psych final

Forced sterilization (that is, making it where they cannot have babies) of people with low intellectual capacity, often women of color, is an unfortunate legacy of _________. a)Eugenics b)IQ testing c)The bell curve d)Standard deviation theory

a) eugenics

What would you predict would be the correlation to be between the number of hours slept at night and feelings of fatigue the next day? a)negative b)this could not be examined with a correlation c)no correlation d)positive

a) negative

Which of the following is the correct order of the 4 stages of the Atkinson-Shriffin model of memory? a)stimulus, sensory memory, short term memory, long term memory b)storage, encoding, retrieval c)stimulus, short term memory, sensory memory, long term memory d)encoding, storage, retrieval

a)stimulus, sensory memory, short term memory, long term memory

When asked to memorize the ten letters, D, R, S, S, A, Y, N, R, A, and B, Ashley reorganized them into the words BARNS and YARDS. This helped her remember the letters accurately at a later time. Which of the following tactics has Ashley used in order to simplify the process of memorizing the letters? a)Rehearsal b)Chunking c)Priming d)Self-reference

b) chunking

Which of the following theorists believed that different types of intelligence might be possessed by a poet, a ballet dancer, an architect, or a pastoral counselor? a)Galton b)Gardner c)Sternberg d)Binet

b) gardner

In class we talked about a research study on "flashbulb" memory, related to college students' recall of where they heard the outcome of the OJ Simpson trial. What did that study show? a)that unlike regular long-term memories, flashbulb memories tend to remain stable as time passes (that is, we don't experience an increase in memory errors over time with flashbulb memories). b)that over one-third of the students had major errors in their flashbulb memories, less than 3 years later. c)that flashbulb memories tend to be much more accurate than "regular" memories, because they are more intense d)that flashbulb memories actually show less accuracy after shorter lengths of time but become more accurate over more time.

b)that over one-third of the students had major errors in their flashbulb memories, less than 3 years later.

Tyrell was in a car accident. He can remember everything that happened before the accident but nothing that happened after the accident. What is the name for this condition? a)Retrograde amnesia b)Misinformation effect c)Anterograde amnesia d)Memory reconstruction error

c) anterograde amnesia

In Sternberg's theory of intelligence, _________ is the type of intelligence that would be most highly valued in a person who works in sales in a highly competitive industry, where figuring out the shifting personalities and market trends, and deciding where the company should form alliances for future investments, is key to their success. a)analytic b)creative c)practical d)None of the above

c) practical

According to German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus's scientific research on memorization and forgetting, _____. a)motivated forgetting protects an individual from threatening information b)most people remember most of what they learn, as long as they take their time when being asked to remember things c)most memory decay takes place soon after an individual learns something d)autobiographical memories are the easiest to forget

c)most memory decay takes place soon after an individual learns something

Which of the following is an example of semantic encoding? a)studying a list of words and grouping them together by mental imagery (for example, forming a mental pictures of the words) b)studying a list of words and grouping them together based on their sound (for example, if they rhyme) c)studying a list of words and grouping them together based on their meaning d)studying a list of words by repeating them over and over again

c)studying a list of words and grouping them together based on their meaning

Which of these parts of the brain is the most important for the storage of memories of facts and pieces of information: a)Cerebellum b)Amygdala c)Frontal lobe d)Hippocampus

d) Hippocampus

You walk into a haunted house. Remembering some of your past experiences in similar houses, your knees begin to buckle, your legs shake, and you feel chills run through your body. Which part of your brain is currently active concerning the emotional response? a)Prefrontal cortex b)Engram c)Hippocampus d)Amygdala

d) amygdala

Dhiraj excels at his work as a designer for the established fashion brand, "Vivacious." His designs are some of the most unique and cutting-edge in the entire clothing line. According to Sternberg's theory of intelligence, it can be concluded that Dhiraj has a high level of _____ intelligence. a)crystallized b)practical c)analytical d)creative

d) creative

George Miller's classic work on _______ memory found that most people can remember, on average, about _____ items (give or take a couple) for about 20 seconds. a)Short-term, 15 b)Sensory, 3 c)Long-term, 7 d)Short-term, 7

d) short-term, 7

What is an example of episodic memory? a)Describing to someone how to tie your shoe b)Listing the names of all of the US presidents you can remember c)Knowing the Periodic table d)Details of your first date with your significant other

d)Details of your first date with your significant other

Alex witnessed an armed robbery last week. Since then he has been exposed to multiple accounts of the robbery (some of which are not accurate) from hearing statements of different witnesses, news coverage, inaccurate social media posts, etc. Now, his own memory of the crime scene has become more fuzzy and less accurate. This is an example of a)False memory syndrome b)Retrieval bias c)Retrograde amnesia d)Misinformation effect

d)Misinformation effect