AP Psych Unit 5 (cognition)

An example of a failure of source monitoring is

Amir telling Jorge the same story Jorge told him earlier in the week because Amir forgot Jorge told him the story

Which of the following psychologists is best associated with studying the function of memory? Mary Whiton Calkins Hermann Ebbinghaus Erik Erikson Carl Rogers Carl Wernicke

Hermann Ebbinghaus

Which of the following examples is most consistent with the theory that executive functioning provides the basis for general intelligence? Geoff is able to easily remember a long list of instructions after hearing them only once and also scores higher than average on intelligence tests Reilly began walking earlier than most children and also scores higher than average on intelligence tests Amir is good at understanding other peoples' emotions and also scores higher than average on intelligence tests Jake can read very quickly and also scores higher than average on intelligence tests Rose has perfect pitch and also scores higher than average on intelligence tests

Geoff is able to easily remember a long list of instructions after hearing them only once and also scores higher than average on intelligence tests

Which of the following describes the concept of schema? Gustav uses the method of loci to study for all of his classes Marsha thinks the waiter asked her whether she wanted water even though he did not because she thinks waiters ask patrons whether they want water Tracy grouped the information she needed to learn in categories that made sense to her Kevin thinks David is not motivated because he showed up late for a meeting but actually a traffic jam made David late Naman makes up a story about the information be has to learn to help him remember the information

Marsha thinks the waiter asked her whether she wanted water even though he did not, because she thinks waiters ask patrons whether they want water

And example of divergent thinking is

Reagan brainstorming as many uses of a toothpick as possible in a two-minute period

An example of using elaborate encoding to improve memory is

Sam remembering which tree is the ginkgo by using the phrase "stinko ginkgo" because the fruit of the ginkgo tree smells bad

Rodrigo's three-year-old sister says the phrase "We goed to the store" instead of "we went to the store". According to Noam Chomsky, what is the best explanation for her behavior?

She is overregularizing her use of the past tense

What of the following illustrates the primacy effect? Jason remembers the last two digits of his doctor's phone number but not any other digits Susan left her grocery list at home and can remember only the first two items on the list Frederick thinks people are paying attention to him when they actually are not Paul gets a reward every time he gets on the bus for school on time When his son Fekru cries because he wants a candy bar, Mr. Debebe gives the boy the candy to stop him from crying

Susan left her grocery list at home and can only remember the first two items on the list

Which of the following is most likely a false memory? a young child's memory of a day at the beach a high school student's memory of the prom a person's memory of going to a restaurant after college graduation a job applicant's memory of the clothes the applicant wore to an interview a couple's memory of their first dance at their wedding

a young child's memory of a day at the beach

Professor Gustafson is developing a new intelligence test and wants to ensure the test has good inter-rater reliability. Which of the following strategies will most directly help him achieve this goal? allowing only a small subset of highly trained researchers to grade the test because this ensures standardization of test conditions allowing only a small subset of highly trained researchers to grade the test because this ensures validity which is crucial to establishing reliability allowing only trained researchers to grade the test as they will have a good understanding of the proper way to score certain things and will be more likely to agree ensuring that a representative sample of participants take the test comparing scores from the test to scores from a similar test designed to measure the same construct

allowing only trained researchers to grade the test, as they will have a good understanding of the proper way to score certain things and will be more likely to agree

A logical, systematic procedure for solving a problem is known as

an algorithm

The fact that Lori finds herself thinking about dogs and other pets after seeing a cat is evidence that human memory is organized into

an association network

A mental set is

an established way of thinking about or perceiving something

Which of the following statements about automatic processing or effortful processing is true? effortful processing does not require conscious awareness effortful processing makes other processing more difficult automatic processing requires little mental effort automatic processing does not improve with practice effortful processing is affected by intelligence

automatic processing requires little mental effort

Vandana, a 12-month-old infant, is listening to her father talk to her and suddenly repeats a word that he just said. Her father praises her and gives her a cookie. After she gets the cookie, she repeats the word again. Vandana's behavior can be best explained by using the theory of

behaviorism

For a person planning to hold a party outside, an example of the predictable-world bias would be

believing that nice weather is due this year because it rained a lot the last three years

