questions

Question 1

In the context of cognitive control, which task is used to measure spatial interference?

Answer 1

simon task

Question 2

Which brain area is essential for memory processes?

Answer 2

hippocampus

Question 3

Which of the following statements is/are true about prototypical objects?

Answer 3

In a sentence verification paradigm they are verified rapidly.
they are not affected less by priming

Question 4

In categorization, (1) … works better for large categories, while (2) … works better for smaller categories.

Answer 4

(1) = the prototype approach, (2) = the exemplar approach

Question 5

A framework

Answer 5

can be
+allocentric, with one object’s location defined relative to another object or place.
+egocentric, with the environment’s layout relative to the viewer.

Question 6

What is the term describing when a target in a visual search display is characterized by more than one distinctive feature (e.g. a red circle among red squares and blue circles), and what kind of search does this induce?

Answer 6

1. conjunction target 2. serial search

Question 7

When a phoneme early in a sentence is swapped for a phoneme later in the sentence, this is called…?

Answer 7

anticipation error

Question 8

You’re studying for your exam. Under which conditions would you remember the studied material best?

Answer 8

If directly after studying, you experience an intense emotion, the so-called retrograde memory enhancement effect.

Question 9

People often have difficulty distinguishing memories of external events from memories of internally generated information. What is this known as?

Answer 9

source confusion