Session 8 - Memory

Question 1

A series of active systems that receive, store, organize, alter and recover information is known as?

Answer 1

Memory

Question 2

Conversion of info into a suitable form for retention is known as?

Answer 2

Encoding

Question 3

Recovery of stored information is called?

Answer 3

Retrieval

Question 4

A fleeting storage system for sensory impressions is what kind of memory?

Answer 4

Sensory memory

Question 5

Mental image or visual representation stored for about half a second is what kind of memory?

Answer 5

Iconic memory

Question 6

Brief continuation of sensory activity in the auditory system after a sound is heard is what kind of memory?

Answer 6

Echoic memory

Question 7

Storage system used to hold small amounts of information in conscious awareness about a dozen seconds is what kind of memory?

Answer 7

Short term memory

Question 8

Short term memory used in thinking or problem solving is what type of memory?

Answer 8

Working memory

Question 9

Unlimited capacity storage system that can hold information over lengthy periods of time is what type of memory?

Answer 9

Long term memory

Question 10

long term memories for how to do things that require motor or performance skills is what kind of memory?

Answer 10

Procedural memory

Question 11

Memory containing specific factual information such as names, faces, words, dates, and ideas is what type of memory?

Answer 11

Declarative memory

Question 12

A subpart of declarative memory that records impersonal knowledge about the world is what type of memory?

Answer 12

Semantic memory

Question 13

A subpart of declarative memory that records personal experiences that are linked with specific times and places is what type of memory?

Answer 13

Episodic memory

Question 14

Recollection that a person does not know exists and is retrieved unconsciously is what type of memory?

Answer 14

Implicit memory

Question 15

A recollection that a person is aware of having or is consciously retrieved is what type of memory?

Answer 15

Explicit memory

Question 16

Memory influenced by one’s physical state at the time of learning and at the time of retrieval is called?

Answer 16

State dependent learning

Question 17

Inability to retrieve memories of events that occurred before an injury or trauma is called?

Answer 17

Retrograde amnesia

Question 18

Inability to form or retrieve memories of events that occur after and injury or trauma

Answer 18

Anterograde amnesia

Question 19

Especially vivid and detailed recollections of an emotional event are known as?

Answer 19

Flash bulb memories - Heightened activity in the hippocampus appears to intensify memory consolidation

Question 20

The failure to recall a memory due to missing stimuli or cues that were present at the time the memory was encoded is known as?

Answer 20

Cue-dependent forgetting

Question 21

The study of internal mental processes is called?

Answer 21

Cognitive psychology

Question 22

the sudden mental reorganization of a problem that makes the solution obvious is called?

Answer 22

Insight

Question 23

A tendency to perceive an item only in terms of its most common use is known as?

Answer 23

Functional fixedness

Question 24

Capacity for rational thought, purposeful action, and effective adaptation is known as?

Answer 24

Intelligence

Question 25

What are the 5 cognitive factors measured by the Stanford-Binet test?

1. Fluid r_______
2. Knowledge
3. Q_______ reasoning
4. Visual-s_______ processing
5. W_____ memory

Answer 25

1. reasoning
2. Quantitative
3. spatial
4. Working

Question 26

Which widely used test yields an overall intelligence score but has separate scores for non-verbal, verbal and performance intelligence?

Answer 26

Wechsler Adult intelligence test

Question 27

Intelligence measured by solving puzzles, assembling objects, completing pictures, and other non-verbal tasks is known as?

Answer 27

Performance intelligence

Question 28

Which intelligence is measured by answering questions involving vocabulary, general information, arithmetic and other language or symbol-oriented tasks

Answer 28

Verbal intelligence

Question 29

What is the difference between intelligence and aptitude tests?

Answer 29

Test s for aptitude measure a narrower range of abilities than intelligence tests

Question 30

What characterizes intellectual disability?

• Presence of a d_______ d______
• a formal IQ score below ____
• impairment of a______ behaviour

Answer 30

• developmental disability
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• adaptive

Question 31

Possession of exceptional mental ability in one or more narrow areas, by a person of limited general intelligence is known as?

Answer 31

Savant syndrome

Question 32

Mild intellectual disability associated with homes that are intellectually, nutritionally, and emotionally impoverished is known as?

Answer 32

Familial intellectual disability

Question 33

intellectual disability caused by a defect in the X-chromosome is called?

Answer 33

Fragile X syndrome

Question 34

A disorder in which the head and brain are abnormally small is called?

Answer 34

Microcephaly

Question 35

A build up of cerebrospinal fluid within brain cavities is known as?

Answer 35

Hydrocephaly

Question 36

Stunted growth and intellectual disability cased by an insufficient supply of thyroid hormone is known as?

Answer 36

Cretinism