Hodge Podge
Cones are different from rods because cones respond to this.
What is color?
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment is this.
What is consciousness?
Asking quickly to spell "shop" and then asked, "what do you do when you get to a green light?" most people answer, "stop." This is an example of this process.
What is priming?
This is the process that helps make sense of information that occurs so that we may store it in memory.
What is encoding?
Our immediate, short term memory for new material is limited in capacity to roughly ____ bits of information.
What is 7 plus or minus 2?
In Pavlov's experiment, the dog's salivation to the bell is this.
What is the conditioned response?
The lens thins or thickens to focus light in a process known as this.
What is accommodation?
When thinking of a bird we are more likely to think of a robin than a penguin because a robin fits this.
What is our prototype?
When you solve a chemistry problem in your head, you have to hold the information there while you calculate the equation. This utilizes your _________ memory.
What is working memory?
The persistence of learning through the storage and retrieval of information is this.
What is memory?
Over time, after repeatedly presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus, this process can occur.
What is extinction?
Unlike the unconscious processing of information, conscious processing occurs in this way.
What is sequentially?
Sally misplaced her keys. She knew they were in the house, so she first looked on the hook, then on the dresser, then in other places she has found them in the past. She is using the strategy of:
What are heuristics?
This is the three-stage processing model of memory; provide the stages, in order of occurrence.
What are sensory, short-term, and long-term?
Essay tests measure ________ and multiple choice tests measure _____.
What are recall and recognition?
Purchasing state lottery tickets is reinforced with monetary winnings on this schedule.
What is a variable-ratio?
In amplitudes over _____ decibels, this dangerous process can take place.
85; nerve deafness
Alex was out of coffee filters. He did not think of using paper towels, so he went without coffee. His failure was one of:
What is functional fixedness?
This area of the brain is activated when the central executive function directs focus, according to Baddeley's model of working memory.
What is the frontal lobe?
When Mike learned the material, he was highly intoxicated. He could not remember it when sober, but he could again remember some of it the next time he was under the influence. This is an example of this type of memory.
What is state-dependent memory?
A sea slug learns to withdraw its gill after repeatedly being squirted by water. After repeated squirting, the withdrawal response lessens. This is referred to by theorists as this process.
What is habituation?
What is context effect?
Carmella was asked to write down as many words as she could think of that contained the letter D. To complete this task, Carmella would rely on this.
What is divergent thinking?
Using a method such as, "one is a bun, two is a shoe, etc." to help you remember is a _____ device called a ______ system.
What is mnemonic; peg-word
These are the three sins of forgetting.
What are absent-mindedness, transience, and blocking?