Cognition: Memory and Problem Solving

Your short term memory has a recall capacity of

The serial position effect is

When we pay attention to important or novel information we encode it into our:

When remembering a list of words, it allows you to remember words at the beginning of the list.

When you think "bird" you think of a robin, the robin is a:

State Dependent Memory

In remembering an event, this is how we get information into our brain.

You are shocked when you see your teacher on the tannin at the beach reading glamour magazines...

When you are in a sad mood you remember sad things - an example of:

Being able to remember new song lyrics, but not the lyrics you originally heard:

Representativeness Heuristic

explicit memory is

Definition: flashbulb memory

Presque Vu is also known as

Eidetic memory is sometimes referred to as a ____________ memory.

In the hippocampus, when the left side is damaged, you have difficulty recalling __________.

After exposure to subtle false information, many people create false memories, known as:

This type of processing allows you to read this this sentence and not see the error right away.

For a few seconds our eyes register an exact representation of a scene and we can recall detail

You need ketchup, so you walk up and down every aisle at the store to find it - this is a(n):

Context-dependent memory

If a person doesn't like the government, they will seek out evidence to support their opinion.

Which part of the brain is involved in our implicit memories

You don't want to go to the city because you just listened to the podcast "crime in the city" and think you'll be shot

UR usually successful in fixing ur computer by turning on and off-this time it was just unplugged but you failed to look

Your ability to tie your shoes is part of procedural memory, otherwise known as:

The more you do a task, the less prompting your sending neuron will need to send its message.

Thinking about how you think or what happens when you consider how to solve a problem is called

Recall vs Recognition: Fill-in the blank or essay tests

You dreamed that you got in a fight with our best friend and then later think it happened.

After an accident, Eva can no longer form new long term memories - what is the condition?

Long-term potentiation aids most directly in

What is "deja vu"

You need to open a bottle and have no cork screw - you don't realize you can use a screw driver

Effortful processing

It is better to study for the week leading up to a test, rather than just the night before - this is known as...

1931195219541983198620072009 ----> 1931 1952 1954 1983 1986 2007 2009 is easier because of...

Which part of the brain is involved in our explicit memory?

When remembering a list of words, this allows you to recall those at the end of the list.

which is an example of an implicit memory

You think you are so TOTALLY brilliant in Psychology, you wait until April to start studying.

This allows us to take in any given scene, although it is only fleeting.

Milk is advertised as 99 percent fat free OR milk that is 1 percent fat is an example of-------

This person studies memories, how eyewitnesses can be influenced by question framing and the misinformation effect

Automatic processing occurs without;

This individual is well known for his studies on the influence of rehearsal in recall.

Our tendency to cling our beliefs in the face of the contrary evidence

Facts that you can recall from class would be an example of:

This type of memory allows us to recall the exact details of a day when a shocking event occurs

Having trouble learning your new address after you move from your childhood home.