2.2 & 2.8 AP Psychology Review Game

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Which of the following is the best example of fluid intelligence? Reciting the names of all the continents in the world without looking at a map, Using cubes to figure out the solution to a previously unseen puzzle, Giving an adequate definition of a difficult word, Recognizing a piece of classical music

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Using cubes to figure out the solution to a previously unseen puzzle

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Which phenomenon describes the finding that intelligence scores increased over several decades? Options: quantitative aptitude, the self-efficacy effect, Social-cultural bias, the Flynn Effect

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the Flynn Effect

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Maeve wants to change her college major but has decided not to because she is close to finishing. She believes that the time she has spent in her current program will be wasted if she changes now. Maeve is experiencing

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sunk-cost fallacy

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When trying to solve a problem, Bret uses a logical, step-by-step formula called

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an algorithm

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Martine needs a hammer but cannot find one. As she looks around her apartment, her gaze passes over a metal paperweight and some other objects that could potentially serve as a makeshift hammer. However, she is so focused on these objects' typical uses that she does not think to use any of them as a hammer. Martine is experiencing which of the following?

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Functional fixedness

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Creativity is most closely associated with which of the following? convergent thinking, divergent thinking, intelligence quotient, functional fixedness

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divergent thinking

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Kathy is learning how to cook. She follows every direction on each recipe step by step to make sure her food tastes good. Which of the following describes the problem-solving approach that Kathy is using?

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Algorithm

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Matthew’s parents are physicists, and so are the parents of several of his best friends. Therefore, Matthew believes that many people are employed as physicists. Matthew’s reasoning is based on

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the availability heuristic

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A researcher asks participants to identify red shapes presented on a video screen. Following this, novel objects of various colors are depicted on the screen. Participants correctly identify red objects more quickly than objects of a different color. The result illustrates

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priming

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Jordan learns a trick to solve one particular type of math problem. He then uses the same trick to solve other types of math problems, even though it does not work and he keeps getting the wrong answer. Jordan’s use of the trick is an example of

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a mental set