the ability to understand something immediately

What are the three types of memory?

Long-term, short-term, and sensory

The use of a heuristic rather than an algorithm will most likely

save time in arriving at solutions to problems

smallest meaningful unit in a language that can't be further divided

your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts

thinking knowing remembering and communicating

Tendency to let past (correct or not) decisions dictate your future actions

Antegrade amnesia is:

Loss of memory of events after injury

What is episodic memory?

Memory of specific experienced events

the process of getting information out of memory storage.

Coming up with one right answer or way to do a task

representation of the average or ideal member for a concept

Thinking in a variety of ways to solve problems

seeking evidence to support an idea, rather than refute it

The smallest speech unit in a language that can be distinguished

Results in the loss of old memories

Why is eye witness testimony problematic?

A combination of factors modifies memories, changing it.

a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

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Intuition is
retaining information
the ability to understand something immediately
a type of job
remember through experience
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What are the three types of memory?
Long-term, short-term, and declarative
Long-term, short-term, and sensory
Long-term, sensory, and procedural
Sensory, short-term, and Encoding
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The use of a heuristic rather than an algorithm will most likely
to involve greater reliance on language skills
to minimize the overconfidence phenomenon
to yield more accurate solutions to problems
save time in arriving at solutions to problems
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What are mophemes?
a word that indicates action or a state of being or condition
a word that describes a person, place, thing, or idea
a word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes its referent
smallest meaningful unit in a language that can't be further divided
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semantic memory
loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma
Memory of one's personal experiences
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts
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A bell shaped curve with a large number of scores in the middle
concept curve
learning curve
intelligence curve
normal curve
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What is cognition?
thinking knowing remembering and communicating
Mental activities
Communicating
Remembering & thinking
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Explicit Memory includes
Semantic & Emotional
Procedural & Emotional
Procedural & Semantic
Semantic & Episodic
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Long term memory has unlimited capacity.
True
False
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A mental set is...
A math problem.
Tendency to attempt problems from a singular angle.
Automatic form of thought.
Tendency to let past (correct or not) decisions dictate your future actions
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Antegrade amnesia is:
Unable to recall own name
Loss of memory of events before injury
Loss of memory of events after injury
Loss of memory during injury
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What is episodic memory?
Memory of recollected episodes
Memory that is used unconsciously
Memory of events that have never taken place
Memory of specific experienced events
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Decision making, problem solving, thinking, cognition, intelligence, comprehension
parietal lobe
cerebellum
cerebrum
frontal lobe
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What is retrieval?
the process of putting information into memory storage
the process of getting information out of memory storage.
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Convergent Thinking
Coming up with one right answer or way to do a task
When a child is performing like an older child
Thinking in a variety of ways to solve problems
The act or process of knowing
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A prototype is a?
tendency to search for & use info. that supports ideas than refutes them
strategy that guarantees a solution to a problem
way in which info. is processed and manipulated in decision-making process
representation of the average or ideal member for a concept
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Divergent Thinking
Thinking in a variety of ways to solve problems
The act or process of knowing
Coming up with one right answer or way to do a task
The use of logic based on what has been experienced
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Sleep affects our memory.
True
False
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Confirmation bias
fast, automatic, unreasoned feelings and thoughts
tendency to approach a problem with a method that worked previously
seeking evidence to support an idea, rather than refute it
the inability to look from another perspective, in order to maintain belief
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the stages of memory processes
analyzing, storing, retrieval
retrieving, analyzing
encoding, saving
encoding, storage, retrieval
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What are phonemes?
is a system of rules that specify how words can be arranged in a sentence
Memory that stores audio information
The smallest speech unit in a language that can be distinguished
enduring memory associated with a personal signicant
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Retrograde amnesia
Results in the inability to form new memories
Results in the loss of old memories
Doesn't result in anything
Results in loss of new and old memories
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Where is Broca's area located?
Back of the brain
Middle of the brain
Frontal lobe
Under the brain
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Why is eye witness testimony problematic?
Witnesses get free ice cream during trial.
A combination of factors modifies memories, changing it.
Witnesses have an internal bias against a defendant.
Witnesses have an internal bias against the plaintiff.
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flashbulb memory
Memory of one's personal experiences
a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
the processing of information into the memory system
the retention of encoded information over time

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