AP Psychology
Mr. Honma
Quiz on Unit 5-1: Cognition
The answers for items 1-25 are found among the options in the column directly to their right.
1)___encoding
2)___morphemes
3)___mnemonics
4)___recall
5)___repression
6)___parallel processing
7)___implicit memory
8)___spacing effect
9)___hippocampus
10)___long-term potentiation
11)___mood-congruent memory
12)___serial position effect
13)___proactive interference
14)___retroactive interference
15)___misinformation effect
16)___source amnesia
17)___divergent thinking
18)___heuristic
19)___belief perseverance
20)___framing
21)___phoneme
22)___aphasia
23)___Broca’s area
24)___linguistic determinism
25)___telegraphic speech
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A) banishing anxiety-causing memories from consciousness
B) first and last items on a list remembered best
C) helps process explicit memories for storage
D) impairment of language
E) recalling experiences consistent with one’s current mood
AB) holding onto initial conceptions even when they are wrong
AC) smallest unit in a language that carries meaning
AD) language determines the way we think
AE) assessing many aspects of a problem simultaneously
BC) attributing information to the wrong source
BD) smallest distinctive sound unit in a language
BE) memory aids, such as vivid imagery
CD) Controls language expression. Directs muscle movements.
CE) retention independent of conscious recollection
DE) expands the number of possible problem solutions
ABC) early speech using mostly nouns and verbs
ABD) Retrieving information learned earlier. Responding to a prompt.
ABE) new learning disrupts the recall of old information
BCD) the way an issue is posed
BCE) increase in a cell’s firing potential
BDE) prior learning disrupts recall of new information
CDE) incorporating misleading information into memory of an event
ACD) processing information into memory
ADE) efficient, error-prone, thinking strategy
ACE) better retention of information compared to massed practice
The answers for items 26-45 are found among the options in the column directly to their right.
26)___availability heuristic
27)___representativeness heuristic
28)___mental set
29)___prototype
30)___priming
31)___iconic memory
32)___storage
33)___confirmation bias
34)___retrograde amnesia
35)___flashbulb memory
36)___testing effect
37)___recognition
38)___deep processing
39)___shallow processing
40)___short-term memory
41)___Wernicke’s area
42)___algorithm
43)___automatic processing
44)___anterograde amnesia
45)___relearning
A) often unconscious activation of particular memory associations
B) searching for information that supports what we think
C) conscious, active, processing of incoming information
D) momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli
E) measure of the amount of time saved when learning material again
AB) likelihood judged by how well things match a prototype
AC) unconscious encoding of incidental information
AD) memory improves after retrieving information, rather than simply rereading
AE) identifying previously-learned information
BC) best example of a category
BD) methodical, guaranteed, problem-solving procedure
BE) inability to retrieve past information
CD) basic encoding using the appearance or structure of words
CE) brain area involved in language comprehension and expression
DE) likelihood judged by how readily an example comes to mind
ABC) active memory, holds information briefly
ABD) clear memory of an emotional event
ABE) inability to form new memories
BCD) What worked before is sure to work now. Fixation example.
BCE) retaining information