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12th
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Cognitive Psychology
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Gestalt means
unified whole
fractured whole
imagery perception
cognitive perception
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Schemas are
video tapes and photographs of people, places, or things
'packets' of knowledge that correspond to frequently encountered people, objects or situations.
pathways in the brain that enable us to see, hear, and remember pieces of unusual information
one of the many ineffective tricks our brain uses to locate and remember past information
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Upon entering a bathroom for the first time you will recognize it is a bathroom but noticing the color of the walls and the layout of the room requires
schema
recognition
memory
encoding
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Loftus' research showed that the most problematic source of inaccurate eyewitness testimony was from
witnesses conferring with each other about the events
leading questions by police and lawyers
underdeveloped schema leading to the witness not understanding their surroundings
witnesses not wanting to participate in legal proceedings
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Long term memory is defined as
is the process of repeatedly verbalizing or thinking about a piece of information
the unlimited capacity memory store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time.
bringing a thought or idea learned previously, and thus stored in memory into conscious awareness
The retention of encoded material over time.
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Short Term Memory
The retention of encoded material over time.
the process in which information in your memory can be recalled
the part of the memory system where information is stored for roughly 30 seconds
a way of organizing information into familiar groupings.
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___________. is an ability that allows people to remember nearly every event of their life with great precision.
hydrocephalus
Hyperthymesia
supranuclear palsy
dementia
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Semantic memory
Taking a photograph in one's mind of a specific event
general knowledge that people remember, like counting by 10s
memory of a specific event that took place in the person’s presence or through experience
only is lost after a bout of anmesia
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Implicit memory –
a memory that consists of the skills and procedures one has learned
general knowledge memory of a skill or fact that you know but don't remember learning
taking a photograph in one's mind of a specific event
contains only memories of visual stimuli
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Perception is
how our brain interacts with our nervous system
how we relay information to others
how we comprehend objects and events in the world around us
what our eyes see
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a type of fixation that causes one to approach a problem the same way that has been successful in the past is called your
echoic memory
mental set
mental capacity
Ebbinghaus Curve
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The best definition of Cognitive Psychology would be
The study of how people perceive, learn, remember, and think.
The study of how the brain functions
The analysis of how the brain, neurotransmitters, and other aspects of our biology influence our behaviors, thoughts, and actions
The analysis of sensation within the neural function of the brain.
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Transforming incoming information into a usable form is the stage of memory called
organization
storage
encoding
retrieval
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__________ is known for memorizing nonsense syllables and plotting a curve of forgetting
Loftus
mneumonic
Ebbinghaus
Luriab
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A flashbulb memory would typically be stored in ________ memory.
long-term memory
short-term memory
iconic memory
implicit memory