AP Psychology Quiz 8A - Cognition & Language (15 Questions)

The following is a quiz with Cognition & Language based questions.

Take this quiz as often as you would like. You goal for this exam should be 60% or higher.

1 After a horrible plane crash that was covered widely on the news, Suzy becomes more scared of flying than driving a car. Even though there are more car accidents every year than plane crashes, Suzy is more scared to fly because she is relying on

	the representativeness heuristic
	overconfidence
	framing
	the availability heuristic
	hindsight

2 A group of students was asked to decide whether a student who was described as neat and detail-oriented, boring and mechanical, and a poor communicator was a computer-science or humanities major. Nearly all the students decided the individual was majoring in computer science, even when they were told that 85% of the students at the school were in a humanities department.

This illustrates

	belief bias
	the representativeness heuristic
	belief perseverance
	the availability heuristic
	gamblers fallacy

3 Base your answer on David is asked to guess the percentage of African countries that belong to the United Nations. When he is arbitrarily told that it is greater than 10% he guesses 25%. When he is arbitrarily told it is less than 65%, he guesses 45%. The bias that the arbitrary starting point creates is known as

	functional fixedness
	anchoring
	belief bias
	confirmation bias
	hindsight bias

4 When presenting statistics about the effectiveness of a drug, researchers found that people thought it was more effective if it had a 95% success rate, than if it was presented as having a 5% failure rate.

This demonstrates the influence of

	framing
	the representativeness heuristic
	the availability heuristic
	anchoring
	overconfidence

5 Belief perseverance can be challenged by

	telling someone his belief is incorrect
	showing people contrary evidence
	presenting people with statistics on overconfidence
	having people consider the opposite position
	describing confirmation bias to them

6 According to B.F Skinner, language develops through all the following ways EXCEPT

	associating the sight of an object with a particular sound
	imitation of words produced by others
	the language acquisition device
	imitation of syntax produced by others
	reinforcement when a child says something correctly

7 Which of the following provides support for the existence of a language acquisition device?

	Young children often repeat words they are rewarded for using
	The use of telegraphic speech by young toddlers
	The first language we learn controls most of our thinking and beliefs
	The retarded development of language in young children in isolated environments
	None of the above

8 Which of the following is a indicator of low stress?

	Perceived control of daily hassles
	Extrinsic motivation
	Paranoid personality type
	An external locus of control
	A resistant attachment style

9 Hans Seyle's general adaptation syndrome describes the three stages that the body undergoes when faced with prolonged and heightened stress. These stages are referred to as

	anger, bargaining, acceptance
	adaptation, coping, survival
	denial, repression, rejection
	alarm, resistance, exhaustion
	response, fatigue, mobility

10 Which of the following characterizes a Type B personality?

	Peter jumps in and completes a person's sentence when they stop talking
	Greg becomes highly physically aroused when confronted with a harassing situation
	Sarah smokes often and usually has a drink in the afternoon to unwind
	Hannah doesn't mind waiting in the doctor's office for her appointment
	Frank often tells his employees to "get to the point" when giving financial reports

11 Which of the following is NOT a result of chronic stress?

	Increased performance and concentration
	Immunosuppression
	Heart disease
	Stroke
	Ulcers

12 People will identify a robin as a bird more quickly than they will identify a penguin as a bird because the robin better fits the bird

	genre
	mental set
	prototype
	heuristic
	cognition

13 Which of the following stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome comes first?

	Mobilization stage
	Alarm reaction
	Friction
	Resistance
	Exhaustion

14 Substances that are known to trigger cancerous mutations are referred to as

	antagonists
	carcinogens
	teratogens
	mutagens
	biohazards

15 Which of the following would be considered an adaptive coping strategy for stress?

	Utilizing defense mechanisms
	Physical exercise
	Smoking
	An external locus of control
	Substituting one stressor for another

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