Encoding
Repeating information several times to move it into short term memory
What is rehearsal?
The input of information into the memory system.
What is encoding?
The ability to recall an image from memory with high precision for a brief period after seeing it only once, and without using a mnemonic device.
What is eidetic memory?
Someone sitting next to you on a bench is closer than a person sitting three rows away. This principle shows that individuals are more likely to form social relationships with people who are closer to them.
What is proximity?
The most primitive of all units of thought.
What is image?
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Please excuse my dear aunt Sally
What are mnemonic devices?
When you are able to focus on a particular input?
What is selective attention?
The type of retrieval used when accessing information without using clues? Like an open ended question.
What is recall?
This principle states that if there is a break in the object, we perceive the object as continuing in a smooth pattern
What is closure?
A label for a class of objects or events that have at least one attribute in common.
What is concept?
What is the magic number of sensory memory capability?
What is 7?
Identifying information that you have previously learned after encountering it again. A multiple choice question.
What is recognition?
The principle that elements that are similar are perceived to be more related than elements that are dissimilar
What is similarity?
A logical and step by step approach to finding solutions to problems.
What is convergent thinking?
The ability to pull out and focus on specific elements from inputs
What is feature extraction?
The principle that images either stand out prominently in the front or recede into the back
What is figure ground?
The ability to generate, create, or discover new ideas, solutions, and possibilities.
What is creativity?
The part of the brain that plays a part in how memories are stored because storage is influenced by stress hormones.
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What is the amygdala?
State the difference between sensation and perception.
You walk into a kitchen and smell cinnamon rolls (________), this makes you think about Grandma’s baking at the holidays (___________).
What is sensation (physical) perception (psychological)?
A sudden emergence of a solution by recombination of elements.
What is insight?