AP Psychology Unit 2 Review

After an accident, Michael wakes up in the hospital knowing who he is, but can no longer make new memories

• Anterograde Amnesia

• Retrograde Amnesia

Viewing this image as a soccer ball and not separate, black pentagons shows what principle?

• Closure

• Figure-Ground

• Proximity

• Similarity

Candance sees a bat flying at night for the first time. She sees it and points out "birdie!" to her mom. Candance fitting in a bat to her "bird schema" is what?

• Accommodation

• Assimilation

Alex is shopping for a new car and remembers reading a recent news story about a car accident involving a specific brand of vehicle. Now they feel hesitant to buy a car from that brand.

• Availability Heuristic

• Representative Heuristic

In a normal bell curve, what percentage of the population is within one standard deviation of the mean

• 34%

• 68%

• 50%

• 13%

Emma is playing roulette at a casino. The ball has landed on red five times in a row. Emma decides to bet all her money on black, believing it is "due" to come up next to balance out the results. What cognitive bias is she showing?

• Sunk-Cost Fallacy

• Hindsight Bias

• Gambler's Fallacy

• Overconfidence Bias

After learning signs for new plays in football, Seth has trouble remembering the signs for the older plays

• Proactive Interference

• Retroactive Interference

Which of the following describes long-term potentiation (LTP) in relation to memory?

• existing neural connections are strengthened

• new neural connections are created

• short-term memory storage is expanded

• retrieval abilities are improved

Due to an infection in her brain, Pauline struggles to remember her family members and former coworkers.

• Anterograde Amnesia

• Retrograde Amnesia

Organizing this image into 1 & 3 columns of dots, rather than 4 columns total is what principle?

• Closure

• Figure-Ground

• Proximity

• Similarity