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