Cognition Review

Write down as many ideas as possible within a time limit, without worrying about whether they seem realistic.

Difficulty skiing because of recently learning how to snowboard.

The inability to perceive a new use for an object associated with a different purpose.

Improved recall of specific episodes or information when the context present at encoding and retrieval are the same.

Giving a child a stack of blocks and asking them to see how many shapes they can create with those blocks.

Distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than achieved through massed study or practice.

Walk into a room & forgot what you entered for, may be able to remember intent if you walk back into the original room.

Forgetting new cell phone passcode.

Information-Processing Model is comprised of encoding, storage and retrieval.

Knowing what is which part of your long-term memory?

Students take standardized tests to choose a single correct answer from a set of options.

What is a schema?

Presenting or posing an issue or question.

Simple, basic rules that serve as shortcuts to solve complex mental tasks.

Maintaining a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it.

Identify information that is provided, which has previously been presented.

What is the duration of working memory?

Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory.

Which part of your long-term memory retains how things are done?

What is a Mnemonic Device?

When faced with problems, we tend to approach it in a familiar way.

Inability to recall where, when, or how one has learned knowledge that has been acquired and retained.

Children often imitate the behaviors of their parents, friends, and other people they see, such as TV characters.

 Mistaken belief that a random event is more likely to happen again after it has occurred less frequently than expected.

If you learned something while drunk, you will have a higher chance of remembering it if you are also drunk.

What is semantic memory?

Which of these is not an example of a flashbulb memory?

Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to match particular prototype.

What is the capacity of working memory?

To answer the question "How many windows are on the front of your house?", you visualize house and count the windows.

Confirmation Bias

Procedures or formulas that guarantee a correct outcome.

There is a limit to the capacity and duration of long-term memory.

The inability to form new memories.

Incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event.

A man has had 4 accidents during a span of a month, and yet, he continues to believe that he is an excellent driver.

Component of working memory model that deals with auditory information.

Information is repeated to keep it from fading while in working memory.