Unit 5 Part 1: Cognition + Unit 5.2 Review

This modern theory states that memories form from interconnected neurons

Memory is best described as

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

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

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

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

Effortful processing can occur only with

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

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

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

Which brain structure plays a role in processing explicit memories?

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

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

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

The process of getting information out of memory is called

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Basing our judgments on how mentally available info is

Incorporating misleading info into one's memory an event

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

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

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

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

A mental image or best example of something

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

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

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

the smallest unit of meaning in language

grit is____

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

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

Which brain structure plays a role in processing implicit memories?

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

The process of getting information into memory is called

The human capacity for storing long-term memory is 

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

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

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

Ebbinghaus' retention curve best illustrates the value of

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

Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think

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

What is the organization of information into meaningful units called?

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

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

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

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

test of creativity require ____ thinking

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

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

Semantic encoding is to visual encoding as _________ is to _________

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

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

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

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

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

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

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

Iconic memory refers to

A bell-shaped curve indicates...

Down Syndrome is a ? cause of intellectual disability

The way an issue is posed can affect decisions and judgments

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

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

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

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

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

The often unconscious activation of particular associations in memory is called

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

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

High IQ at a young age is predictive of _____

A test that measures current knowledge

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which two people will have the most similar IQ scores?

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