unit 5 ap psych

Charles Spearman's concept of g is most accurately described as

a single, underlying intellectual capacity measured by intelligence tests

After having a stroke resulting from a blockage of blood to the medial temporal lobe, Gerald could not remember new information, such as the books he had just read, new songs he had just heard, or the faces of new people he had just met. Gerald was experiencing

anterograde amnesia

Walking into your bedroom you think, "I need to get my backpack in the kitchen." When you reach the kitchen, you forget what you came there for. As you return to your bedroom, you suddenly remember, "Backpack!" This sudden recall is best explained by

context-dependent memory

Genie demonstrated the effects of

critical periods

according to research by Fergus I.M. Craik and Endel Tulving on levels of processing following would most improve the ability to recall the word umbrella

deciding whether and umbrella would be useful to pack for a trip

a normally functioning 65-year old who cannot solve abstract logic puzzles as quickly as he did when he was younger is experiencing a

decrease in fluid intelligence

someone thinks of 50 different ways to solve something, this demonstrates

divergent thinking

what is the first stage of memory processing

encoding

a teenager would most probably draw on which of the following to recall her tenth birthday party

episodic memory

people respond more favorably when they are faced with a 95% success rate than a 5% failure rate because

framing

Gabby uses a coin to tighten a screw on a faucet handle. This action shows that Gabby has overcome

functional fixedness

Unlike implicit memories, explicit memories are processed by the

hippocampus

When the word "walk" is changed to "walked," the suffix "ed" is an example of a

morpheme

a test author is most interested in ensuring that individuals recieve similar scores on a personality test every time they take it is attempting to increase which of the following

reliability

a test author most interested in ensuring that individuals receive similar scores on a personality test every time they take it is attempting to increase which of the following

reliability

Achariya is lost. She quickly scans the crowd and decides to ask an elderly woman for directions because she believes the woman will be kind. Which method of problem solving did Achariya most likely use?

representativeness heuristic

Michael, who has an IQ of 60, is able to do complex calculations in his head, regardless of the size of the numbers. When he is with his family and friends, he does not engage socially; he focuses on his numerical calculations. Which of the following best describes these characteristics?

savant syndrome

The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the ________ effect.

serial position

graph with a small dip and the middle and the highest points at beginning and end

serial position effect

what is the flynn effect

the average IQ has increased over time

Research on stereotype threat indicates that students might not do as well as they can on a test if

they are informed that people of their ethnicity, age, or gender usually do not perform well on the tests