2b/c: Thinking, Problem Solving, Judgments, Decision Making & Memory

Question 1

prototype

Answer 1

mental image/best example of a category

Question 2

assimilate

Answer 2

integrate new experience in terms of exisitng schemas

Question 3

accomodate

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adapt current schemas to incoporate more info

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aptitude

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ability to learn

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convergent thinking

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ability to provide a single correct answer

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divergent thinking

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expanding # of possible problem solutions

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functional fixedness

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prior experiences inhibit ability to find creative solutions

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executive functions

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cognitive skills that work tgt, enabling us to generate, organize, plan + implement goal-directed behavior

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insight

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sudden realizaiton of problem’s solution, contrasts w/ strategy-based solutions (aha! moment)

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confirmation bias

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tendency to search for info that supports preconceptions + to ignore/distort contradictory evidence

Question 11

fixation

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inability to come to a fresh perspective

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mental set

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tendency to approach a problem in 1 particular way

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motivated reasoning

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using conclusions to assess evidence

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framing

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nudges ppl to answer/act in a certain way

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phonological loop

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holds aud. info in short-term memory

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visuospatial sketchpad

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holds info about objects’ appearance and location in space in STM

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neurogenesis

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formation of new neurons

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long-term potentiation

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increase in nerve cell’s firng potential after brief, rapid stimulation; neural basis for leaning + memory

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iconic memory

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fleeting sensory memory of visual stimuli

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echoic memory

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momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli

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chunking

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organizing items into familar, manageable units

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mnemonics

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vivid imagery + organizational devices (ex. acronyms)

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semantic memories

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facts + general knowledge

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memory consolidation

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neural storage of long-term memory

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memory trace

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lasting physical change as memory forms

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retrospective memory

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memory of past

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prospective memory

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memory of intended future actions

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encoding specificity principle

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idea that cues + contexts specific to particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it

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recency effect

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tendency to remember last items on list

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primacy effect

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tendency to remember first items on a list after delay

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anterograde amnesia

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remember past but no formation of new memories

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retrograde amnesia

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inability to remember info from past

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storage decay

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forgetting after a long amount of time

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proactive interference

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prior learning disrupts recall of new info

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retroactive interference

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new learning disrupts recall of old info

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positive transfer

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when old learning facilitates new learning

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reconsolidation

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process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again

Question 38

misinformation effect

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after exposure to subtly misleading info, may confidently misremember what we've seen/heard

Question 39

imagination inflation

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reporting even richer details of false memories

Question 40

deja vu

Answer 40

familiarity w/ stimulus + uncertainty of where we encountered it