A study on memory retention investigates how stress impacts the ability to form new episodic memories by measuring changes in synaptic strength before and after introducing a stressor. Which neurological process crucial for forming long-term memories might this stress be affecting?
AP Psychology Unit 2 Review-MCQs

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ANGELA BRILEY
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Long-term potentiation
Neurogenesis
Synaptic pruning
Neural oscillation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When people fail to notice that a friend got a haircut, despite having just had a conversation about haircuts, this exemplifies:
Change blindness
Inattentional blindness
Functional fixedness
Semantic memory
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Consider a scenario where after witnessing a car accident, a person remembers the car as being faster than it actually was. This memory distortion can be attributed to the influence of:
Mood-congruent memory
Misinformation effect
Retroactive interference
Imagination inflation
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A psychological experiment requires participants to solve problems both in new and conventional ways. The experimenter is most likely studying which cognitive function?
Divergent thinking
Convergent thinking
Functional fixedness
Semantic memory
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a recent environmental psychology study, researchers found that individuals are more likely to recycle in contexts where they previously did so. This behavior can best be explained by which concept?
Context effects
Gestalt psychology
Perceptual set
Visual perceptual constancies
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
During a trial, if jurors are swayed by how a lawyer frames whether a glass is half empty or half full, they are likely falling prey to which cognitive bias?
Framing effect
Representativeness heuristic
Availability heuristic
Gambler’s fallacy
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In an experiment, when participants are asked whether more words start with the letter R or have R as the third letter, most incorrectly choose the first option due to:
Representativeness heuristic
Availability heuristic
Anchoring bias
Gambler's fallacy
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