Brain Games
(Gestalt's Principles)
(Gestalt's Principles)
That eerie sense that "I've experienced this before." Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience
What is Déjà vu?
The encoding of picture images
What is Visual Encoding?
The processing of information into the memory system
What is Encoding?
What is Confirmation Bias?
Mental frameworks that help us organize and interpret information in the world around us
What is a Schema?
The tendency for your brain to fill in incomplete shapes or patterns
What is Closure?
The conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage
What is Rehearsal?
The retention of encoded information over time
What is Storage?
Claiming you knew something all along after it has already happened
What is Hindsight Bias?
A tendency to perceive or notice some aspects of the available sensory data and ignore others
What is a Perceptual Set?
The failure to percieve objects in your line of sight when your attention is directed elsewhere
What is Inattentional Blindness?
Retention independent of conscious recollection. Also called/known as nondeclarative or procedural memory
What is Implicit Memory?
The process of getting information out of memory storage
What is Retrieval?
Attributing others' actions to internal factors (personality) while attributing one's own actions to external factors (situation)
What is Fundamental Attribution Error?
A theory of perception where we perceive whole objects or figures rather than just a collection of parts
What is Gestalt Psychology?
The phenomenon where objects or shapes that are close to one another appear to form groups, even if the shapes, sizes, and objects are radically different
What is Proximity?
A newer understanding of short term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory
What is Working Memory?
The processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural mode of information processing for many functions
What is Parallel Processing?
The idea that each subsequent time you fail to achieve something, your odds of achieving it are increased
What is Gambler's Fallacy?
A visual cue where objects closer to us appear larger, while objects farther away appear smaller
What is Relative Size?
The phenomenon where we are more likely to perceive continuous, smooth flowing lines rather than jagged, broken lines (following a path)
What is Continuity?
The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills and experiences
What is Long-Term Memory?
Unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings
What is Automatic Processing?
The idea of continuing to invest in something that is not returning a profit due to previously invested capital
What is Sunk-Cost Fallacy?
When each eye sees a slightly different picture because of their separate positions on the face
What is Retinal Disparity?