AP Psych Unit 7 Test Questions & Right
Answers
When Sperling visually displayed three rows of three letters each for only one-twentieth of a second,
research participants - ANS >> had a momentary photographic memory of all nine letters
Language refers to the - ANS >> spoken, written, or signed words and the ways they are combined to
communicate meaning.
Babies' first demonstration of productive language occurs - ANS >> during the one-word stage.
After taking two years of college economics courses, Lionel thinks he knows enough about business to
become a millionaire. Lionel should become more aware of - ANS >> Overconfidence
Professor Thompson's research focuses on the impact of prototypes on the speed of object recognition
and identification. Which specialty area does this research best represent? - ANS >> cognitive
psychology
Generating the single correct answer to an intelligence test question illustrates - ANS >> convergent
thinking
It is difficult to explain language acquisition solely in terms of imitation and reinforcement because
children - ANS >> generate all sorts of sentences they have never heard before.
Conscious memory of factual information is called ________ memory - ANS >> explicit
The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation is known as - ANS >>
long-term potentiation
The day after Kirsten was introduced to 13 people at a business luncheon, she could recall the names of
only the first 4 people to whom she had been introduced. Her effective recall of these particular names
best illustrates the benefits of - ANS >> rehearsal
, Police interrogators have been trained to ask less suggestive and more effective questions to avoid - ANS
>> the misinformation effect
With respect to the controversy regarding reports of repressed memories of sexual
abuse, statements by major psychological and psychiatric associations suggest that - ANS >> adult
memories of experiences happening before age 3 are unreliable.
Participants in one experiment were given entirely fabricated accounts of an occasion in
which they had been lost in a shopping mall during their childhood. Many of these
participants later falsely recollected vivid details of the experience as having actually
occurred. This experiment best illustrated - ANS >> the misinformation effect
Using the mnemonic ROY G. BIV to remember the colors of the rainbow in the order of
wavelength illustrates the use of - ANS >> an acronym.
Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls, Mrs. Zumpano, a second-grade
teacher, watches boys more closely than she watches girls for any signs of misbehavior.
Mrs. Zumpano's surveillance strategy best illustrates - ANS >> confirmation bias
For a fraction of a second after the lightning flash disappeared, Ileana retained a vivid
mental image of its ragged edges. Her experience most clearly illustrates the nature of
_______ memory. - ANS >> iconic
Heuristics are - ANS >> simple thinking strategies for solving problems quickly and efficiently.
Marlene forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so she spent a very uncomfortable
and restless night. Unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filled jacket as a
pillow. Marlene's oversight best illustrates - ANS >> Functional Fixedness
Answers
When Sperling visually displayed three rows of three letters each for only one-twentieth of a second,
research participants - ANS >> had a momentary photographic memory of all nine letters
Language refers to the - ANS >> spoken, written, or signed words and the ways they are combined to
communicate meaning.
Babies' first demonstration of productive language occurs - ANS >> during the one-word stage.
After taking two years of college economics courses, Lionel thinks he knows enough about business to
become a millionaire. Lionel should become more aware of - ANS >> Overconfidence
Professor Thompson's research focuses on the impact of prototypes on the speed of object recognition
and identification. Which specialty area does this research best represent? - ANS >> cognitive
psychology
Generating the single correct answer to an intelligence test question illustrates - ANS >> convergent
thinking
It is difficult to explain language acquisition solely in terms of imitation and reinforcement because
children - ANS >> generate all sorts of sentences they have never heard before.
Conscious memory of factual information is called ________ memory - ANS >> explicit
The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation is known as - ANS >>
long-term potentiation
The day after Kirsten was introduced to 13 people at a business luncheon, she could recall the names of
only the first 4 people to whom she had been introduced. Her effective recall of these particular names
best illustrates the benefits of - ANS >> rehearsal
, Police interrogators have been trained to ask less suggestive and more effective questions to avoid - ANS
>> the misinformation effect
With respect to the controversy regarding reports of repressed memories of sexual
abuse, statements by major psychological and psychiatric associations suggest that - ANS >> adult
memories of experiences happening before age 3 are unreliable.
Participants in one experiment were given entirely fabricated accounts of an occasion in
which they had been lost in a shopping mall during their childhood. Many of these
participants later falsely recollected vivid details of the experience as having actually
occurred. This experiment best illustrated - ANS >> the misinformation effect
Using the mnemonic ROY G. BIV to remember the colors of the rainbow in the order of
wavelength illustrates the use of - ANS >> an acronym.
Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls, Mrs. Zumpano, a second-grade
teacher, watches boys more closely than she watches girls for any signs of misbehavior.
Mrs. Zumpano's surveillance strategy best illustrates - ANS >> confirmation bias
For a fraction of a second after the lightning flash disappeared, Ileana retained a vivid
mental image of its ragged edges. Her experience most clearly illustrates the nature of
_______ memory. - ANS >> iconic
Heuristics are - ANS >> simple thinking strategies for solving problems quickly and efficiently.
Marlene forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so she spent a very uncomfortable
and restless night. Unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filled jacket as a
pillow. Marlene's oversight best illustrates - ANS >> Functional Fixedness
