Psychology Test questions and
answers graded A+
Automatic processing - ANS✅✅unconscious encoding of incidental information (time, space,
frequency), well learned info
implicit memory - ANS✅✅also known as nondeclarative, retention without conscious recollection,
motor and cognitive skills
encoding - ANS✅✅getting information in, automatic and effortful processing
priming - ANS✅✅activation, often unconsciously of particular associations in memory
relearning - ANS✅✅the amount of time saved when relearning info
Retroactive (backwards acting) Interference - ANS✅✅disruptive effect of new learning on recall of
old info
proactive (forward acting) interference - ANS✅✅distruptive effect of prior learning on recall of
new information
long term memory - ANS✅✅the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory
system
prospective memory - ANS✅✅remembering to remember an intended action, ( to take documents
to the office)
algorithm - ANS✅✅methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular
problem, step by step
heuristics - ANS✅✅rule of thumb strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve
problems efficiently, speedier than algorithims, but more error prone than algorithims
, Functional fixedness - ANS✅✅tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions,
impediment to problem solving (screw driver)
semantics - ANS✅✅set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and
sentences in a given language. also the study of meaning
morpheme - ANS✅✅in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning, may be a word or a part
of a word such as a prefix (anti-, un-, -s)
syntax - ANS✅✅rules for combining words into gramatically sensible sentences in a given language
(the dog runs fast, NOT run the dog fast)
grammar - ANS✅✅system of rules in a language that enables us to communicate with and
understand others
aptitude test - ANS✅✅test designed to predict a person's future performance, the capacity to
learn (ex. IQ test)
achievement tests - ANS✅✅test designed to assess what a person has learned
validity - ANS✅✅makes sure a test measures what it is supposed to measure
reliability - ANS✅✅the consistency of test results
Howard Gardner - ANS✅✅associated with multiple intelligences
Stanford-Binet - ANS✅✅the widely used, American revision of Binet's original intelligence test,
revised by Terman at Stanford university
Average IQ - ANS✅✅100
intelligence - ANS✅✅ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt
to new situations
answers graded A+
Automatic processing - ANS✅✅unconscious encoding of incidental information (time, space,
frequency), well learned info
implicit memory - ANS✅✅also known as nondeclarative, retention without conscious recollection,
motor and cognitive skills
encoding - ANS✅✅getting information in, automatic and effortful processing
priming - ANS✅✅activation, often unconsciously of particular associations in memory
relearning - ANS✅✅the amount of time saved when relearning info
Retroactive (backwards acting) Interference - ANS✅✅disruptive effect of new learning on recall of
old info
proactive (forward acting) interference - ANS✅✅distruptive effect of prior learning on recall of
new information
long term memory - ANS✅✅the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory
system
prospective memory - ANS✅✅remembering to remember an intended action, ( to take documents
to the office)
algorithm - ANS✅✅methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular
problem, step by step
heuristics - ANS✅✅rule of thumb strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve
problems efficiently, speedier than algorithims, but more error prone than algorithims
, Functional fixedness - ANS✅✅tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions,
impediment to problem solving (screw driver)
semantics - ANS✅✅set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and
sentences in a given language. also the study of meaning
morpheme - ANS✅✅in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning, may be a word or a part
of a word such as a prefix (anti-, un-, -s)
syntax - ANS✅✅rules for combining words into gramatically sensible sentences in a given language
(the dog runs fast, NOT run the dog fast)
grammar - ANS✅✅system of rules in a language that enables us to communicate with and
understand others
aptitude test - ANS✅✅test designed to predict a person's future performance, the capacity to
learn (ex. IQ test)
achievement tests - ANS✅✅test designed to assess what a person has learned
validity - ANS✅✅makes sure a test measures what it is supposed to measure
reliability - ANS✅✅the consistency of test results
Howard Gardner - ANS✅✅associated with multiple intelligences
Stanford-Binet - ANS✅✅the widely used, American revision of Binet's original intelligence test,
revised by Terman at Stanford university
Average IQ - ANS✅✅100
intelligence - ANS✅✅ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt
to new situations
