Pshyc Exam 3

Question 1

the process of transforming what we perceive, think, or feel into an enduring memory

Answer 1

Encoding

Question 2

the process of maintaining information in memory over time

Answer 2

storage

Question 3

the process of bringing to mind information that has been previously encoded and stored. (Accessing info)

Answer 3

Retrieval

Question 4

the ability to store and retrieve information over time.

Answer 4

Memory

Question 5

Memory Order

Answer 5

Encoding-Storage-Retrieval

Question 6

the process of storing new information by converting it into mental pictures.

Answer 6

Visual Imagery Encoding

Question 7

the process of categorizing information according to the relationships among a series of items.

Answer 7

Organizational Encoding

Question 8

What memory is active in the frontal Lobes

Answer 8

Organizational

Question 9

What Memory is Active in the Occipital

Answer 9

Visual

Question 10

the process of relating new information in a meaningful way to knowledge that is already stored in memory

Answer 10

Semantic Encoding

Question 11

a type of storage that holds sensory information for a few seconds or less.

Answer 11

Sensory Memory

Question 12

a fast-decaying store of VISUAL information.

Answer 12

Iconic memeory

Question 13

fast-decaying store of AUDITORY information

Answer 13

Echoic Memory

Question 14

the inability to transfer new information from the short-term store into the long-term store.

Answer 14

Anterograde Amnesia

Question 15

the process of keeping information in short-term memory by mentally repeating it

Answer 15

Rehearsal

Question 16

first few and last few items in a series are more likely to be recalled than the items in the middle.

Answer 16

Serial Position

Question 17

the inability to retrieve information that was acquired before a particular date, usually the date of an injury or surgery

Answer 17

Retrograde Amnesia

Question 18

the process by which memories become stable in the brain

Answer 18

Consolidation

Question 19

memories can become vulnerable to disruption when they are recalled, thus requiring them to be consolidated again

Answer 19

Reconsolidation

Question 20

external information that is associated with stored information and helps bring it to mind. (Info outside head)

Answer 20

Retrieval Cue

Question 21

a retrieval cue can serve as an effective reminder when it helps re-create the specific way in which information was initially encoded

Answer 21

Encoding Specialty Principle

Question 22

he process whereby information tends to be better recalled when the person is in the same state during encoding and retrieval

Answer 22

State-Dependent Retrieval

Question 23

forgetting what occurs with the passage of time

Answer 23

Transiense

Question 24

the distorting influences of present knowledge, beliefs, and feelings on recollection of previous experiences

Answer 24

Bias

Question 25

Knowing How to do things but not being able to describe them

Answer 25

Procedural Memory

Question 26

people consciously or intentionally retrieve past experiences.

Answer 26

Explicit Memory

Question 27

past experiences influence later behavior and performance, even without an effort to remember them or an awareness of the recollection

Answer 27

Implicit Memory

Question 28

assigning a recollection or an idea to the wrong source

Answer 28

Memory Misttriaution

Question 29

Your body reacts first then emotion feelings are simply the perception of one’s own physiological responses to a stimulus

Answer 29

James Lange Theory

Question 30

stimuli trigger a general state of physiological arousal, which is then interpreted as a specific emotion. The only bodily response is arousal and that determines emotion

Answer 30

Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

Question 31

an observable sign of an emotional state

Answer 31

Emotional expression

Question 32

all emotional expressions mean the same thing to all people in all places at all times

Answer 32

Darwins Universal Hypothesis

Question 33

emotional expressions can cause the emotional experiences they typically signify

Answer 33

Facial Feedback Hypothesis

Question 34

Fast Pathway

Answer 34

Eye to the thalamus and then directly to the amygdalae

Question 35

Slow Pathway

Answer 35

Thalamus and then to the cortex and then to the amygdalae

Question 36

conscious or unconscious evaluations and interpretations of the emotion-relevant aspects of a stimulus or event

Answer 36

Appraisal

Question 37

a readiness to engage in a specific set of emotion-relevant behaviors

Answer 37

Action Tendencies

Question 38

How positive the feeling is

Answer 38

Valence

Question 39

How energetic the feeling is

Answer 39

Arousal

Question 40

people are primarily motivated to experience pleasure and avoid pain

Answer 40

Hedonic Principle

Question 41

the primary motivation of all organisms is to reduce their drives.

Answer 41

Drive-Reduction Theory

Question 42

a motivation to take actions that are themselves rewarding

Answer 42

Intrinsic Motivation

Question 43

a motivation to take actions that are not themselves rewarding but that lead to reward.

Answer 43

Extrinsic Motivation

Question 44

the motivation to experience positive outcomes

Answer 44

Approach Motivation

Question 45

the motivation to avoid experiencing negative outcomes

Answer 45

Avoidance Motivation

Question 46

What receives hunger signals?

Answer 46

The Lateral hypothalamus

Question 47

Receives Hunger off signals

Answer 47

ventromedial hypothalamus

Question 48

Henry Murray believed traits reflect a person's:

Answer 48

Motives

Question 49

designed to reveal inner aspects of individuals’ personalities by analysis of their responses to a standard series of ambiguous stimuli

Answer 49

Projective Test

Question 50

What test examines pictures?

Answer 50

TAT

Question 51

The part of the mind containing the drives present at birth; it is the source of our bodily needs, wants, desires, and impulses, particularly our sexual and aggressive drives

Answer 51

The ID

Question 52

the human motive toward realizing our inner potential

Answer 52

self-actualization tendency

Question 53

different types of defense mechanisms

Question 54

the mental system that reflects the internalization of cultural rules, mainly learned as parents exercise their authority.

Answer 54

Super Ego