Cognitive

Question 1

Assumption 1

Answer 1

Behaviour is the result of a mental process

Question 2

Assumption 2

Answer 2

The brain can be compared to a computer

Question 3

Sensory memory

Answer 3

The high capacity memory store for the 5 senses

Question 4

Short term memory

Answer 4

Limited capacity memory store, with visual and acoustic encoding

Question 5

Long term memory

Answer 5

Permanent memory store with unlimited capacity with semantic encoding

Question 6

Recall

Answer 6

The recovery of memories without assistance

Question 7

Cue

Answer 7

A trigger that allows us to access a whole memory

Question 8

Recognition

Answer 8

Where you identify a memory based on a previous experience

Question 9

Reconstructive memory

Answer 9

When pieces of stored info is reassembled during recall

Question 10

Schema

Answer 10

Beliefs that influence memory

Question 11

Shortening

Answer 11

When you remember only part of a memory

Question 12

Confabulation

Answer 12

When details are added to a memory to fill the gaps

Question 13

Rationalisation

Answer 13

When parts of our memory are distorted to fit schema

Question 14

Cognitive priming

Answer 14

Mental process on which a stimulus subconsciously triggers a cognitive reaction

Question 15

Associative priming

Answer 15

Processing a stimulus quicker when we see or hear a related stimulus

Question 16

Repetition priming

Answer 16

Processing a stimulus quicker because we encountered it earlier

Question 17

Semantic priming

Answer 17

Processing a stimulus quicker because we encounter a stimulus related to it in meaning

Question 18

Cognitive scripts

Answer 18

Knowledge stored in our memory to tell us what to expect and how to behave

Question 19

Memory scripts

Answer 19

Knowledge of behaviours stored in memory tell us what to expect in a social situation

Question 20

Person perception

Answer 20

Info stored in memory about which personality characteristics often go together which guide impressions

Question 21

Cognitive biases

Answer 21

Distorted schemas that we create from reality, which affect our attention, memory and decision making

Question 22

Confirmation bias

Answer 22

Pay more attention to info that supports our existing beliefs

Question 23

Fundamental attribution error

Answer 23

Explaining the reasons for other people’s behaviour by focusing on characteristics

Question 24

Hostile attribution bias

Answer 24

Tendency to assume that someone else’s behaviour has an aggressive motive when it is neutral