Psy 1101: Test 3
Sample Items
1. |
A sensory memory: |
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A) |
usually lasts for about 30 seconds |
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B) |
is
usually stored acoustically |
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C) |
can be maintained by rehearsal |
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D) |
gives additional time to recognize a stimulus |
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2. |
Which of the following statements about
short-term memory is FALSE? |
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A) |
It maintains unrehearsed information for about 20 to 30 seconds. |
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B) |
It is the second component of the human memory system. |
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C) |
It is a short-term memory system for each of the senses. |
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D) |
Its capacity is quite limited. |
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3. |
The capacity of short-term memory is: |
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A) |
about 50,000 words |
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B) |
unlimited |
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C) |
about 25 stimuli |
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D) |
about 7 information "chunks" |
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4. |
A
________ effect occurs when a subject's recall for items at the end of a list
is ________ than for other items in the list. |
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A) |
primacy; better |
C) |
primacy; poorer |
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B) |
recency; better |
D) |
recency; poorer
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5. |
Penfield's studies suggest that long-lost
memories can be elicited through electrical stimulation of the brain. This
suggests the possibility that forgetting may be a matter of: |
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A) |
retrieval failure |
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B) |
displacement |
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C) |
gradual decay |
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D) |
unconscious wishes to forget |
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6. |
According to interference theory: |
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A) |
people forget information because of competition from other
material |
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B) |
forgetting is due to ineffective encoding |
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C) |
the principal cause of forgetting should be the passage of time |
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D) |
the events that occur during the retention interval do not
affect forgetting |
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7. |
Using
the phrase "Every good boy does fine" to remember the order of
musical notes is an example of a(n): |
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A) |
narrative |
C) |
rhyme |
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B) |
acrostic |
D) |
acronym
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8. |
If
a test yields almost identical scores when retaken after a two-month
interval, we say that the test is: |
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A) |
statistically
significant |
C) |
valid |
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B) |
reliable |
D) |
normative
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9. |
If
a test accurately measures what it was designed to measure, we say that the
test is: |
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A) |
valid |
C) |
normative |
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B) |
empirical |
D) |
consistent
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10. |
The
extent to which a test is a representative sample from a domain of behaviors
is a definition of _______
validity. |
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A) |
criterion-related |
C) |
construct |
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B) |
content |
D) |
face
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11. |
Which of the following tests was recently revised
and is a widely-used, individually-administered measure of adult
intelligence? |
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A) |
Minnesota Adult
Intelligence Test
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B) |
Wechsler Adult
Intelligence Scale
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C) |
Iowa Test of
Basic Skills
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D) |
Wonderlic Personnel Test
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12. |
Because
of their established association with grades, most psychologists generally
perceive intelligence tests to be one of a set of valid assessment tools to
be used in predicting a person's potential to succeed in school. |
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A) |
True
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C) |
False
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13. |
If you were very "street smart" in
dealing with practical, everyday social situations, which of the following
kinds of intelligence would you demonstrate in Sternberg's triarchic theory
of intelligence? |
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A) |
bodily-kinesthetic intelligence |
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B) |
componential intelligence |
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C) |
experiential intelligence |
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D) |
contextual intelligence |
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14. |
Functional fixedness is the: |
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A) |
inability to discover the relations among the parts of a problem |
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B) |
inability to carry out a sequence of transformations in order to
reach a specific goal |
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C) |
tendency to perceive an item only in terms of its most common
use |
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D) |
sudden discovery of a correct solution following incorrect
attempts based primarily on trial and error |
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15. |
Which of the following most
closely resembles the text's definition of DECISION MAKING? |
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A) |
Active effort to find out what to do to achieve a
readily available goal. |
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B) |
The set of possible pathways to a problem
solution. |
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C) |
The
process of evaluating alternatives and making choices among them. |
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16. |
You are an intelligence
officer working for the CIA. You are
confronted with hundreds of reports about the location of a terrorist. This illustrates which barrier to effective
problem solving? |
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A) |
irrelevant information |
C) |
unnecessary constraints |
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B) |
functional fixedness |
D) |
mental set
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