What is working memory?

Form of short-term, keeps track of info long enough to use

What is an example of Availability Heuristic?

Not going to the woods cause you hear of bear attacks

What is short term memory?

a storage system that hold a limited amount of information

What is a concept? (In Psychology)

Mental grouping of similar objects, ideas, or people

strategies for enhancing memory

What is sensory memory?

Information received from the five senses

What is the phonological loop?

temporary storage system for verbal info in speech-base form

What is an example of overconfidence?

Assuming that the questions are easy after seeing the answer

What is spacing effect?

Distributed study produces better long term recall

Which is an example of a heuristic?

Predicting the outcome of a game looking at prior scores of each team.

What is Shallow Processing?

Only taking in part of the information

combining bits of information into sections to remeber, technique to improve memory

What is Echoic memory?

When you hold auditory information briefly

Which of the following is an example of fixation?

Not thinking to use keys to open a box when unable to find scissors

An example of a heuristic would be...

trying keys that look similar to the lock to open a door

In psychology terms, what is memory?

Learning has persisted over a period of time through storage

What is explicit memory?

Memory about facts/experiences we know.

What is testing effect?

memory is increased when part of learning period is devoted to retrieval

An example of confirmation bias is...

your FaceBook feed where the news articles support your views

What is long-term potentiation?

Activity at synapse brings about sustained changes

What is an Example of a Heuristic?

Going to the Asain Foods isle to look for Siracha sauce

What is long term memory?

Memory that lasts forever and has an endless amount of room

What is implicit memory?

memory of procedural information and emotional memory

What is Central Executive Processing?

responsible for monitoring and coordinating the operation of systems

In the multi-store model of memory, what is the order of three divisions of processing?

sensory memory, short-term memory, longtermmemory

What is the visual spatial sketchpad?

The part of working memory that stores and processes visual information.

an example of confirmation bias

a tendency to search for information that supports evidence

How is memory measured?

Recall, recognition, and relearning.

What is an example of availability heuristic?

You overestimate your chance of winning lottery after someone in town won

What is effortful processing?

encoding that requires attention & conscious effort

What is deep processing?

Processing in an elaborate manner that makes retention and retrieval easier

What is an example of representativeness heuristic?

thinking someones a doctor because they're wearing scrubs

What is an example of belief perseverance?

Believing in ghosts even though given proof they are not real

What is an example of representativeness heuristic?

