Unit 5 - Cognition Review

Noam Chomsky believes that children acquire language through this..

After moving into a new apartment, Emily can no longer recall her old apartment number

Using a coin to tighten a loose screw on a cabinet door shows a way to overcome ...

Memory of facts and general knowledge

In the English language, adjectives are typically placed before nouns as in "red house" 

Wolfgang Köhler considered a chimpanzee’s sudden solving of a problem evidence of

After suffering a stroke, Gerald is no longer able to form memories of new events

The “magic number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the capacity of

Mental image of a spatial layout

Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb that help solve problems and reduce mental effort

Chuck recalls the day last summer when he fell off his bicycle and scraped his knee

When trying to solve a problem, Bret uses a logical, step-by-step formula called ...

An unwillingness to give up our beliefs even when the evidence proves us wrong

It is sometimes better to use a heuristic rather than an algorithm because....

Memory for automatic activities, such as bike riding and handwriting

Individuals with amnesia have most likely suffered damage to the

The amygdala is most closely associated with ...

At the mention of fast food, Trisha immediately thinks of McDonald’s. For her, McDonald’s is a

Whorf's theory that language shapes the way an individual thinks and interprets experiences

A depressed person's tendency to recall only depressing memories is representative of

The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation 

A person's recall tends to be better for information that is personally relevant due to

The distortion of memory by suggestion 

Because you watch a lot of violent videos, you think your chances of being mugged are high