Sensation & Perception
Learning
Memory Systems
Remembering & Forgetting
Mind in Action
100

This part of the eye is responsible for the highest visual acuity.

Fovea

100

Mylee no longer notices city traffic noise after living there for a month. This is an example...

Habituation

100

Knowing how to do a triple axel in figure skating is an example of this memory type.

Procedural memory

100

“Memories are accurate and unchanging records.” This statement is...

False

100

After a stroke, Samson can’t recognize faces. This condition is called...

Prosopagnosia

200

The reason you can still read “Pyshcogoly si teh sudty fo teh mind” is because of this type of cognitive processing.

Top-down processing

200

In a study where Mochi the cat blinks after hearing a burp, the burp becomes what in classical conditioning?

Conditioned stimulus

200

Remembering that Barack Obama was the 44th President involves this kind of memory.

Semantic memory

200

The inability to form new memories after a brain injury is known as.

Anterograde amnesia

200

Isa is given an unfamiliar object and uses touch and sight to figure it out. This is an example of…

Bottom-up processing

300

Perceiving motion in a still image of Donut the cat leaping is due to this brain stream.

Dorsal stream

300

You always tank antacids after eating spicy noodles to stop heartburn. This is an example of....

Negative reinforcement

300

Holding a phone number for 15 seconds while searching for a pen involves this memory system.

Working memory

300

Stephanie forgot to pick up Emily from the airport due to new info pushing out the old. This is….

Retroactive interference

300

Jayden thinks generic soda tastes better after being told it’s expensive. This demonstrates…

Top-down expectation

400

You expected orange juice but drank milk instead. Which type of processing initially caused that expectation?

Top-down processing

400

In classical conditioning, this is the stimulus that naturally elicits a response.

Unconditioned stimulus

400

Which memory type did you use to answer the last Jeopardy question?

Semantic memory

400

In a serial position curve, you best remember the first items well because.

Primacy effect

400

Nevaeh rescues a nocturnal cat with great night vision but poor color vision. This cat likely has high amounts of ______ and low amounts of _____.

Rods; cones

500

Your cousin says the moon looks bigger on the horizon. This is due to this perceptual phenomenon.

Context effect

500

The primary difference between classical and operant conditioning lies in this.

The response is reflexive in classical conditioning and voluntary in operant conditioning.

500

Remembering to attend a meeting tomorrow at 3 pm involves this type of future-oriented memory.

Prospective memory

500

When new information changes how we remember a past event, this is referred to as…

Misinformation effect

500

Ryu switches from a stick shift to an automatic car and keeps trying to use a clutch that isn’t there. This frustrating habit is best explained by…

Proactive interference