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Anterograde amnesia is when memory for anything new becomes impossible.
True
False
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Semantic memory is ____
Facts and general knowledge
Events experienced by a person
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Episodic memory is _____
Events experienced by a person
Memory for skills, habits, and conditioned responses
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What is syntax?
Rules for combining words and phrases
Speech during two-word stage of language acquisition
basic unit of sound
all of the above
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Retroactive interference is the forgetting of new info. due to something you learned prior
False
True
6
What is nondeclarative memory?
Memory for skills
A type of long-term memory
Memory for habits
All of the above
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What is an algorithm?
An idea that represents a class or category of events
A strategy that narrows down possible solutions for problems
Trial and error method to solve problems
A step by step procedure
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Elaborative rehearsal is when information is actively reviewed and related to info in the LTM.
False
True
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What is recall?
Retrieval in which we "pull out" information from memory
Saying material repeatedly to commit it to memory
Chucking long numbers into parts
Memory that involves identifying stored information
10
What is echoic memory?
Occurs when physical surrounding become encoded as cues
Auditory sensory memory
Memory retrieval in which we "pull out" information
Visual sensory memory
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What is infantile amnesia?
Loss of memory from the point of some injury
The ability to recall images after only mere exposure
The theory the memory decays over times
When you can't remember the first few years of your life
12
Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to comprehend language
false!
trueeee
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The capacity for long-term memories is seemingly unlimited.
False
True
14
What is Noam Chomsky known for?
being the president
the Stanford prison experiment
his work with wire mother monkeys
The language acquisition device
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What is the serial position effect?
Step by step procedures
Remembering information, but not where you learned it
Loss of memory from the point of some injury
When people remember the beginning and end of a list better
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Source amnesia is when you don't remember where you where when an event occurred.
True
False
17
What study was Elizabeth Loftus famous for?
Eyewitness testimony
Asch line experiment
Little Alfred
The Stanford prison experiment
18
What are the three memory processes?
Encoding, storage, and retrieval
Encoding, memory, and retrieval
Iconic, episodic, and latent
STM, LTM, and episodic memory
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What is declarative memory?
Memory for skills
Memory for habits
Where information is held while it's being used
General facts and personal experience
20
What is deductive reasoning?
making broad generalizations from specific observations
When you go from the general to the specific
21
What sport does Mr.Parks coach?
Golf
Football
Swimming
Equestrian team
22
What is maintenance rehearsal?
Where information is held while it's being used
Occurs when newly learned information interferes with old
Memory about facts/general knowledge
the process of repeatedly verbalizing a piece of information
23
What is recognition?
Automatic encoding
The process of repeatedly verbalizing information
Information being actively reviewed
Identifying stored information from a set of choices
24
How long does short-term memory last without rehearsal?
11 minutes
Forever
45 seconds
30 Seconds
25
What is retrograde amnesia?
when you're able to remember info, not where you learned it
when you can't remember the first few years of life
Memory for anything new becomes impossible
loss of memory from the point of some injury
26
What is a phoneme?
Basic unit of sound
smallest unit of meaning
words for determining meaning
Rules for combining words and phrases
27
What is insight?
the sudden perception of a solution to a problem
Smallest unit of meaning
when exposure to one stimulus influences a response
A tendency to approach situations the same way
28
Confirmation bias involves favoring information that confirms previously existing beliefs.
false
true
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What is iconic memory?
Where information is held while it is conscious
Visual short term memory
Auditory sensory memory
Memory about facts or general knowledge
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What is functional fixedness?
Favoring information that confirms your beliefs
presentation of a fact framed from a particular perspective
A tendency to approach situations the same way
a tendency to view objects as only working in a certain way
