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Unit 6 AP Psych Cognitive Strategies in Chess Preparation

Ephraim likes to play chess to reduce stress. He joins a chess club to keep focused on his new hobby. He participated in a chess tournament over the weekend, and while he thinks he could have done better, he feels good about his experience. He has already signed up for another tournament scheduled to occur in one month.

Explain how each of the following might help Ephraim prepare for his next chess tournament.

Semantic encoding Metacognition Feature detectors

While he is practicing for the next chess tournament, Ephraim easily learns several new, difficult strategies from another player. Explain how each of the following might be related to Ephraim easily using these new, difficult strategies.

Zone of proximal development Selective attention Positive reinforcement Internal locus of control

Question 1

Short answer

How might semantic encoding assist Ephraim in preparing for his next chess tournament?

Question 2

Short answer

In what ways could metacognition benefit Ephraim as he prepares for the upcoming chess tournament?

Question 3

Short answer

Explain how feature detectors could play a role in Ephraim's preparation for his next chess tournament.

Question 4

Short answer

How could the concept of the zone of proximal development apply to Ephraim's ability to learn new and difficult chess strategies?

Question 5

Short answer

Describe the role selective attention might have in Ephraim's process of learning and applying new chess strategies.

Question 6

Short answer

How might positive reinforcement be related to Ephraim's ease of learning new, difficult chess strategies?

Question 7

Short answer

Explain how an internal locus of control could influence Ephraim's use of new chess strategies.

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