AP Psych Unit 5.1

On a fishing trip, Ed realizes that he has mistakenly packed the sewing box instead of the tackle box. He wants to fish but returns home because he does not have any lines or hooks. Ed’s failure to realize that sewing thread can be used as fishing line and that a bent needle can be used as a hook is an example of

• Overconfidence Bias

• Decay Theory

• Functional Fixedness

• Proactive interference

When Josie thinks of the word "bird" she pictures a songbird although there are other types of birds like penguins, ostriches and eagles. The songbird is Josie's _______ for the word "bird".

• Prototype

• Framing

• Priming

• Source Misattribution

Piper is in phys ed class. She is chosen as the team leader and now needs to choose which classmates will be on her volleyball team. She decides to choose the students who look most athletic first. Piper is picking her team based on the

• the Availability Heuristic.

• Affect Heuristic.

• Representativeness Heuristic.

• Misinformation Effect.

A tendency to search for evidence that fits one’s beliefs while ignoring other evidence is called ________.

• mental set

• trial-and-error

• confirmation bias

• functional fixedness

Derrick lives in the rugged mountains, so whenever he hears the word “vehicle,” the first thing that comes to mind is a jeep. For Derrick, a jeep is a(n) _______ for vehicle.

• prototype

• mental set

• algorithm

• formal concept

People are more likely to respond better to you telling them that they have a 60% chance of passing a class, than telling them they have a 40% chance of failure. What kind of influence does this example demonstrate?

• Framing

• Priming

• Encoding

• Rehearsal

Which one of the following illustrates belief perseverance?

• Your belief remains intact even in the face of evidence to the contrary

• You refuse to listen to arguments counter to your beliefs

• You tend to become flustered and angered when your beliefs are refuted

• You tend to search for information that supports your beliefs

part of brain most involved with memory

• amygdala

• hippocampus

• cerebellum

memory, thinking, problem solving, language

• psychology

• cognition

• psychiatry

rule of thumb, well-known tactic for solving a problem

• algorithm

• heuristic