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Studying AP Psychology unit 5 with flashcards

Unit 5 of AP Psychology covers cognition: memory, thinking and problem solving, language, and intelligence. Most of the vocabulary is definitions you need to recall under exam pressure, so AP Psychology unit 5 flashcards are a practical way to drill terms like encoding, schema and heuristic until they come easily.

  • Memory: encoding, storage, retrieval, and the serial position effect.
  • Thinking: concepts, prototypes, algorithms versus heuristics, and confirmation bias.
  • Language: phonemes, morphemes, and the nature versus nurture debate over how children learn words.
  • Intelligence: Gardner's multiple intelligences, Sternberg's triarchic theory, and how IQ tests are scored.
Example AP Psychology unit 5 flashcards
EncodingConverting information into a form the brain can store, such as acoustic, visual or semantic codes.
Serial position effectItems at the beginning and end of a list are recalled better than items in the middle.
HeuristicA mental shortcut that is quick and often accurate but can produce systematic errors.
MorphemeThe smallest meaningful unit of language, such as 'un-' in 'unhappy'.
Triarchic theory of intelligenceSternberg's theory describing analytical, creative and practical intelligence.
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What is the difference between a heuristic and an algorithm?

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