Week 7 Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
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A fill-in-the-blank question tests your ______

A

recall

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2
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a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier

A

recall

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3
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a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned

A

recognition

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4
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a multiple-choice test question tests your _______

A

recognition

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5
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learning something more quickly when you learn it a second or later time

A

relearning

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6
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what are the three stages of memory?

A

1) encoding
2) storage
3) retrieval

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7
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encoding

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forming a new memory; getting info into the brain

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8
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storage

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maintaining the memory over time; retaining the information

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9
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retrieval

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later getting the information back out; accessing the memory

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10
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explicit memory

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

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11
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implicit memory

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retention independent of conscious recollection

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12
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source amnesia

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

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13
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cannot later remember events that occur after brain damage

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anterograde

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14
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cannot remember events prior to brain damage

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retrograde

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15
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state-dependent memory

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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

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16
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_________ (aka CRAMMING) can produce speedy short-term learning and feelings of confidence

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massed practice

17
Q

the _______ and _______ are important for EXPLICIT memory

A

frontal lobes; hippocampus

18
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the _______ and _______ are important for IMPLICIT memory

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cerebellum; basal ganglia

19
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serial position effect

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

20
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recall best for first items

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primacy effect

21
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recall best for last items

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recency effect

22
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The mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people:

23
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short-term memory occurs in the:

24
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the conversion from short-term to long-term memory occurs in the:

25
long-term storage occurs in the:
frontal and temporal lobes
26
"What was your name again?" displays a problem with ______.
encoding
27
Memory decay is an example of a problem with _____.
storage
28
"Tip of the tongue" error is an example of a problem with ______.
retireval
29
Turning the light off when the exit a room is an example of ________.
implicit (procedural) memory
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_______ which are very time consuming, exhaust all possibilities before arriving at a solution
algorithms
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trying to guess where you'd find honey in a grocery store is an example of ________.
heuristics
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heuristics:
simple thinking strategies that allow us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently (less time-consuming; more error-prone)
33
insight:
involves sudden novel realization of a solution to a problem (ah-ha!)
34
when an insight strikes, it activates which part of the brain?
right temporal cortex
35
the ____ scans your brain while it's still functioning
fMRI
36
confirmation bias:
a tendency to search for information that confirms a personal bias
37
an inability to see a problem from a fresh perspective; this impedes problem solving (matchbox example)
fixation
38
the car SMASHED the car vs. the car HIT the car is an example of what?
framing