Perception
Your two eyes receive slightly different images, which is called
Retinal disparity
What is the hippocampus?
This effect explains that we tend to remember the first and last parts of a list, but not the middle.
What is the serial position effect?
The final exam in a calculus class would be considered this kind of test
What is achievement?
The other reindeer wouldn't let Rudolph do this because of his red nose.
What is join in any reindeer games?
Absolute threshold
Memory aids, especially those that use visual imagery and sound devices, are called
Mnemonics
Breaking up information into manageable units to help retain it in short term memory is called
Chunking
Flynn effect
Two other names for Santa Claus
What are Kris Kringle and Saint Nick?
Proximity
Hannah can recall exactly where she was when she found out that the Queen died. Hannah is recalling an
Episodic or flashbulb memory
Procedural memories like tying your shoes are stored in the cerebellum are also called
Implicit memories
A "rule of thumb" approach to solving a problem that is faster but more error-prone is called
A heuristic
Elvis is going to have this kind of Christmas.
What is blue?
What is your brain doing when it sees an image that is not complete as whole?
Closure
When old memories prevent the recall of new memories, like your locker combination from last year preventing you from remembering this year's, you are experiencing
Proactive interference
Elizabeth Loftus created several experiments to test whether she could plant or alter memories in people's memories. Her discovery is called
The misinformation effect
A test is reliable if it...
Yields dependably consistent scores
The McCallisters are going to this location when they leave Kevin behind in the first Home Alone movie
What is Paris?
Selective attention
Encoding information semantically, based on a deep understanding of the words, is called
Deep processing
The multiple choice section of an exam is an example of this type of retrieval.
What is recognition?
An intelligence test that asks the test taker to come up with as many uses for a golf ball as possible is testing
What is an angel gets its wings?