetition of information to be remembered.
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To prevent encoding failure you should...
avoid source amnesia.
stop long-term potentiation.
limit parallel processing.
engage in effortful processing.
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Retroactive interference involves the disruption of...
semantic encoding.
automatic processing.
iconic memory.
memory retrieval.
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Tests designed to assess what a person has learned.
aptitude tests
thematic apperception tests
IQ tests
achievement tests
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The process of encoding refers to...
the recall of information previously learned.
getting information into memory.
the motivated forgetting of painful memories.
the persistence of learning over time.
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Underlies specific mental abilities and is measured by every task on an intelligence test:
Emotional Intelligence
Analytical Intelligence
General Intelligence
Intelligence
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The most widely used intelligence tests; contains verbal & nonverbal performance subtests.
Myers-Briggs
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
ACT test
IQ test
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The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information is called...
the serial position effect.
the spacing effect.
proactive interference.
retroactive interference.
25
We assume a poet is a classics professor, not a truck driver, due to
representativeness heuristic
overconfidence
reality
belief perseverance
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Distributed study yielding better long-term retention than massed study is known as...
state-dependent memory.
the spacing effect.
the serial position effect.
long-term potentiation.
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Roughly how many intelligences does Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences suggest we have?
4
1
2
8
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You are most likely to automatically encode information about...
new phone numbers.
friends' birthdays.
the sequence of your day's events.
politicians' names.
29
Although the door appears to change shape as it is opened, we know it hasn't due to...
perceptual adaptation
perceptual sets
perceptual constancy
sensory adaptation
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The organization of information into meaningful units is called...
iconic memory.
the spacing effect.
automatic processing.
chunking.
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The "self-fulfilling prophecy" and "stereotype threat" are examples of:
g
societies without patriarchal norms
the impact of society on one's self concept & testing results
stages of development
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What is the abbreviation for general intelligence?
i
IQ
GI
g
33
Rapidly turn lights on and off in a pattern suggests movement. This is known as..
the phi phenomenon
parallel processing
retinal disparity
interposition
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Failure to notice small differences in your environment is known as...
agnosia
propagnosia
change blindness
difference threshold
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Simple thinking strategies that allow us to solve problems and make judgments efficiently...
algorithms.
heuristics.
prototypes.
semantics.
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Judging the likelihood of an event based on how readily we remember instances of it happening
availability heuristic.
confirmation bias.
representativeness heuristic.
framing effect.
