CSU PSY1010 Unit V Assessment

Question 1

1. Frida is a young child in the process of developing concepts. Which of the following concepts is she most likely to learn first?

   Answer

   		vehicle
   		Honda
   		Ford
   		car

5 points

Question 2

1. The Binet intelligence test was originally developed to:

   Answer

   		identify children who might have difficulty in school.
   		identify gifted children.
   		measure the aptitude of workers for large employers.
   		measure the intelligence of normal adults.

5 points

Question 3

1. On a trip to Australia, Caleb sees an ibis for the first time. Despite never having seen one before, he uses his __________ for bird to quickly identify the ibis as a type of bird.

   Answer

   		mental set
   		concept
   		algorithm
   		proposition

5 points

Question 4

1. Informal reasoning involves:

   Answer

   		using algorithms.
   		finding a single correct answer.
   		nonconscious responding.
   		dialectical reasoning.

5 points

Question 5

1. If you are afraid or angry at the time of an event, you may remember that event best when you are once again in the same emotional state. This phenomenon is called:

   Answer

   		state-dependent memory.
   		recovered memory.
   		mood congruent memory.
   		d?j? vu.

5 points

Question 6

1. Mr. Musselman is the head coach of the high school football team. He notices that, after learning the names of the players on the team this year, he has trouble remembering the names of the players from the previous year. In fact, he sometimes says the name of a current player when he is referring to a player from the previous year. This is an example of:

   Answer

   		retroactive interference.
   		proactive interference.
   		decay.
   		cue-dependent forgetting.

5 points

Question 7

1. "Use it or lose it" would most likely be associated with:

   Answer

   		decay theory.
   		replacement theory.
   		cue-dependent forgetting.
   		interference theory.

5 points

Question 8

1. As an African American, Sanyu is aware of the negative stereotypes regarding racial differences in intelligence. If he experiences stereotype threat while taking an intelligence test, it is likely that:

   Answer

   		Sanyu's self-conscious awareness of the stereotype may worsen his test performance.
   		Sanyu's test score will be unaffected, but he will feel uncomfortable throughout the test.
   		Sanyu's awareness of the stereotype will motivate him to excel on the test.
   		Sanyu will return the test to the administrator completely blank.

5 points

Question 9

1. According to the __________ theory of forgetting, information may get into memory, but it becomes confused with other information.

   Answer

   		replacement
   		interference
   		cue-dependent
   		decay

5 points

Question 10

1. What magical number did George Miller in the 1950s estimate the capacity of short-term memory to be?

   Answer

   		5 plus or minus 4
   		7 plus or minus 2
   		9 plus or minus 3.
   		11 plus or minus 1

5 points

Question 11

1. Peter's mental representation of Thanksgiving includes associations about turkeys, attitudes toward the holiday, and expectations about the weight he would gain! These are all part of his __________ for the holiday.

   Answer

   		cognitive schema
   		heuristic
   		hindsight bias
   		algorithm

5 points

Question 12

1. A mental category that groups objects, relations, activities, abstractions, or qualities having common properties is called a(n) __________.

   Answer

   		mental set
   		concept
   		algorithm
   		prototype

5 points

Question 13

1. Most individuals do not show evidence of reflective judgment until their __________, if at all.

   Answer

   		teen years
   		middle to late twenties
   		early to middle thirties
   		late thirties to early forties

5 points

Question 14

1. Telo convinces a woman he finds attractive to give him her telephone number. Unfortunately, the number is ten digits long with the area code, and Telo cannot find a place to write it down. As he looks for a pen and paper, what can Telo do to help himself remember the number?

   Answer

   		Nothing will help because 10 digits are beyond the capacity of short-term memory.
   		Thinking of something else will help Telo.
   		Chunking the numbers into smaller units will help Telo.
   		Telo should try to process the memory in parallel.

5 points

Question 15

1. Sarah is doing an arithmetic problem. The numbers and instructions for doing the necessary operations for each step will be held in her ___________ memory as she solves the problem.

   Answer

   		serial-position
   		sensory-register
   		working
   		episodic

5 points

Question 16

1. Dialectical reasoning involves:

   Answer

   		comparing and evaluating opposing points of view in order to determine the best solution.
   		drawing conclusions from a set of observations or premises.
   		generalizing from past experience.
   		using an algorithm to solve a problem.

5 points

Question 17

1. If the capacity of short-term memory is limited, how do we remember the beginning of a spoken sentence until the speaker gets to the end?
   
   Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

   Answer

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10 points

Question 18

1. Rita’s mental representation for Halloween includes knowledge, beliefs, and expectations. Which term is used to describe these characteristics? Develop an example that describes Rita’s mental representation for Halloween, making sure that each of the three aspects mentioned above is included.
   
   Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

   Answer