Memory 101
This is another word for short-term memory.
What is working memory?
This is the type of amnesia where we cannot remember items from our past. It is not common.
What is retrograde amnesia.
This is what we call it when we make the mistake of trying the same old solution on a new problem.
What is mental set?
The first thing the brain tries to perceive is the figure and the ______________ .
What is "ground"?
Robert Sternberg described these three measurable aspects of intelligence: Analytical, Creative, and ____________.
What is practical.
This is the type of encoding that enables deep processing, and good memory - because the memory has meaning.
What is semantic encoding.
We can usually remember things that are at the beginning and end of our experience (such as making a grocery list)
What is the serial position effect?
This problem solving strategy will always achieve a solution; however, it make take a long time.
What is an algorithm.
This monocular depth cue occurs when one object partially blocks another object behind it.
What is interposition?
If someone has a focus on learning and growing rather than viewing abilities as fixed, they have this...
What is a growth mindset?
These are the 3 basic steps in the memory process.
What are encoding, storage, and retrieval?
He was the first psychologist to really study memory.
Who was Hermann Ebbinghaus?
What is functional fixidness?
We remember this psychologist for her experiment with the "visual cliff".
Who is Eleanor Gibson?
Thus type of intelligence peaks in early adulthood and then decreases.
What is fluid intelligence?
This is the term that describes what a memory is inside the brain: connected neurons that fire together more quickly and easily.
What is long term potentiation?
Learning something new sometimes disrupts an older memory.
What is retroactive interference?
My coworker still believes the Covid vaccine will harm her, even after I showed her the scientific proof that it is safe. (We have a psychological term for that...)
What is belief Perserverance?
After watching a nature documentary about bears, my son walked in wearing his new Halloween gorilla costume. At first, I perceived a bear instead of a gorilla. What do we call this phenomenon?
What is perceptual set?
This is the mean and standard deviation of an IQ test.
What is 100 and 15.
This is the type of memory that we are aware of and can talk about.
What are declarative or explicit memories?
This is what we call it when false information gets incorporated into a memory.
What is the misinformation effect?
My cousin had an allergic reaction while eating a pork chop. The next day I told my wife, "We should stay away from pork chops from now on." Which heuristic did I fall victim to?
What is the availability heuristic?
This is how "perceptual constancy" works.
Our brain understands that objects keep their same physical properties even though the image looks different: shape, size, color, brightness.
Name 4 of Howard Gardiner's 8 multiple intelligences.
Linguistic, Logical-mathematical, Spatial, Musical, Body-kinesthetic, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Naturalist