Unit 5 Part 1: Cognition + Unit 5.2 Review

Midterms, finals, and most unit tests, which assess your knowledge of a subject, are...

Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think

What test includes an overall score + subscores? Most widely used today.

Tests of ___ measure what an individual can do now, whereas test of ____ predict what they can do later.

Go to bedroom, remember bag in kitchen.Go to kitchen, forget bag. Back in bedroom, remember bag

Down Syndrome is a ? cause of intellectual disability

Incorporating misleading info into one's memory an event

Dr. M. studies mental strategies people use when solving problems. What kind of Dr. is he?

The world's first mass administration of an intelligence test was during _?_

A test is said to have what if it yields consistent results?

Basing our judgments on how mentally available info is

_?_ intelligence is reasoning ability, memory, and speed of information processing

Test-retest, split half, and alternate forms are ways to assess

Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease with age

What percentage of people score between 70-130 on the WAIS?

Intellectual disability: IQ of ? or below and adaptive skills originating before the age of ?

Encoding that occurs with no effort or a minimal level of conscious attention is known as

Which two people will have the most similar IQ scores?

The often unconscious activation of particular associations in memory is called

To be fair, the same procedures must be used for all test takers

The ability to monitor your own feelings and others' feelings to guide your thinking and action

An individual who scores low on an IQ test, but has exceptional skills in music, memory or art

Which of Sternberg's Triarchic Theory would help most in academic settings?

Intelligence involves the interaction of many genes. The term for this is ___

The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation is known as

The human capacity for storing long-term memory is 

Sounds & words that aren't immediately attended to can still be recalled a few seconds later because of

If you passed your driving test it should mean that you will be a good driver. That means it has_____.

Which test has the highest reliability?  The one with the correlation coefficient of ?

According to Cattell, which intelligence, fluid or crystallized, stays the same or even strengthens with age?

Research suggests that a memory trace (physical basis for memory) is most likely to involve

The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items in a list better than middle items

The process by which information is encoded by its meaning is called

Memory is best described as

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

A mental image or best example of something

The tendency for distributed study to yield better long-term retention than massed study is called

Explicit memory is to long-term memory as iconic memory is to ______________memory

Which brain structure plays a role in processing implicit memories?

The process of getting information into memory is called

High IQ at a young age is predictive of _____

If you had to guess the intelligence score of a stranger, your best guess would be

The process of getting information out of memory is called

If you receive roughly the same score on a test after multiple administrations, it is...

the smallest unit of meaning in language

Which type of research method concluded that intelligence sharply declines with age?

Variation of intelligence test scores within in a group is approximately 50 percent. To what is this referring?

This modern theory states that memories form from interconnected neurons

Clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited

A college readiness exam predicted Gina will be a B+ student, but she flunks out, meaning...

grit is____

The way an issue is posed can affect decisions and judgments

Iconic memory refers to

What stage is a child in when they can say "milk gone"?

Which brain structure plays a role in processing explicit memories?

Our immediate short-term memory for new material is limited to roughly __  bits of information

The SAT, LSAT, and MCAT are all examples of what type of test?

The WAIS scoring system uses a normal distribution (mean of 100) and a standard deviation of

Identical twins display greater similarity in IQ than fraternal twins, even if separated, which

Ebbinghaus' retention curve best illustrates the value of

__________ refers to negative ideas/feelings of certain groups' intelligence that affect scores

A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.

test of creativity require ____ thinking

Sternberg's idea of "successful intelligence" includes all of the following except...

Type of interference when new information gets in the way of us recalling previously learned info

Roger is 6'6" tall & muscular. Which judgment short cut makes you think he's more likely to be a bball player than poet?

solving a problem step-by-step to ensure a solution

Semantic encoding is to visual encoding as _________ is to _________

Memory aids that involve the use of vivid imagery and clever ways of organizing material are

The tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual uses

Effortful processing can occur only with

IQ tests have to often be re-normed as standards become more difficult, explained by...

What is the organization of information into meaningful units called?

Which does NOT fit with Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of intelligence?

When individuals from advantaged groups perform better on tests because of positive expectations

The type of intelligence that involves applying acquired knowledge to solve problems is…

The Binet-Simon scale expressed a child's score in terms of...

judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they represent particular prototypes

Words, events, places and emotions that trigger our memory of the past are called

Your ability to recognize your mom's voice on the phone illustrates the value of

The tendency to search for info that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

Lars was sad while reading a chapter for AP Psych.He's likely recall the contents when he's

After a drinking spree, Matt hid a half empty bottle. He remembered it when he started drinking

According to the Flynn effect, what happens to IQ performance with each generation?

The association of sadness with memories of negative life events contributes to

If test questions weren't covered in class, the test lacks...

An eyewitness to a robbery is asked to identify a suspect in a line up.What memory test is used

A test that measures current knowledge

A bell-shaped curve indicates...