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AP Psychology Unit 5-- Cognitive Psych
AP Psychology Unit 5-- Cognitive Psych
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Fluid intelligence includes all of the following except...
memory capacity
processing speed
reasoning ability
verbal skills
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emotional, vivid memories are
hierarchies
flashbulb memory
echoic memory
iconic memory
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A form of memory that involves remembering to perform a planned action at some future point
echoic
declarative
echoic
prospective
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I have the eerie sense that I have taken this Quiz quiz in this exact room before.
repression
deja vu
misinformation effect
source amnesia
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Lewis Terman developed the...
Binet-Simon Test
first personality test
WAIS
Stanford-Binet Test
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Many current memory researchers believe that Freud's defense mechanism repression. ..
occurs mostly in adults
occurs frequently after traumatic events
occurs primarily in the amygdala
rarely, if ever, occurs
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A bell-shaped curve indicates...
standardized distribution
validity
reliability
normal distribution
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I ask you to imagine an ordinary chair. The mental image that comes to you is:
prototype
intuition
concept
heuristic
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________ refers to a self-confirming concept that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
Socioeconomic disadvantage
Reaction range
Stereotype threat
Heritability ratio
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This part of the brain is important in remembering emotionally-charged events:
amygdala
brain stem
hippocampus
cerebellum
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A multiple choice tests rewards students who excel at:
convergent thinking
overconfidence
divergent thinking
creativity
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"Ch" and "th" are examples of:
grammar
phonemes
synonyms
morphemes
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This part of the brain that processes explicit memories.
amygdala
hippocampus
cerebellum
basal ganglia
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Iconic memory (visual/sensory memory) lasts for:
up to an hour, with practice
three or four seconds
30 minutes
a few tenths of a second
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Mary can't remember what day it is or who the president is, but recalls her childhood clearly
retrograde amnesia
deja vu
anterograde amnesia
retroactive interference
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The most widely used intelligence is...
ISAT
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
ACT
Stanford-Binet
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Given a list of twenty words, most people would remember ____the best. (serial position effect)
first few words
last few words
first and last but last best of all
middle words
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I can't remember my old phone number because my new phone number keeps coming up in my head.
proactive interference
retrograde amnesia
anterograde amnesia
retroactive interference
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Short-term memory has a capacity of about___ items:
three
seven
twelve
unlimited
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This is a step by step, logical procedure that guarantees solving a problem:
insight
mental set
algorithm
heuristic
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The Flynn effect says that ..
intelligence test performance is decreasing
intelligence test performance is improving
intelligence test performance is remaining constant
intelligence test performance will not change
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Which is most likely to lead to remembering a list of words?
auditory-reading the list out loud
visual-focusing on the length of each word
semantic-thinking about how each word relates to you
forget it-- you'll never learn those words
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Multiple choice test
iconic memory
recognition
recall
chunking
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The teacher asked the students to come up with creative solutions to poverty. This is:
algorithm
divergent thinking
prototype
convergent thinking
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Wolfgang fell out of a truck, hit his head, and cannot remember anything prior to the accident.
retrograde amnesia
anterograde amnesia
retroactive interference
echoic amnesia
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If test questions weren't covered in class, the test lacks...
criterion related validity
construct validity
test-retest validity
content validity
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Sternberg's theory of Triarchic Intelligence includes all of the following except...
creative intelligence
practical intelligence
analytical intelligence
musical intelligence
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Implicit/muscle memory is processed in the
hippocampus
amygdala
cerebellum
pons
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Penelope struggled to respond to basic questions after her stroke. This is most likely:
Wernicke's aphasia
linguistic determinism
none of the above
Broca's aphasia
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This is the system of rules of a language that enables communication.
grammar
morpheme
phoneme
syntax
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Midterms, finals, and most standardized tests, which assess your knowledge of a subject, are...
aptitude tests
achievement tests
personality tests
intelligence tests
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If you receive roughly the same score on a test after multiple administrations, it is...
valid
reliable
standardized
psychological
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"Eat apple" uttered by a two-year old is an example of:
telegraphic speech
a hungry child
babbling stage
language fluency
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After the accident, Jud spoke only nonsensical words and sentences. He most likely has:
infantile amnesia
Wernicke's aphasia
Broca's aphasia
retrograde amnesia
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Which researcher identified the core factor "g" for general mental ability?
Binet
Thurstone
Spearman
Galton
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The type of intelligence that involves applying acquired knowledge to solve problems is…
spatial intelligence
crystallized intelligence
fluid intelligence
kinesthetic intelligence
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Memorizing a T. S. Eliot poem for class is an example of what type of memory?
sensory
explicit
working
flashbulb
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Brunhilda wants to do well on her chemistry exam. What do you recommend she do?
space out her studying- spacing effect
get plenty of sleep
test herself-testing effect
all of the above
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Hansel only knows one way to deal with conflict with his children: spanking. This is:
availability heuristic
overconfidence
mental set
confirmation bias
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Implicit memories are
conscious/effortful
involve morphemes
unconscious/automatic
involve algorythms
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Wendy thinks she remembers visiting Disney at 3 but she really just heard this from her sister.
repression
misinformation effect
source amnesia
deja vu
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Asking a poll question in a particular way to get a specific response is an example of:
heuristic
intuition
belief perserverance
framing
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The answer to some problem suddenly comes to Maxine late at night. This is:
confirmation bias
algorithm
intuition
insight
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A college readiness exam predicted Gina will be a B+ student, but she flunks out, meaning...
the test is not standardized
the test is valid but not reliable
the test is not valid
Gina cheated
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Stan recalls the one time he won at blackjack and this makes him eager to keep playing.
representative heuristic
framing
availability heuristic
overconfidence
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Who proposed eight different types of intelligence?
Galton
Scarr
Binet
Gardner
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Identical twins display greater similarity in IQ than fraternal twins, even if separated, which
supports the nurture argument
means nothing
supports neither nature or nurture
supports the nature argument
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Martin has just started making babbling sounds. If he is developing normally, how old is he?
4 months
1 month
6 months
8 months
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He was known for tests with nonsense syllables and studied how quickly we forget.
Jacopo Annese
Hermann Ebbinghaus
B.F. Skinner
D.B. Cooper
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When solving most of our day to day problems, we rely on:
confirmation bias
heuristics
insight
intuition
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Individuals identified as having an intellectual disability often score below a ___ on IQ tests
70
90
100
80
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Our implicit/automatic memory is very good at remembering space, time, and:
color
size
frequency
shape
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The idea that language determines the way we think is:
grammatical determinism
language determinism
linguistic determinism
determined determinism
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Using HOMES to remember the Great Lakes is an example of:
concept
mnemonics
hierarchy
long-term potentiation
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_______________ measure general mental ability and _________ measure interests, values, and attitudes
intelligence tests; achievement tests
aptitude tests; achievement tests
achievement tests; personality tests
intelligence tests; personality tests
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The Binet-Simon scale expressed a child's score in terms of...
IQ
percentile score
reaction range
mental age
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Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve suggests that, without rehearsal, what will happen to your AP Psych info?
you will immediately forget a lot, but it will level off
you will gradually and steadily forget most of it
you will remember clearly the first and last units
you will forget only about 5%