AP Psychology - Unit 5 Cognition - Vocabulary Quiz

What is the term for the encoding of the meaning of words and concepts?

• Algorithms
• Semantic Encoding
• Visual Encoding
• Acoustic Encoding

Which term refers to the inability to recall past memories after a brain injury?

• Retrograde Amnesia
• Acronym/Acrostic
• Algorithms
• Anterograde Amnesia

What are step-by-step problem-solving procedures that guarantee a solution?

• Acronym/Acrostic
• Retrograde Amnesia
• Algorithms
• Anterograde Amnesia

Which term refers to the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it?

• Confirmation Bias
• Hindsight Bias
• Belief Perseverance
• Framing Effect

What is the term for the inability to form new memories after a brain injury?

• Retrograde Amnesia
• Anterograde Amnesia
• Algorithms
• Acronym/Acrostic

What is the term for the tendency to search for information that confirms one's preconceptions?

• Framing Effect
• Confirmation Bias
• Hindsight Bias
• Belief Perseverance

What is the term for the persistence of one's initial conceptions, even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited?

• Confirmation Bias
• Hindsight Bias
• Belief Perseverance
• Framing Effect

What is the term for the encoding of sound, particularly the sound of words?

• Acoustic Encoding
• Visual Encoding
• Semantic Encoding
• Algorithms

What is the term for the inability to remember events from early childhood?

• Acronym/Acrostic
• Algorithms
• Anterograde Amnesia
• Infantile Amnesia

Which term refers to the tendency to judge the likelihood of an event based on how readily it comes to mind?

• Functional Fixedness
• Representativeness Heuristic
• Availability Heuristic
• Framing