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PROGRESS TEST 2: UNIT 7: COGNITIONMULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONSOn the first day of her new job, Jess is introduced to eight new coworkers. Moments later, she can only remember the names of the first three and the last two coworkers. Her experience illustrates what memory-based psychological concept?overwhelmed encodingsource amnesiathe spacing effectthe next-in-line effectserial position effectDora is organizing a fundraiser for her school’s Health Club. She plans to donate a portion of the proceeds to a charitable organization focused on a world health problem. She is deciding between a foundation focused on increasing the accessibility of AIDS medication and an organization focused on malaria prevention and treatment. Believing that it is more prevalent malaria, she chooses AIDS. It turns out that Dora is wrong: fewer people have AIDS than malaria, but she has heard more about AIDS in her lifetime so she can think of more stories pertaining to that disease. What was Dora using when reasoning about the frequency of these two diseases?availability heuristiccognitive dissonancecomplex heuristicconfirmation biasrepresentative heuristicWhat are phonemes?Gaps between speech sounds that indicate word boundariesMeasurement units of acoustic energySyllables The smallest units of sound in speechThe smallest units of meaning in speech Who developed the hypothesis of linguistic determinism? That is, that language patterns play a dominant role in shaping a person’s thoughts and behavior.FreudGardnerChomskySkinnerWhorfJerome believes that his 4-year old grandson is a hyperactive child because the boy’s constant movement resembles his prototype of hyperactivity. Jerome is using belief perseverancethe availability heuristicthe representativeness heuristicfunctional fixednessOn Monday, the meteorologist forecast a 20% chance of rain, so Jose took his umbrella to work. On Wednesday, the meteorologist reported an 80% chance of sunshine, so Jose left his umbrella at home. Jose’s behavior illustrates what psychological concept?belief perseveranceconfirmation biasframing effectoverconfidencerepresentative heuristicWhich linguist is most closely associated with the concept of a universal language acquisition device? He famously challenged behaviorist accounts of language acquisition. BrocaChomskyWernickeWhorfBill uses a “rule of thumb” shortcut that has worked in past when solving a maze quickly on an iPad app. He is using…an algorithma mental representationa mental seta heuristicPeople tend to seek out and find more convincing evidence that is consistent with an already-held belief. This pattern, which can lead one astray, is known as what?confirmation biasfundamental attribution errorhindsight biasself-serving biasIf you ask most Americans where they were when they learned about the 9/11 attack, you will likely hear a vivid, detailed recollection. This is an example of a phenomenon called…intentional memory creationflashbulb memoryshock-induced selective attentionsensory memoryDaniel was asked to write down as many words as he could think of that contained the letter D. To complete this task Daniel would rely on…the availability heuristicconvergent thinkingdivergent thinkingframingKelly is studying for her AP Psychology exam and know that she is more likely to retain more information if she studies for two hours a day for fifteen days than if she studies six hours a day for five days. This is based on evidence for what memory concept?constancy effectcramming effectserial position effectspacing effectPablo vainly searches for a screwdriver while failing to recognize that a readily available coin in his pocket would turn the screw. His oversight best illustrates…functional fixednessthe availability heuristicbelief perseverancethe representativeness heuristicA defense attorney emphasizes to a jury that her client works full-time, supports his family, and enjoys leisure-time hobbies. Although none of this information is relevant to the trial, it is designed to make the defendant appear to be a typical member of the local community. The lawyer is most clearly making an attempt to take advantage of…conformation biasbelief perseverance representativeness hueristicavailability heuristicMaintain one’s conceptions even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited is known as…representativeness heuristicbelief perseveranceconfirmation biasfunctional fixednessIn English, it is appropriate to refer to “a pretty bird,” but not to “a bird pretty.” This best illustrates the importance of…semanticssyntaxphonemesmorphemesTo find Tobasco sauce in a large grocery store, you could systematically search every shelf in every store aisle. This best illustrates problem solving by means of…a heuristican algorithminsightfunctional fixednessWhich of the following processes is likely to result in the best memory for wordsvisual encodingacoustic encodingrote memorizationsemantic encodingThe surprise ease with which people form false memories best illustrates that the processes of encoding and retrieval involve…implicit memoryautomatic processinglong-term potentiationmemory reconstructionYou are used to driving a car with a standard shift. Today you are driving a friend’s car that has an automatic transmission. As you drive, you keep trying to shift gears, but there is no shift. This is most likely due to…encoding failureretroactive interferenceproactive interferencemotivated forgettingChuck recalls the day last summer when he fell off his bicycle and scraped his knee. This is an example of…iconic memoryprocedural memorysemantic memoryepisodic memoryWorking memory is also known as…sensory memorylong-term memoryshort-term memoryencodingFill-in-the-blank test questions measure _______; matching concepts with their definitions measures ________.recall; recognitionrecognition; relearningrecognition; recallrehearsal; recognitionWhen someone mentions Ivy League colleges, Trisha immediately thinks of Harvard University. In this instance, Harvard University is a…mental setfixationconceptprototype ................
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