Encoding/Storage
Your friend gives you a Wi-Fi password, and you repeat it over and over to remember it. What type of rehearsal are you using?
Maintenance Rehearsal
A student takes a multiple-choice test and easily picks out the correct answers. Later, when asked to write down the same information without answer choices, they struggle. What two types of retrieval are being tested?
Recognition (multiple-choice) & Recall (free response)
Mike doesn't think to use a screwdriver to open a paint can because he only think to use it to loosen/tighten screws. What is this called? (Thinking outside the box)
Functional Fixedness
Nick continues to believe in his stance that the earth is flat despite overwhelming scientific and photographic evidence against it. What cognitive bias/trap is he demonstrating?
Belief Perseverance
NOT Confirmation bias- C.B. helps beliefs form and strengthen; belief perseverance explains why they refuse to go away.
What term describes general intelligence that underlies all mental abilities?
g-factor
Mr Bannon suffers brain damage and cannot form new memories but remembers his past. What kind of amnesia does he have?
Anterograde amnesia
What common everyday action has been scientifically proven to boost mood, even if you’re not actually happy?
Smiling (facial feedback hypothesis)
People often have vivid, detailed memories of shocking or emotional events, such as where they were during a major historical tragedy. This type of memory is known as this.
Flashbulb memory
Grouping information into meaningful units to enhance memory.
Chunking
Your friend gives you a riddle you can't seem to solve. You are try analyzing the problem using only methods you've succeeded with in the past. This demonstrates...
A Mental Set-
The person keeps trying to solve the riddle using the same methods that worked before, even though those strategies are not solving the current problem.
After seeing a shark attack on TV, you believe shark attacks are more common than they actually are. What heuristic is this?
Availability heuristic
A student takes an IQ test to assess their potential for future success, while another student takes a final exam to measure what they have learned in a course. What type of test is each; Aptitude vs achievement test?
IQ test = Aptitude test (predicts future performance).
Final exam = Achievement test (measures learned knowledge).
Conor brainstorms multiple ways to use a brick, including as a paperweight, a doorstop, and an art piece... a weapon... What kind of thinking are they using, convergent or divergent?
Divergent thinking (multiple uses for the brick) & Convergent thinkin example- (solving the math problem with a single correct answer). narrow multiple options to one correct answer.
What color has been shown to make people feel hungrier, which is why many fast-food chains use it in their logos?
Red
A teacher gives students a list of 20 words. One student rewrites them in sentences, while another repeats them over and over again silently. Who will recall more, and why (provide term)?
The first student; elaborative rehearsal improves recall.
A student struggles to remember the Great Lakes, but after learning the acronym "HOMES" (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior), they recall them easily. What memory strategy are they using?
Mnemonic Devices
A hiker sets out on a trail without checking the weather or packing extra supplies, convinced that they will easily finish before dark. Hours later, they get lost in a storm with no flashlight or food. What bias led to this poor decision, and why?
Overconfidence bias – The hiker overestimated their abilities and underestimated potential risks, leading to poor preparation.
A shopper believes a name-brand product is better than the store brand despite identical ingredients. What cognitive bias might they be experiencing?
Representativeness heuristic-
The shopper assumes the name-brand product is better because it fits their prototype of a "higher-quality" product, even though objective ingredients are the same.
This type of intelligence, which tends to increase with age, involves accumulated knowledge, facts, and vocabulary.
Crystallized intelligence
Mr. Bannon is in a car accident and cannot remember events from before the crash. What type of amnesia is this?
Retrograde Amnesia
Who did the New England Patriots beat in their first ever Super Bowl win?
The St Louis Rams
A student remembers more psychology terms while sitting in their usual classroom than in a different environment. What principle explains this?
Context-dependent memory
A witness describes a car accident but later changes their memory after hearing someone else's version of events. What effect is this?
Misinformation effect
You believe you “knew it all along” after seeing the correct answer to a test question. What bias is this?
Hindsight bias
Evin aces a test and says it’s because she studied hard. But when she failed the next one, she blamed the tricky questions and evil Mr. Bannon What bias is ~mostly~ at play?
Self-serving bias
Tired of his students getting low IQ scores, Mr. Bannon designed a new IQ test that always gives a 130—no matter how smart they are. It’s super consistent, but what’s it missing?
Validity-
although it has very high test-retest reliability...
A student sees a flash of an image on a screen but forgets it almost instantly. Another student hears a brief sound and remembers it for a few seconds before it fades. What type of memory is being demonstrated?
Sensory memory
– Iconic memory (visual) lasts ~0.5 seconds,
-Echoic memory (auditory) lasts ~3-4 seconds.
What first name is most common among teachers at Holy Cross
Sean
A student learns Spanish for three years, then switches to French. On the French test, they keep writing Spanish words instead. Their old learning is actively getting in the way of new information.
Proactive interference
A student studies all night before a test and another studies in small chunks over a week. Who will likely remember more, and why?
The second student because of the spacing effect/ distributed rehearsal
After losing BIG money on several roulette spins, Alyssa believes a win is “due” and continues betting more money because she doesn’t want her earlier losses to be wasted. Which two cognitive traps are being demonstrated?
Gamblers fallacy and sunk cost fallacy
Christian insists Drake Maye is the best QB in Football and only points to articles from the New England Inquirer and New England Times, ignoring anything favoring other teams or other players. What bias is most at play?
Confirmation Bias-
Instead of looking at a wide range of sources or statistics, he only uses articles from sources that are likely to support his opinion and ignores information favoring other quarterbacks or teams.
Over the past century, IQ scores have mysteriously risen worldwide. Scientists debate why, but what is this effect called?
Flynn effect
Kaylie memorized a list of vocabulary words a month ago but never reviewed them. When tested today, she can only recall a few words. What explains her forgetting? (Not my fault)
Decay or Decay Theory
Who is Mr Bannon's favorite Musical Artist?
Favorite is Quinn XCII
Favorite that you know is Noah Kahan- if noone guessed Quinn Ill give ya this