Cognitive

Question 0

Retroactive inhibition

Answer 0

New learning interferes with previous learning

Question 1

Proactive inhibition

Answer 1

Previous learning interferes with new learning

Question 2

Ipsative scales

Answer 2

Allows for an examinee’s score in one test to be compared with scores on another test they took. Most frequently used with self-reference scores

Question 3

Benton Visual Retention Test

Answer 3

Score is reliant on how many figures they accurately recreated. The score is also connected to any mistakes which were made

Question 4

Flashbulb memories

Answer 4

Not accurate and subject to error despite the fact that people are often very certain of the accuracy of the memory

Question 5

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 5

Amnesia that starts at the time of the trauma and extends forward into new experiences

Question 6

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 6

Amnesia that extends backwards into experiences before the trauma

Question 7

Which cog theorist proposed that learning can take place w/o any corresponding behavioral effects (called latent learning)

Answer 7

Tolman

Question 8

Atkinson and Shiffrin Multi-store Model of human memory

Answer 8

Three components of memory:
The sensory register - stores unprocessed sensory information for less than a second. This information may or may not get selected for transfer to short-term memory

Short term memory - retains information for about 15-30 seconds and has a capacity of 5-9 information chunks. If properly attended to, information from short-term store maybe transferred to long-term memory

Long-term memory - holds information on a lasting basis

Question 9

Serial position effect

Answer 9

The primacy and recency effects