Patrick believes his basketball coach doesn't like him and subsequently focuses on all the times the coach criticizes his playing and ignores all the times the coach praises his performance. Patrick's behavior is best explained by the concept of

confirmation bias

Explicit memories are..

created in the hippocampus

Arthur is helping his friend set up her new phone. Arthur has never used this type of phone, but he uses his knowledge of setting up his own phone to help figure out how to use the new phone. According to Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, Arthur is using which type of intelligence>

creative intelligence

Keisha performs well in her geometry course in school, and her classmates often ask her for help with understanding word problems and writing formal proofs. Her friends describe her as very rational and analytical. According to Howard Gardner, which type of intelligence is Keisha most likely to possess?

logical-mathematical

Consolidation can be described as the process of

long-term memories being formed from short-term memories

A teacher asks Yvonne to go to another classroom to get a student whom Yvonne ahs never met. As she walks, she repeats the student's name to herself over and over to help her remember. Yvonne is boosting her memory by using

maintenance rehearsal

Short-term memory is best described as

memory that can hold only a small amount of information

David was studying some important historical dates for a test. He noticed that the day and month of one of the dates was the same as his own birthday, and he tried to use that fact to help him remember the date for his test. What is David using to enhance his memory?

self-reference

Jeanette is curious to see how many numbers she can hold in her mind at once. She asks her friend to test her on lists of random digits to see how many she can remember. Based on what is known about the average limits of short-term memory capacity, what is the most likely number of digits Jeanette will be able to remember?

seven

A researcher wanted to test the psychometric properties of a new intelligence test for children. She administered the test twice, two months apart, to children in a fourth-grade classroom. On the second administration, she noticed that the children who performed well were not the same children who performed well on the first administration and that there appeared to be no relationship between student performance on the first and second administration of the test. Based on this scenario, the psychological construct missing from this test is

test-retest reliability because the researcher is administering the same test twice

If Jess has a type of amnesia tat affects the formation of explicit memories but not implicit ones, which of the following will she be most likely to remember? the date of her last basketball season the name of her basketball coach the location of the gym the arm position to throw the ball the rules of the game

the arm position to throw the ball

John went to the beach for vacation shortly after having watched a documentary film about shark attacks. Overestimating the possibility of encountering a shark in the water, he decided to spend the day sunbathing and reading instead of going for a swim. John's reasoning can be explained through

the availability heuristic

Which of the following scenarios is best explained by long-term potentiation? Erik and Harry don't like each other when they are first assigned to the same room during a class trip, but after spending a great deal of time together, they begin to like each other When Sruthi first enters a dark room after coming in from outside, she can't see anything, but her eyes adjust after a few minutes At first Benjamin needs to drink only a small amount of a caffeinated beverage to feel its effects, but after drinking it regularly, he need more to feel the same effects Alan wants to stop studying to go to a party but stops himself by thinking about his future career the first time Colleen tries to remember Leo's name it takes her a long time but over time she remembers it more quickly

the first time Colleen tries to remember Leo's names it takes her a long time but over time she remembers it more quickly

To remember a list of words, Jerry tries walking through his bedroom and making associations between words on the lists and various areas he visits in his bedroom. Jerry is trying to improve his memory encoding by using

the method of loci

Sometimes people who speak different languages are in a community together and must develop a way of communicating. Similarly, their offspring must also find a way to communicate. The main difference between the speech of the first generation and the speech of the second generation is

the speech of the second generation tends to have more complex grammar rules

An example of state-dependent memory is

tommy finding it easier to remember the materials on an exam while taking it because he was sad while studying for the exam

Mary has an IQ score within one standard deviation about the mean score. This indicates her score was

within the middle 68% of people who took the test