Marshall wears a suit and tie, he must be a lawyer

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1
What is working memory?
Form of short-term, keeps track of info long enough to use
None of the above
Form of long-term, keeps track of info long enough to use
Consolidating info from short term to long term memory
2
What is iconic memory?
Where information is held while it is conscious
Memory about facts or general knowledge
Auditory sensory memory
Visual short term memory
3
WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF RELEARNING?
MULTIPLE CHOICE
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
STUDYING FOR A FINAL EXAM
MATICHING
4
What is the first stage of the multi-store memory model?
long-term memory
sensory memory
working memory
encoding
5
What is an example of Availability Heuristic?
Not going to the woods cause you hear of bear attacks
Hiking cause you hear a story of someone getting hurt
Seeing Shark attacks and deciding to go swimming
Seeing lottery winnings, deciding to not buy a lotto ticket
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What is short term memory?
Knowing how to do something
Memory of personal experiences
a storage system that hold a limited amount of information
Generalized concepts/principles and how to use them
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What is a concept? (In Psychology)
Mental grouping of items
Mental grouping of a representative of a category
Mental grouping of similar objects, ideas, or people
An abstract idea
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What is mnemonics?
strategies to forget specific memories
a type of memory event
strategies for enhancing memory
random words that are created for no reason
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What is sensory memory?
Information moving to long-term memory
Information received from the five senses
Long-term memory
Memory that is stored for a few hours
10
What is the phonological loop?
temporary storage system for verbal info in speech-base form
stores and manipulates visual info
hold visual and spatial information
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What is an example of overconfidence?
Assuming that the questions are easy after seeing the answer
Checking your answers again on a test
Noticing that the answers on a test is in a pattern
Checking your wallet in your pocket again
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What is spacing effect?
Distributed study produces better long term recall
Massed practice one time
Rehearsal the same day
Reduces long-term recall
13
Which is an example of a heuristic?
Solving a math problem step by step.
Checking for your lost phone going room to room.
Following a recipe step by step.
Predicting the outcome of a game looking at prior scores of each team.
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What is Shallow Processing?
Thinking about the meaning
Processing information shallowly
Only taking in part of the information
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What is chunking?
episodic memory
combining bits of information into sections to remeber
technique to improve memory
implicit memory
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What is Echoic memory?
When you hold gustatory information briefly
When you hold olfactory information briefly
When you hold auditory information briefly
When you hold visual information briefly
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Which of the following is an example of fixation?
Having analytical, but not practical intelligence
Using a sheet as a picnic table cloth
Not thinking to use keys to open a box when unable to find scissors
Picking up a grapefruit and calling it an orange
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An example of a heuristic would be...
plugging every number into a math problem to get the answer
trying keys that look similar to the lock to open a door
checking every room in your house for your phone
looking through all of your old notes to find one fact
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In psychology terms, what is memory?
Memory stores information in your brain since you were born
A substance where your brain saves up all memory you had
Learning has persisted over a period of time through storage
Memory is the way you can remember past events
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What is explicit memory?
Memory about facts/experiences we know.
Memory we retrieve later.
Memory without conscious recollection.
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What is testing effect?
study is increased when part of learning period is devoted yo retrieval
long term memory
dividing information and working through it over a period of time
memory is increased when part of learning period is devoted to retrieval
22
An example of confirmation bias is...
refusing to be persuaded by views that do not match your own
your FaceBook feed where the news articles support your views
a person who is miserable but still tries to smile
someone who deliberately answers a questionnaire falsely
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What is long-term potentiation?
Summation that occurs from graded potentials over time
Activity at synapse brings about sustained changes
None of the above
Combination of several simultaneous graded potential
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What is an Example of a Heuristic?
Going to the Asain Foods isle to look for Siracha sauce
Looking over ever single assigment in order to study before a Test
Packing every item individually into your car one at a time
Checking your entire room for your Cell Phone from top to Bottom
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What is an example of recall?
Open-note test
Seeing your mom
Fill-in-the-blank test
Picking an ice cream flavor
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What is long term memory?
Memory related to specific events
Memory that can only hold onto information for a short period of time
Memory that lasts forever and has an endless amount of room
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What is implicit memory?
involves an awareness of previous exposure.
memory of facts and events
memory of procedural information and emotional memory
Flashbulb memory
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What is Central Executive Processing?
the process of interpreting or embellishing information to be remembered
detailed and distinctive
unlimited storage information to be kept for long periods, even for life
responsible for monitoring and coordinating the operation of systems
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In the multi-store model of memory, what is the order of three divisions of processing?
short-term memory, declarative memory,procedural memory
sensory memory, short-term memory,working memory
sensory memory, short-term memory, longtermmemory
episodic memory, semantic memory,procedural memory
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What is the visual spatial sketchpad?
How you move through space.
I have no idea!!!!!
The part of working memory that stores and processes visual information.
A key part of the eye that has recently been discovered.
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an example of confirmation bias
a methodical rule that guarantees solving a problem
a tendency to be more confident than correct
a tendency to search for information that supports evidence
a witness
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How is memory measured?
Recall, recognition, and relearning.
remembering, recall, recognition.
Recall, resignation, and relearning.
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What is an example of availability heuristic?
You know you have more chance of dying of cancer than struck by lighting
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You overestimate your chance of winning lottery after someone in town won
You believe you are less clumsy & less prone to falling than most people
34
What is effortful processing?
encoding that requires attention & conscious effort
unconscious & effortless process of encoding certain info
process of getting info into the memory system
the conscious repetition of information
35
What is an example of an algorithm in everyday life?
A scientific theory
A novel
A musical note
A cooking recipe
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What is deep processing?
Processing in an elaborate manner that makes retention and retrieval easier
Encoding
Memories are linked to the context in which they were created
Extreme Proactive Interference
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What is an example of representativeness heuristic?
plane crashes can make people afraid of dying
a person who believes smoking doesn't cause cancer despite evidence
thinking someones a doctor because they're wearing scrubs
math problem
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What is an example of recognition?
multiple choice test
oral test
fill in the blank test
essay
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What is the final stage of the multi-store memory model?
Encoding
Long-term memory
Recall
short-term memory
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What is an example of belief perseverance?
Changing your music taste to agree with the group
Doing your homework even though you don't want to
Shoplifting even though you know it is wrong
Believing in ghosts even though given proof they are not real
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What is an example of representativeness heuristic?
Ted loves hockey so he leaves work early to watch his games
My opinions are always right because I have never been wrong
Marshall wears a suit and tie, he must be a lawyer
Police officers definitely have the most dangerous job

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