Chapter 5
Perception refers to ______________________________________________
the way that sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced
What is learning?
a relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience
________ are categories or groupings of linguistic information, images, ideas, or memories, such as life experiences.
concepts
____________ is a set of processes used to encode, store, and retrieve information over
memory
The auditory cortex, in which sound stimuli are processed for perception, is located in the ________ lobe.
temporal
True or false: Instincts and reflexes are innate behaviors that organisms are born with.
True
cognition refers to
thinking
What type of memories do we consciously try to remember, recall, and report?
explicit
What are the two forms of processing in terms of perception?
bottom-up processing and top-down processing
Classical and operant conditioning are forms of ________ learning.
associative
What is the confirmation bias?
focusing on information that confirms your existing beliefs
The act of getting information out of memory storage and back into conscious awareness is known as ________.
retrieval
Two lines appear to be a different length, though in reality they are the same length. This is known as the ________ illusion.
Müller-Lyer
What is the main idea of social learning theory?
One can learn new behaviors by observing others.
The type of intelligence that involves seeing complex relationships and solving problems is ________ intelligence.
fluid
___________ is involved in fear and fear memories.
amygdala
Which school of thinking in psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of continuity, and principle of closure?
Gestalt
What is a cognitive map?
A cognitive map is any visual representation of a person's (or a group's) mental model for a given process or concept.
True or false: The case of Genie is NOT an example of language development.
False
The famous case of H.M. demonstrated ________ amnesia, a condition in which a person can remember previously encoded memories but cannot encode new ones.
anterograde