AP Psy Cognition Stations

An algorithm is best described as

• a step-by-step problem-solving model.

• trial and error.

• the best example of its type.

• all of the words in a language.

What is creativity?

• the ability to produce or develop original work, theories, techniques, or thoughts

• the ability to use imagination, originality, and expressiveness.

• convergent thinking

• problem solving which deviates from commonly used or previously taught strategies

Which term most accurately is the clear and often sudden discernment of a solution to a problem by means that are not obvious

• insight

• convergent thinking

• divergent thinking

• retrieval

Which is an example of an availability heuristic?

• Being more worried about a car accident after seeing a terrible one.

• Negotiating a salary to your advantage by revealing your desired pay first.

• Assembling IKEA furniture using the step-by-step instructions.

• Trial and error

An example of a representative heuristic is

• thinking that a librarian is a quiet person who wears glasses and reads a lot.

• thinking someone might be a criminal because he/she looks like one.

• what you think of when you hear "VSCO girl."

• solving a problem by working backwards.

A mental set is when

• you keep trying some solution because it has worked before.

• you use step-by-step instructions to solve a problem.

• you use intuition to create a new solution.

• use divergent thinking.

Intuition can best be described as

• immediate insight or perception as contrasted with conscious reasoning or reflection.

• conscious reasoning or reflection as contrasted with immediate insight.

• retrieving a long-term memory and adding new information to it to create a stronger memory.

• encoding a memory into short-term storage.

Retrieval

• is the final stage of memory, after encoding and storage; it involves the process of recovering or locating information stored.

• is a mental shortcut that helps us make decisions.

• is a problem-solving technique that has 87% accuracy.

• is the stage where memories are "saved" to storage to allow for recovery later.

The type of forgetting where you can't recall a word or phrase but if feels as if you are very close to retrieving it is called

• tip of the tongue phenomenon

• functional fixedness

• mental set

• hindsight bias

Convergent thinking

• is when an individual uses linear, logical steps to analyze a number of already formulated solutions to a problem to determine which is correct or most likely to be successful.

• is creative thinking in which an individual solves a problem or reaches a decision using strategies that deviate from commonly used or previously taught strategies.

• is a process by which an individual tries various solutions until he/she arrives at one which is successful.

• is when an individual weighs his/her options and determines which one is the least likely to fail.