5.1 Intro to memory
5.2 Memory, storage, and retrieval
5.4 Thinking and problem solving
5.5 Language
100

What is memory?

  1. The persistence of learning over time through retrieval, encoding, and storage of information

  2. The process of retaining encoded information over time

  3. A process of retrieving information from the brain

  4. A mysterious neurological process that persists

1. The persistence of learning over time through retrieval, encoding, and the storage of information.

100

What is a flashbulb memory?

A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.

100

True or False. The Heuristic thinking strategy is more accurate than the Algorithm thinking strategy.

False

100

What is the name for the “secret twin language?”

  1. Cryptophasia

  2. Telepathy

  3. Babbling

  4. Klingon

1. Cryptophasia

200

What is encoding?

  1. The process of getting information out of memory storage

  2. The processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously

  3. The processing of information into the memory system– for example, by extracting meaning 

  4. A neurological process used to compute arithmetic.

3. The processing of information into the memory system- for example by extracting meaning.

200

What is priming?

The activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory.

200

Select the answer that best exemplifies Convergent thinking process. 

  1. Taking multiple-choice tests and/or standardized exams.

  2. Thinking of different ways you can style your hair in order to impress your friends.

  3. Trying to figure out what store you should shop at in order to purchase the perfect gift. 

  4.  Trying out all types boxing moves in order  to beat your opponent. 

1. Taking multiple-choice tests and/or standardized exams.

200

What is the definition of Aphasia?

  1. An impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage

  2. Possible damage to Broca’s area

  3. Possible damage to Wernicke’s area

  4. All of the above

4. All of the above

300

What is storage?

  1. The second stage of memory processing

  2. The process of retaining encoded information over time

  3. Includes episodic, procedural, and semantic long-term memory

  4. All of the above

4. All of the above

300

What is recognition?

A measure of memory in which the person retrieves information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test.

300

Select the answer that best exemplifies the Divergent thinking process. 

  1. Answering a question on a math test. 

  2. Summarizing a book from beginning to end.

  3. Following along with a new recipe. 

  4. Building something out of blocks. 

4. Building something out of blocks. 

300

When does the one-word stage begin?

  1. Age 3-4

  2. Age 2-3

  3. Age 1-2

  4. Age 5-6

3. Between the ages of 1 and 2

400

What is retrieval?

  1. The process of getting information out of memory storage

  2. The processing of information in the memory system

  3. The signal sent to the brain when playing fetch with your dog

  4. Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and “declare”

1. The process of getting information out of memory storage.

400

What is relearning?

A measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again.

400

  1. “Bias in which people seek out and recall information that supports their preconceived beliefs” What term best fits this definition?

    1. Belief Bias 

    2. Confirmation Bias 

    3. Belief Perseverance 

2. Confirmation bias

400

At what age do children lose the ability to master a language?

  1. 4

  2. 7

  3. 9

  4. 10

2. 7 years old

500

What is parallel processing?

The processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously.

500

Where is the location of the hippocampus, and what does it do?

The hippocampus is a neural center in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage.

500

  1. Which of these definitions correctly defines Framing?

    1. To overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments.

    2. An effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought.

    3. The way a problem is presented can drastically affect the way we view it.

    4. Making quick mental judgements based on mental prototypes.

3. The way a problem is presented can drastically affect the way we view it.

500

What is Whorf’s linguistic determinism hypothesis? Was it correct?

  1. Yes, it is the idea that our environment determines the way we think.

  2. No, it is the idea that our environment determines the way we think.

  3. No, it is the idea that the language we use determines the way we think.

  4. Yes, it is the idea that the language we use determines the way we think.

3. No, it is the idea that the language we use determines the way we think.

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