PSYCHOLOGY 2301 EXAM 2
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A
PLUS
●● How many items can the average person store in their short-term
memory?
Answer: The average person can store about 7 items in their short term
memory. (5-9)
●● True or False? Long-term memory has no limit on the amount of
information that can be stored.
Answer: True, there are no limits for long term memories.
●● What is the difference between an explicit and an implicit memory?
Answer: Explicit memories require conscious thoughts while implicit
does not.
●● Memories for events in your own life are called ___________
memories.
Answer: Episodic.
●● What is, by far, the leading cause of false convictions?
,Answer: Eyewitness misidentification is the leading cause of false
convictions
●● What is the misinformation effect?
Answer: The weakening in your memory that occurs after being exposed
to misleading information.
●● What is an encoding failure?
Answer: An "encoding failure" is the brain's occasional failure to create
a memory link.
●● A __________ is the way the brain has of organizing information
that allows it to make assumptions about the world and work more
efficiently
Answer: Schemata
●● Algorithm
Answer: Algorithm is a step-by-step problem-solving formula (direction
manual).
●● Heuristic
Answer: A heuristic is the general problem-solving framework, working
backward and breaking down into steps.
, ●● Confirmation bias
Answer: The inclination to focus on, or seek out information that
confirms what you already believe is called the
●● What is the representative bias
Answer: A faulty way of thinking where you unintentionally stereotype
someone or something.
●● Phonemes
Answer: Basic sound units; indicates change in meaning; universal; 45
phonemes in English, up to 85 in other languages; string together to
create morphemes; examples:/s/, /z/, /ch/, /th/, /k/, etc.
●● Morphemes
Answer: Smallest meaningful units of speech; simple words, suffixes,
prefixes; examples: red, hot, calm, -ed, pre-
●● True or False? A morpheme conveys some sort of meaning
Answer: True, a morpheme conveys meaning
●● Crystalized intelligence
Answer: Crystalized intelligence is acquired knowledge and the ability
to retrieve it.
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A
PLUS
●● How many items can the average person store in their short-term
memory?
Answer: The average person can store about 7 items in their short term
memory. (5-9)
●● True or False? Long-term memory has no limit on the amount of
information that can be stored.
Answer: True, there are no limits for long term memories.
●● What is the difference between an explicit and an implicit memory?
Answer: Explicit memories require conscious thoughts while implicit
does not.
●● Memories for events in your own life are called ___________
memories.
Answer: Episodic.
●● What is, by far, the leading cause of false convictions?
,Answer: Eyewitness misidentification is the leading cause of false
convictions
●● What is the misinformation effect?
Answer: The weakening in your memory that occurs after being exposed
to misleading information.
●● What is an encoding failure?
Answer: An "encoding failure" is the brain's occasional failure to create
a memory link.
●● A __________ is the way the brain has of organizing information
that allows it to make assumptions about the world and work more
efficiently
Answer: Schemata
●● Algorithm
Answer: Algorithm is a step-by-step problem-solving formula (direction
manual).
●● Heuristic
Answer: A heuristic is the general problem-solving framework, working
backward and breaking down into steps.
, ●● Confirmation bias
Answer: The inclination to focus on, or seek out information that
confirms what you already believe is called the
●● What is the representative bias
Answer: A faulty way of thinking where you unintentionally stereotype
someone or something.
●● Phonemes
Answer: Basic sound units; indicates change in meaning; universal; 45
phonemes in English, up to 85 in other languages; string together to
create morphemes; examples:/s/, /z/, /ch/, /th/, /k/, etc.
●● Morphemes
Answer: Smallest meaningful units of speech; simple words, suffixes,
prefixes; examples: red, hot, calm, -ed, pre-
●● True or False? A morpheme conveys some sort of meaning
Answer: True, a morpheme conveys meaning
●● Crystalized intelligence
Answer: Crystalized intelligence is acquired knowledge and the ability
to retrieve it.
