Chapter 8
Evidence that learning does not persist
What is Retrieval failure
In which region of the brain are explicit memories for facts and episodes processed, and then fed to other brain regions for storage?
What is Hippocampus?
All mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
What is cognition
Ability to learn form experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
What is Intelligence
This explains how eyewitnesses reconstruct their memories after a crime or accident
What is Misinformation effect
Students use ____, a measure of memory, when they identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test.
What is recognition?
Researchers point to immaturity of the ____ as a possible reason for infantile amnesia
What is hippocampus?
Tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
What is Confirmation Bias
Assess mental aptitudes and compare them with those of others, using numerical scores
What is Intelligence tests
SQ3R, a study technique used in this textbook, is an acronym for ____
What is Survey, question, rad, retrieve, review
What is the correct order in which information travels through the memory system?
What is Sensory memory- short-term memory- long-term memory?
The tendency to recall items that appear first on a list is called ___
What is the primacy effect
Estimating likelihood of events in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes
What is Representativeness Heuristic
Portion of variation among people in group that is attributed to genes
What is Heritability
John as a disease that is slowly stripping away his memory. At the beginning of the disease course, John had difficulty remembering new information; now he is unable to do everyday tasks. Which disease does John have?
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Organization of items into familiar manageable units; often occurs automatically
____ interference occurs when prior learning disrupts your recall of new information
What is proactive?
Smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a word
What is a Morpheme
What is Growth mindset
To encode lengthy speech passages for better recall, Steven uses techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices. What are such memory aids called?
What is Mnemonics?
Organization of items into a few broad categories that are divided and subdivided into narrower concepts and facts (concept maps, outlines)
What are Hierarchies?
The term _____ describes the basic defense mechanism from psychoanalytic theory that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness
What is repression?
Set of rules for deriving meaning from sounds/words; meaning in language
What is Semantics
A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
What is a Stereotype threat
After Andy was in an accident, he could recall his past, but could not form new memories. Which type of amnesia does Andy have?
What is Anterograde?