Cognition And Emotions Quiz 33 (25 MCQs)

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1. An achievement test

2. A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test

3. According to Sigmund Freud, what causes repression?

4. Judging people as individuals rather than as members of groups is one way to _____

5. Techniques used to improve memory.

6. A free flow of thoughts with no particular direction.

7. Fill-in-the-blank test questions measure _____ ; matching concepts with their definitions measures _____

8. Trying each possible solution to a problem is called _____

9. Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 memory tasks?

10. Affective refers to

11. A person's behavior is more likely to follow his or her attitudes when

12. The superchiasmatic nucleus is located in which brain structure?

13. If a test yields nearly identical scores when it is retaken after a 2-month interval, the test is said to be

14. People attempt to change other's attitudes through _____

15. Participants in Barlett's study transformed the story to make it:

16. Computers and people both handle information using the process of

17. A certain time in development where it is easier to learn a task.

18. Iconic memory relates to _____ sensory information, and echoic memory relates to _____ sensory information.

19. Which memory task involves identifying objects encountered before?

20. Tendency to choose friends and partners based on similarities in attractiveness

21. This is the tendency to overestimate the influence of internal factors on behavior while underestimating the influence the situation.

22. Who developed the Stanford-Binet test that has widely been used to measure intelligence?

23. The retention of encoded information over time

24. A valid test is one that

25. A general rule of thumb is called what in problem solving?