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AP Psychology Unit 2 Review
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Psychologists prefer the experimental method to other research methods because...
Experiments are more likely to support hypotheses.
Experiments can show cause-effect relationships.
It is easier to obtain a random sample.
Experiments result in statistically significant findings.
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Marie has to assemble a shelf but cannot find her screwdriver. Which of the following would help her complete this task?
Functional fixedness
Confirmation bias
Divergent thought
Mental set
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The researchers measured Chris's math performance on his final exam. This measurement is an example of?
Measure of central temdency
Independent variable
Operational definition
Correlational variable
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According to the multi-store model of memory, the first stage in memory processing involves which of the following?
Storage
Retrival
Encoding
Rehearsal
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Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb that help solve problems and reduce mental effort are called
concepts
syllogisms
algorithms
heuristic
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Kay’s ability to ride a bicycle reflects which of the following types of memory?
Procedural
Sensory
Working
Exolicit
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a prototype
a mental set
a heuristic
an alogarithm
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What is "general intelligence (g)" in psychology?
The ability to adapt to environmental changes
A specific type of problem-solving intelligence
A factor that underlies all mental abilities
Intelligence related to creativity
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The feeling that you know someone’s name, but cannot quite recall it, is an example of
retrograde amnesia
the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
state-dependent memory
the serial position effect
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gamblers fallacy is
over confidence is our own knowledge of the world
having a brain blast
misconception of old events impacting new ones
making a decision based on what is present to you
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Semantic encoding
Chunking
Imagery
Self-reference
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eidetic imagery
the method of loci
the peg-word method
chunking
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On an IQ test, the number of questions an individual answers correctly is meaningless without which of the following?
Standardization
Factor analysis
Predictive validity
g factor
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Gabby uses a coin to tighten a screw on chair. This action shows that Gabby has overcome which of the following?
Belief perseverance
Functional fixedness
Framing
Availability heuristic
15
. A test that measures a student’s potential ability is
a personality inventory
an achievement test
an aptitude test
an intelligence test
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Which of the following is a binocular cue for depth perception?
Retinal disparity
Linear perspective
Interposition
Texture gradient
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Crystallized intelligence consists of...
cognitive skills/specific knowledge learned over a lifetime
the capacity for deductive reasoning
inherited predispositions to process information
the ability to use new information to solve problems
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Case study
Experiment
Cross-sectional study
Naturalistic observation
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Spacing
Rehearsal
Free recall
Retrieval
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95
115
85
100
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AP Psychology Exam is an example of?
reliability
achievement test
aptitude test
validity
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retrieval failure
encoding failure
source amnesia
retrograde amnesia
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AP Psychology
is my favorite class!
gives me nightmares!
is ruining my GPA!
has the best teacher!
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Which of the following phenomena describes the finding that intelligence scores increased over several decades?
Self-efficacy
The Flynn effect
Prosocial behavior
Self-reference
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Standardized
Valid
Reliable
Accurate
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The availability heuristic
A means-end analysis
The representativeness heuristic
Inductive reasoning
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Average IQ scores have increased over the past 100 years. It has been argued that this effect is most likely due to
an increase in genetic diversity
an increase in the average number of years in school
an increase in population
a decrease in access to medical care, clean water, and nutritious food
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Memories of well-learned skills, such as riding a bicycle, are classified as
semantic
procedural
echoic
iconic
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The ratio of mental age to chronological age for a child of average intelligence is
1:15
1:25
1:50
1:1
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The claim that a whole is different from the sum of its parts is central to which of the following schools of thought?
Connectionism
Gestalt psychology
Structuralism
Functionalism
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Which of the following is the most useful study strategy to help a student retain the words in a vocabulary list?
Putting the words in alphabetical order
Focusing on the pronunciation of the words
Using each word in a sentence
Repeating each word three times
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Which bell curve has a small standard deviation?
green
red
sleigh bells
both are the same
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Two research methods widely used by psychologists are
Surveys and experiments
precognition and the Ganzfeld procedure
water-float tests and lie detector tests
introspection and reinforcement
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64
50
15
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Episodic
Procedural
Flashbulb
Semantic
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Which of the following is the best operational definition of superior autobiographical memory?
None of the above
The ability to encode and retain information for later retrieval.
Recalling information about life events with over 90% accuracy.
A type of memory that relates to accumulated knowledge about the world
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Confirmation bias
fast, automatic, unreasoned feelings and thoughts
the inability to look from another perspective, in order to maintain belief
seeking evidence to support an idea, rather than refute it
tendency to approach a problem with a method that worked previously
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a heuristic
social-cognitive learning
an algorithm
(C) insight
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Sensory Memory
Procedural Memory
Accommodation
Schema
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Standard deviation is an example of what?
Order effect
Interval data
Measure of central tendency
Measure of dispersion
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Declarative
Implicit
Echoic
Iconic
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functional fixedness
syllogistic reasoning
inductive reasoning
deductive reasoning
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Perceptual set
Bottom-up processing
Functional fixedness
Context-dependent memory
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Episodic and semantic
Episodic and procedural
Procedural and semantic
Procedural and sensory
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A bimodal distribution
A skewed distribution
A normal distribution
A positive correlation
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Cone Saturation
Assimilation
Priming
Imprinting
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On individual intelligence tests: Stanford-Binet and Wechsler scales, an IQ of 100 indicates that the test taker
obtained the highest scores in the standardization sample
correctly answered all of the items on the test
scored at the average level for test takers of the same age
scored above the level of the average American adult
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the fundamental attribution error
functional fixedness
egocentrism
cognitive dissonance
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Fluid intelligence ____ with age and Crystallized intelligence ___.
Increases, Increases
Decreases, Increases
Decreases, Decreases
Increases, Decreases
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Episodic memory is...
Memory of Doctor Who episodes
Long-term memory of knowledge
Long-term memory of personal events
Long-term memory of how to do things
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Which of the following demonstrates semantic memory?
Esteban remembers the correct way to swing a golf club.
Elliott has a vivid memory of their wedding day.
Elizabeth knows the formula to calculate the area of a square.
Jane needs to remember that she has a dental appointment next Tuesday.
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They will learn a maze only through positive reinforcement.
They will be unable to learn a maze.
They will learn a maze only through observational learning.
They will learn a maze only through classical conditioning.
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proactive interference
retrograde amnesia
anterograde amnesia
infantile amnesia
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A sudden inability to remember how to tie a certain kind of knot indicates a deficit in which kind of memory
Episodic
Semantic
Procedural
Declarative
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Standardization
Reliability
Validity
Experimenter-expectancy effects
