Psych Ch 7&8 Quiz

Carmela believes her assistant, Todd, is incompetent. She notices only what Todd does wrong while ignoring the above average quality of most of his work. This exemplifies ________ bias.

confirmation

What type of memories do we consciously try to remember and recall?

explicit memories

The hippocampus is associated with ________ memories, while the cerebellum is associated with ________ memories.

explicit; implicit

Navigating your way home through an unfamiliar route due to road construction would draw upon your ________ intelligence.

fluid

Which of the following is not one of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences?

fluid

John is camping and forgot his pillow. He fails to realize that he could fold up one of his extra shirts to use as a pillow. This is an example of _________.

functional fixedness

_________ is a disorder which indicates a low IQ (i.e., a score of 70 or below on a standard IQ test) along with adaptive deficits.

intellectual disability

IQ stands for __________.

intelligence quotient

Which term describes a communication system that uses systematic rules to organize words to transmit information from one individual to another?

language

A(an) ________ is the best example, or representation, of a concept.

prototype

______ is both a phoneme and a morpheme.

I

The analytical intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence is demonstrated by the ability to ________.

analyze, evaluate, judge, compare, and contrast

According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model, ________.

memories are processed the same way that a computer processes information

Toni is talking to her friend Jessica about a fun fact she learned about memory. Toni tells her "I was just watching this cool new documentary about how some of our memories are false." Jessica responds in outrage, saying "You didn't watch a documentary about that, I watched it and told you about it!" This is an example of ______.

misattribution

Your ability to remember how to ride a bike is an example of ______ memory.

procedural

Ben is asked to memorize the words canine, feline, and avian. He remembers the words by associating them with their synonyms: dog, cat, and bird. This is an example of ________ encoding.

semantic

What are the two components of explicit memory?

semantic and episodic

Question text Which term refers to the process by which we derive meaning from morphemes and words?

semantics

Which of the following is not a memory-enhancing device?

suggestibility

Illnesses such as diabetes and stomach cancer kill more than twice the number of Americans than murder or car accidents. However, Zeke sees car accidents as more dangerous because he often hears about car accident fatalities on the nightly news, and he doesn't know anyone with diabetes or stomach cancer. Therefore, Zeke takes more precautions against car accidents. This exemplifies ________.

the availability heuristic