Cognitive terminology

Question 1

Transactive memory

Answer 1

Learning where to find things, instead of learning the thing itself

Question 2

Heuristic

Answer 2

A mental shortcut;straightforward rule of thumb

Question 3

System one thinking

Answer 3

Fast, non reliable, focuses on what it sees, bases decisions on schema, least amount of effort

Question 4

System two thinking

Answer 4

Concentrated effort, more reliable, slower, more logical thinking

Question 5

Cognitive miser

Answer 5

I don’t know, I don’t care, I don’t have time, the brain not wanting to do any work

Question 6

Multi-Store Memory Model

Answer 6

Information goes into sensory memory, then with attention goes into short term memory, and with encoding goes into long term memory, but without rehearsal, information is forgotten

Question 7

Primacy effect

Answer 7

Remembering things that came at the start

Question 8

Recency effect

Answer 8

Remembering things that came at the end

Question 9

Working Memory Model

Answer 9

Central executive is the main part, where information is then transferred to the phonological loop (inner voice), episodic buffer (the glue, time sequencing) or visuospacial sketchpad (inner scribe, seing things in your mind), and then can be transferred to CE or long term memory storage

Question 10

Accommodation

Answer 10

When existing schema are replaced by new ones

Question 11

Assimilation

Answer 11

When you add information to an existing schema