Chapter 7
A basic unit of sound
phoneme
Trying the same unsuccessful method to fix a gadget over and over again is an example of _____ _____.
mental set
Declarative memories that take effort to recall are referred to as ______ memories.
explicit
What kind of memory processes brief sights, sounds and events.
sensory
The smallest unit of language that conveys meaning
morpheme
Difficulty perceiving a use for something other than it's original purpose
functional fixedness
Those processes association with knowledge, perception, problem solving, judgment and memory is called _____.
cognition
Being able to get memory out of storage is referred to as _______.
retrieval
This is a type of declarative memory, often referred to as autobiographical memory.
episodic
We do this at night and it helps to consolidate memories.
sleep
The opposite of critical thinking when considering a complex issue would be to only collect information supporting your view. This is called _____ _____.
confirmation bias
Crystallized intelligence involved learning new facts and information. ______ intelligence involves the ability to analyze novel or unfamiliar problems independent of existing knowledge.
Fluid
What type of amnesia results in the loss of the ability to form new long-term episodic or semantic memories.
anterograde
Breaking down a credit card number into shorter strings in order to better remember them is called _____.
chunking
The _____ _____ is the observation that each generation has a higher IQ range than the previous.
Flynn effect
A valid intelligence test must be administered by a _____.
psychologist
This man developed the first tool attempting to measure intelligence in France.
Alfred Binet
_____ _____ is a method of reviewing newly learned material multiple times and days before the exam.
Distributed practice
Using memory tricks like a song or a rhyme to remember a formula or grammar rule would be examples of
mnemonics
Memory for motor skills that we have learned well and do without effort to recall how are called _____ memories.
implicit
The linguistic practice by which we derive meaning from words
semantics
This concept has to do with intelligence tests and requires them to be administered, scored and interpreted the same way for each individual.
standardization
What part of the brain is involved in creating implicit memories?
cerebellum
Ebbinghaus found in his research that about one day after learning new material you will remember about what percentage if you were asked to recall it a second time?
30 %
This part of the brain is involved emotional memories.
amygdala