AP Psychology Unit 1-- Cognitive Psych EXAM REVIEW

Using HOMES to remember the Great Lakes is an example of:

Wolfgang fell out of a truck, hit his head, and cannot remember anything prior to the accident.

After her head injury, Grandpa can't remember what day it is or who the president is, but recalls his childhood clearly

Martin has just started making babbling sounds. If he is ordinary, how old is he?

Asking a poll question in a particular way to get a specific response is an example of:

Tercs gets excited to meet her new student Meredith because she taught her older brother & therefore LOVES the family

Hansel only knows one way to deal with conflict/discipline with his children: spanking. This is his __________:

This is the system of rules of a language that enables communication.

devised theory of multiple intelligence: logic-math, vis-spatial, bodily-kinest., intra/inter-personal, linguistic,music

This is a step by stepl, logical procedure that guarantees solving a problem:

Tests designed to assess what a person has learned.

Memorizing a T. S. Eliot poem for class is an example of what type of memory (requires conscious effort to recall)?

He was known for tests with nonsense syllables and studied how quickly we forget.

Which is MOST likely to lead to remembering new Psych Vocab?

This part of the brain is important in remembering emotionally-charged events, like our "Flashbulb Memories":

Multiple choice test

The idea that language determines the way we think is:

"Ch" and "th" are examples of:

Unconscious Memories that are often Effortlessly Processed (like remembering your Psych Teacher's Hair Color) are:

Short-term memory has a capacity of about___ items:

Penelope struggled to respond to questions after her stroke--her speech is stunted and slurred, this is an example of:

Sue walks from the kitchen to the bedroom, forgets what she needs from the bedroomuntil she returns to kitchen.

Dylan helps Grandma set up her new phone--this is because Dylan's intelligence is more _____while Grandma's is more_____

The answer to some problem suddenly comes to Maxine late at night. This is:

What does Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve suggest about your memory of newly learned information?

an increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation--the neural basis for learning and memory

Wendy remembers visiting Disney at 3 but she really just heard her sister's stories of Disney and NEVER actually went!

I have the eerie sense that I have taken this Quiz quiz in this exact room before.

When solving most of our day to day problems, we rely on these "rules of thumb" mental shortcuts:

Wilbur believes the moon landing was a hoax despite credible facts proving otherwise.

The success w/ which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict; correlates test scores & criteria/behavior

Iconic memory (visual/sensory memory) lasts for:

Ivan just saw a report on the News about Shark Attacks and is now scared to swim in the ocean...which "mental shortcut"?

This part of the brain that processes explicit memories (Your "Memory Librarian who Consolidates when you Sleep)

Brunhilda wants to do well on her chemistry exam. What do you recommend she do?

The teacher asked the students to come up with creative solutions to poverty. This is:

I ask you to imagine an ordinary chair. The mental image that comes to you is your Chair's _____________ (ideal example)

the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions (has a HIGH correlation to life success)

"Eat apple" uttered by a two-year old is an example of:

Joseph keeps calling his new girlfriend by his old girlfriend's name... this is an example of: