are a framework that links information in our brain

A semantic memory is...

A memory of facts and information

What is the Depth of Processing Theory?

Recall of info based on how deeply it is processed, analyzed

memory aids; like vivid imagery

what does state dependent recall mean?

when our internal condition affects recall

Accommodation in psychology is...

Changing your schema to fit the object

What is a schema in cognitive psychology?

A mental structure for organizing and interpreting information

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Quiz One Cognition

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1
Ebbinghaus forgetting curve means
memory is randomly affected by time
I forgot
as time goes, I remember more
as time goes, I remember less
2
Memorizing a T. S. Eliot poem for class is an example of what type of memory?
sensory
flashbulb
explicit
working
3
Implicit/muscle memory is processed in the
cerebellum
amygdala
hippocampus
pons
4
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
5
emotional, vivid memories are
iconic memory
hierarchies
flashbulb
echoic memory
6
Semantic networks:
are where information is stored in short-term memory
are a framework that links information in our brain
only occur in the cerebellum
are strategies used to help encoding of information to long-term memory
7
A semantic memory is...
A memory of a procedure
A memory of a past event
A memory of colors and numbers
A memory of facts and information
8
You repeat a phone number to yourself until you can write it down
proactive interference
serial position effect
availability heuristic
maintenence rehearsal
9
You forgot you had a test tomorrow that you needed to do a review for: this failed you
implicit memory
retrospective memory
sensory memory
prospective memory
10
This part of the brain that processes explicit memories.
amygdala
basal ganglia
cerebellum
hippocampus
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What is the Depth of Processing Theory?
Recall of info based on how deeply it is processed, analyzed
Repeat information to yourself to keep it in working memory
Chunk information to increase working memory capacity
Associate info with something to keep it in working memory
12
Short-term memory has a capacity of about___ items:
thirty
three
seven
unlimited
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Implicit memories are
involve morphemes
unconscious/automatic
conscious/effortful
involve algorythms
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mnemonics
loss of memory
memory aids; like vivid imagery
momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli
disruptive effect of prior learning on new information
15
what does state dependent recall mean?
when we recall is better when in the same room we learnt in
when we code memories semantically
when our internal condition affects recall
when we recall better when we are under water
16
Long-term potentiation has to do with _.
Retrieval Failure
Forgetting
Encoding Failure
Neurons
17
This part of the brain is important in remembering emotionally-charged events:
hippocampus
cerebellum
amygdala
brain stem
18
Accommodation in psychology is...
Thinking something is the same
A forgetting process
Intellectual growth
Changing your schema to fit the object
19
The phonological loop encodes...
Visually
Smellally
Semantically
Acoustically
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What is a schema in cognitive psychology?
A rare cognitive disorder
An unconscious thought
A fixed pattern of physical behavior
A mental structure for organizing and interpreting information

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