1999, Question 2 · 10 points
Misremembering who argued in a park photo
The student defines five cognitive concepts, including schema and confirmation bias, and uses each to explain why study participants recalled the man, not the woman, as the aggressor in a photo.
This exam had a 50 minute free-response section worth one third of the grade, and students had to answer both of its two essay questions. The current exam has 2 free-response questions in 70 minutes. The skills these questions practice still count.
1 Read the question
The question is College Board's, from the 1999 exam. It starts on page 2 of the PDF. College Board no longer posts this exam, so it opens from the copy of College Board's PDF that the Internet Archive saved on January 22, 2024.
2 Write your answer
Answer each part the way you would on the exam, in full sentences, with your work shown. Your writing saves as you type.
3 Score it
Score your answer against College Board's scoring guidelines, one point at a time. Give yourself a point only when your answer says what the guideline asks for.
Scoring guidelines (PDF, page 9)
Question, scoring guidelines: College Board, from the Internet Archive. The title, summary are ours.