Memory
_____ is the mental process in which information is acquired, stored, and retrieved for later use. _____ is the internal record of experiences.
What is Memory?
_____ allows for communication of thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
What is Language?
____ is a picture of previously stored experiences.
What is a Mental Image?
_________ are an example of algorithms.
What are Math Formulas?
______ believes that children have a natural ability to learn and speak.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
The three basic tasks and processes of memory are...
What are Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval?
Hypothesized that people learn language due to this natural speech-enabling structure.
What is the Language Acquisition Device?
_______ are mental categories created to group objects or situations that are similar.
What are Concepts?
________ is a shortcut that lowers the number of possible solutions.
What is a Heuristic?
_____________ is a major element in creativity.
What is Divergent Thinking?
The duration of sensory visual memory is....
The belief that language does more than describe one’s culture; it shapes a person’s thoughts and perceptions.
What is the Language Relativity Hypothesis?
_____ are mental frameworks about a specific topic, idea, event, or object.
What are Schemas?
_______ is an example of an obstacle in problem solving.
What is Mental Set, Functional Fixedness, Confirmation Bias, Availability Heuristic, or Representative Heuristic?
______ developed the Language Relativity Hypothesis.
Who is Benjamin Whorf?
The working capacity of short term memory is ___ to ___ pieces of information.
What is 5 to 7?
Language ______, but doesn’t _____ thought
What is Influences but doesn't Determine thought?
_____ is a type of schema that includes typical behavior expected at an event.
What is a Script?
Availability Heuristic is when the likelihood of an event is based on ___________.
What are Personal Experiences?
Hermann Ebbinghaus used ________ to test his recall after certain periods of time.
What are 3-letter nonsense syllables?
The mnemonic method developed by the Greeks and Romans in which terms are assigned to a location.
What is the Method of Loci?
What did Benjamin Whorf use to back up his hypothesis?
What is Eskimos?
The three types of concepts are:
What are Formal Concepts, Natural Concepts, and Prototypes?
Representative Heuristic is when the likelihood of an event is based on how it matches ___________.
What are Similar Prototypes?
________ is an expert on memory distortion.
Who is Elizabeth Loftus?