Memory
Memory
Motivation & Emotion
Motivation & Emotion
Little of Both
100
This technique involves using vivid imagery and mental pictures in an effort to remember information. For instance, one might use this technique to remember the planets by creating acronyms for each planet.
What is mnemonics?
100
In order to encode sensory memories to short-term memory, one must do this:
What is pay attention or focus?
100
Carbs, such as chips and pasta, boosts this neurotransmitter resulting in a calming effect.
What is serotonin?
100
The right frontal lobe is more active when one experiences this type of emotion.
What is negative; depression, aggression?
100
To shorten long bits of information into smaller bits, we tend to use this technique.
What is chunking?
200
In order to remember something, we must: 1) get information into our brain, 2)retain that information, and 3)later get the information back out. These processes are known as: (you must label each one correctly)
What are: 1)encoding, 2)storage, 3)retrieval?
200
A clear memory of an emotionally significant event or moment is called:
What is flashbulb memory?
200
This theory suggests that when we find all our biological needs have been met, we feel bored and seek to increase our level of stimulation.
What is Arousal Theory?
200
According to Maslow, when we have met almost all of our needs we must begin to help others. What level of the Hierarchy of Needs is this?
What is self-transcendence?
200
A lie detector test measures these three things:
What is 1) heart rate/blood pressure, 2)breathing, 3)perspiration?
300
When exposed to misleading information, we tend to mis-remember. Just hearing a vivid retelling of an event may implant false memories. This is known as:
What is misinformation effect?
300
This part of the brain is responsible for storing memories created by classical conditioning while this part of the brain is responsible for storing memories related to motor movement. They both play an important part in these implicit memories.
What are cerebellum and basal ganglia?
300
How often are lie detectors wrong?
What is 33%, or 1/3?
300
Describe the guilty knowledge test.
What is an alternative to polygraph in which the person is asked questions that only the guilty person would know?
300
The tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list is called:
What is serial positioning effect?
400
Margaret has been singing the old version of The Beatles' song for days. Now, her grandson has started singing the new words to the new version of The Beatles' song making it difficult for Margaret to remember the original version. Margaret is suffering from this type of retrieval failure.
What is retroactive interference?
400
Jonathan is very upset with his girlfriend. He now starts to recall every memory in which his girlfriend upset him which causes him to become even more upset. What type of memories is Jonathan experiencing?
What is mood-congruent memory?
400
Depressed patients reportedly feel better after between-the-eyebrows Botox injections that freeze their frown muscles. This supports the concept that our outward expressions can trigger our inner feelings. In other words, if you put on a happy face, we tend to feel happy. What is this concept called?
What is facial feedback effect?
400
This theory of emotion suggests that we place a cognitive label on our physical arousal before experiencing an emotion.
What is two-factor theory/Schacter-Singer?
400
This hormone is responsible for reporting body fat to the brain and reducing hunger.
What is Leptin?
500
Have you ever recognized someone but had no idea where you had met the person? You were suffering from this issue:
What is source amnesia?
500
What are the three reasons we forget?
What are 1) retrieval failure, 2) encoding failure, 3) storage decay?
500
This researcher/theory suggested that we appraise an event as harmless or dangerous, whether we truly know it or not and this creates the emotion.
Who is Lazarus?
500
In what four ways does social networking influence us?
What is 1)Encourages narcissism, 2)Increases self-disclosure, 3)Reveals a person's true personality, 4)Strengthens current relationships?
500
What we learn in one condition may be more easily recalled when we are in that condition again. For instance, Sara easily recalls information when drinking wine during an exam as she drinks the same wine while studying for an exam.
What are state-dependent memory?
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