Learning example #41963

The process by which information is encoded by its meaning is called

Your ability to immediately recognize the voice over the phone as your mother's illustrates

Photographic, or picture-image, memory that lasts for only a few tenths of a second is known as

Your not paying attention to your mom. Then hear her say no keys. You recite everything she said before she said "no keys"

"The magical number seven, plus or minus two" refers to the storage capacity of _______ memory.

Lashley trained rats to solve/maze. He removed parts/cortex. He found that storage of memories

The increase in synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation is known as

A baseball hits Ashley in the head knocking her unconscious. Her __ would probably be effected.

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

By shrinking the hippocampus, prolonged stress is most likely to inhibit the process of

After having a stroke Aaron has difficulty recalling his life experiences. He is suffering from

A retention of skills and dispositions without conscious recollection is known as _____ memory.

Conscious memory of factual information is called ________ memory.

An eyewitness to an accident is asked to describe what happened. This is using _______ memory.

An eyewitness to a robbery is asked to identify the suspect in a lineup. This is using _ memory

Which measure of memory did Ebbinghaus use to assess the impact of rehearsal on retention?

Watching a show on divorce led Kim to recall times her husband mistreated her. This is example

Words heard underwater are better recalled underwater than on land best illustrate the value of

Not being able to remember something untile doing the same exact action illustrates

Not being able to remember the name of the song even though it is on the tip of your tongue is

The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information is called

Tim learns the phrase ROY G. BIV to help him remember the colors of the rainbow. He is using a

Not being able to remember old info because you just learned new info that is similar is

Gamblers recall losing less money than is actually the case. Their memory failure illustrates

Motivated forgetting in which anxiety-arousing memories are blocked from consciousness is

The altering of memory due to seeing information that might be related to the event illustrates

_____ refers to the mental activities associated with thinking, remembering, and communicating?

The word "automobile" refers to a category of transport vehicles, we are using this word as an

Simple thinking strategies for solving problems quickly and efficiently are

The sudden comprehension of the double meaning of a humorous pun best illustrates

You cant make 6 lines form 4 equilateral triangles cuz you didnt consider 3dimensional shapes

Based on Ebbinghaus "forgetting curve" how will your memories for psychological concepts change

Thinking that a person who reads poetry is more likely to be a professor than a truck driver

The Hopi cant think about the past because their language has no past tense verbs supports

Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by

What is a mental image or best example of a category?

What is the way an issue is presented

In which stage is a child in if he/she talks like a telegram? Ex) "go car"

We know to put adjectives before nouns because of...

What is the smallest distinctive sound unit?

What is a system of rules that enables us to communicate with and understand others?

If John believes that he will ace his test no matter what, what is he displaying?

What is the smallest unit in a language that carries meaning?

What is a tendency to approach a problem in one way, mostly because it worked in the past?

What is the tendency to search for info and ignore evidence that goes against your thoughts?

Which of these is a step-by-step procedure that guarantees a solution?

Which of these operates when we base our judgments on how mentally accessible info is?

What is an effortless, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with conscious reasoning?

John is producing many new ideas. What is he showing?

What is our spoken, written or signed words and the way we combine them?

Which of these is associated with morphemes?

What is the tendency to think of only the familiar use of objects?

Memory is best defined as

The process of getting information into memory is called

The process of getting information out of memory is called

Your consciously activated but limited-capacity memory is called ________ memory.

The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system is called ______ memory.

Parallel processing allows many sensory experiences to be encoded all at once.

Your success in recalling various items one day after you first heard them listed in order is

Shortly after hearing a list people tend to recall the last items in the list. This illustrates

the organization of information into meaningful units