Week 7

Question 1

A fill-in-the-blank question tests your ______

Answer 1

recall

Question 2

a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier

Answer 2

recall

Question 3

a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned

Answer 3

recognition

Question 4

a multiple-choice test question tests your _______

Answer 4

recognition

Question 5

learning something more quickly when you learn it a second or later time

Answer 5

relearning

Question 6

what are the three stages of memory?

Answer 6

1) encoding
2) storage
3) retrieval

Question 7

encoding

Answer 7

forming a new memory; getting info into the brain

Question 8

storage

Answer 8

maintaining the memory over time; retaining the information

Question 9

retrieval

Answer 9

later getting the information back out; accessing the memory

Question 10

explicit memory

Answer 10

memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare

Question 11

implicit memory

Answer 11

retention independent of conscious recollection

Question 12

source amnesia

Answer 12

not remembering where you got a memory from (oh i read it somewhere, idk how i know that)

Question 13

cannot later remember events that occur after brain damage

Answer 13

anterograde

Question 14

cannot remember events prior to brain damage

Answer 14

retrograde

Question 15

state-dependent memory

Answer 15

if you’re in a bad mood, you’ll remember more negative things; if you’re in a good mood, you’ll remember mostly good things

Question 16

_________ (aka CRAMMING) can produce speedy short-term learning and feelings of confidence

Answer 16

massed practice

Question 17

the _______ and _______ are important for EXPLICIT memory

Answer 17

frontal lobes; hippocampus

Question 18

the _______ and _______ are important for IMPLICIT memory

Answer 18

cerebellum; basal ganglia

Question 19

serial position effect

Answer 19

our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list

Question 20

recall best for first items

Answer 20

primacy effect

Question 21

recall best for last items

Answer 21

recency effect

Question 22

The mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people:

Answer 22

concept

Question 23

short-term memory occurs in the:

Answer 23

frontal lobe

Question 24

the conversion from short-term to long-term memory occurs in the:

Answer 24

hippocampus

Question 25

long-term storage occurs in the:

Answer 25

frontal and temporal lobes

Question 26

“What was your name again?” displays a problem with ______.

Answer 26

encoding

Question 27

Memory decay is an example of a problem with _____.

Answer 27

storage

Question 28

“Tip of the tongue” error is an example of a problem with ______.

Answer 28

retireval

Question 29

Turning the light off when the exit a room is an example of ________.

Answer 29

implicit (procedural) memory

Question 30

_______ which are very time consuming, exhaust all possibilities before arriving at a solution

Answer 30

algorithms

Question 31

trying to guess where you’d find honey in a grocery store is an example of ________.

Answer 31

heuristics

Question 32

heuristics:

Answer 32

simple thinking strategies that allow us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently (less time-consuming; more error-prone)

Question 33

insight:

Answer 33

involves sudden novel realization of a solution to a problem (ah-ha!)

Question 34

when an insight strikes, it activates which part of the brain?

Answer 34

right temporal cortex

Question 35

the ____ scans your brain while it’s still functioning

Answer 35

fMRI

Question 36

confirmation bias:

Answer 36

a tendency to search for information that confirms a personal bias

Question 37

an inability to see a problem from a fresh perspective; this impedes problem solving (matchbox example)

Answer 37

fixation

Question 38

the car SMASHED the car vs. the car HIT the car is an example of what?

Answer 38

framing