Seeing is Believing
Mind the Gap
Memory Lane
Thinking It Through
Lost and Found (Sometimes)
Potpourri
400
This principle lets us see objects as complete despite missing parts.
What is closure?
400
Perception relying on sensory input rather than prior knowledge.
What is bottom up processing?
400
This memory system stores external input briefly before it’s forgotten or passed to short-term memory.
What is sensory memory?
400
A step-by-step procedure that guarantees solving a problem.
What is an algorithm?
400
Sarah recently changed her phone number but keeps accidentally giving out her old number to new acquaintances, even though she’s been trying to memorize the new one.
What is proactive interference?
400
This president was the only other U.S. president to serve two non-consecutive terms, a unique achievement until Donald Trump’s re-election in 2024.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
500
While driving, you don’t notice a new billboard because your attention is focused on traffic.
What is inattentional blindness?
500
Frameworks that shape our perceptions based on prior experiences.
What are schemas?
500
This type of implicit memory helps us with skills and performing everyday tasks.
What is procedural memory?
500
A student sticks to their original incorrect answer.
What is belief perseverence?
500
After learning a new locker combination this semester, Jake can no longer remember the combination he used last year.
What is retroactive interference?
500
In the movie The Matrix, this is the color of the pill that Neo takes that awakens him to the real world.
What is the red pill?
600
It is the Gestalt principle that is seen here.
What is figure and ground?
600
During a noisy party, you hear someone mention your name across the room, even though you weren’t paying attention.
What is the cocktail party effect?
600
This type of memory deals with personal experiences, such as your first day of school.
What is episodic memory?
600
After hearing news of a plane crash, you believe air travel is more dangerous than statistics suggest.
What is availability heuristic?
600
A student remembers items at the start and end of their grocery list but forgets those in the middle.
What is the serial position effect?
600
North Korea and South Korea are divided at this line of latitude, which features a demilitarized zone.
What is the 38th parallel?
700
Using this Gestalt Principle, you group chairs and tables in a cafeteria as separate sets based on their closeness to one another.
What is proximity?
700
Tendency to ignore environmental changes due to inattention.
What is change blindness?
700
This occurs when you know the information but can't quite retrieve it.
What is the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon?
700
After a coin lands on heads five times in a row, Jamie bets that the next flip must be tails because "it’s due for a change."
What is gambler's fallacy?
700
Rapid forgetting over time levels off.
What is the forgetting curve?
700
Released in 1937, this was the first full-length animated feature film.
What is Snow White?
800
While hiking, Mia notices that the grass nearby appears detailed and sharp, but the grass on the distant hills looks smooth and blurry. This depth cue helps her judge how far away the hills are.
What is texture gradient?
800
Strengthening synaptic connections for long-term memory.
What is long term potentiation?
800
Sometimes referred to as a memory palace, this strategy of memory enhancement involves associating items with familiar locations to remember them.
What is method of loci?
800
When a person uses the same strategy repeatedly after failing to solve a puzzle because it worked on previous ones, they are relying on this.
What is a mental set?
800
A witness’s memory of a crime changes after hearing misleading questions during an interview.
What is the misinformation effect?
800
This U.S. President appears on the $50 bill.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?