AP Psychology Midterm Measure of Growth

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Which of the following correctly describes how to randomly select a representative high school population? Options: selecting every other person from every student in multiple high schools around the country, selecting 50 people from every school in the country with staff input, selecting 5 students from every middle, elementary and high school through drawing straws, selecting six students and staff from a lottery system at schools nationwide

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selecting every other person from every student in multiple high schools around the country

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Which scatterplot shows the strongest negative relationship between the variables?

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In the words “helped” and “called,” the “ed” ending is a(n)

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morpheme.

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Which of the following is not related to forgetting? Retroactive interference, Repression, Decay, Long term potentiation

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Long term potentiation

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If you watch a sequel to a movie, and have trouble remembering if a character was in the first movie, you are experiencing...

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Retroactive Interference

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Which brain part is responsible for facilitating explicit memories? Options: brain stem, cerebellum, amygdala, hippocampus

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hippocampus

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Pablo vainly searches for a screwdriver while failing to recognize that a readily available coin in his pocket would turn the screw. His oversight best illustrates:

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functional fixedness.

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A defense attorney emphasizes to a jury that her client works full-time, supports his family, and enjoys leisure-time hobbies. Although none of this information is relevant to the trial, it is designed to make the defendant appear to be a typical member of the local community. The lawyer is most clearly attempting to take advantage of

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the representativeness heuristic.

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Advertisers know that a thirty-three percent discount sounds like a better deal than a discount of one third. This best illustrates:

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framing.

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Maintaining one's conceptions even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited is known as:

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belief perseverance.