Forgetting and Other Challenges
Patient HM suffered this kind of Amnesia after his brain lesioning
What is Anterograde Amnesia
The reason why she was unable unlock the door even though she had a hairpin, hammer and nail file
What is functional Fixedness
Mental math is this type of activity
What is (a) working memory (activity)
Ali was studying for biology during Psych class, when the teacher gave a pop quiz the next day he did not recognize any of the topics or information , he is suffering from this error of memory
What is Encoding Failure
If you are ever lost in New York City, you should always find a cab driver. They can tell you where to go
What is a Representative Heuristic
This lasts longer than visual inputs ?
What are Echoic (auditory) inputs
Grouping things that are similar
What is similarity
The reason why people don't actually shrink the further they move away
What is Size Constancy ?
Joud is learning Spanish. She was raised in a Italian speaking household. As she is learning this new language she finds that she is having difficulty because Italian terms keep on interfering with her learning.
What is Proactive interference
Where the optic nerve enters the eye
What is Blind spot
Kim keeps confusing the Rawan with Razan, she knows that this has to do with the fact that she thinks that Rawan looks more like a "z" person and not a "w" person.
What is Metacognition
The best day of your life, Your 5th birthday party, your mother's smile
Explicit Memory
the other name for the sensation of taste
What is gustation