AP Psych Exam: How We Think and Learn

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Across
  1. 4. a heuristic that involves basing the estimated probability of an event with the ease of which relative instances come to mind
  2. 6. tests that measure general mental ability
  3. 9. a type of reinforcement that occurs when a response is strengthened because it is followed by a reward
  4. 12. refers to the uniform procedures used in the administration and scoring of a test
  5. 14. test that gauge a persons mastery and knowledge of various subjects
  6. 16. refers to the gradual weakening and disappearance of a response tendency because the response is no longer reinforced
  7. 17. involves putting personal goals ahead of group goals
  8. 18. a type of reinforcement where a response is strengthened because it is followed by the removal of an unpleasant stimulus
  9. 20. tests that assess specific types of mental abilities and predict future performance
  10. 21. a process of repeatedly reinforcing closer and closer approximations to a desired response
  11. 24. memories that are unusually vivid and detailed collections
  12. 25. two words occurs when participants recall of an event they witnessed is altered by introducing misleading post-event information
Down
  1. 1. the type of intelligence that involves the ability to apply acquired knowledge and skills in problem solving
  2. 2. when people persist in using problem solving strategies that have worked in the past
  3. 3. a type of learning where an organism acquires a response that prevents some averse stimulus from happening
  4. 5. two words that explain your ability to recall the last items on a list with more ease than the rest of the list
  5. 7. learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus
  6. 8. a form of learning in which responses come to be controlled by consequences
  7. 10. occurs when an event following a response weakens the tendency to make that response
  8. 11. tests that ask participants to respond to vague stimuli in ways that may reveal the subjects needs, feelings, etc.
  9. 13. organized clusters of knowledge that are about a particular object or event
  10. 15. involves putting group goals ahead of personal goals
  11. 19. a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions
  12. 22. a thought process that follows a particular set of logical steps to arrive at one solution
  13. 23. the type of intelligence that involves reasoning, ability, memory capacity, and speed of information processing