Memory Processing
Memory Storage and Retrieval
Forgetting and Memory Improvement
Thinking and Problem-Solving
Language and Creativity
100

The persistence of learning over time.

Memory

100

The capacity of our Long Term Memory is...

essentially limitless.

100

If you miss a question on the test because you were on your phone when we went over it in class, you are experiencing this type of forgetting.

encoding failure

100

Involves the mental processes involved with thinking, remembering, problem-solving, and communicating.

Cognition

100

In the word Steelman, the "S" is a...

phoneme

200

The number of items that our STM can hold.

Magic Number 7 +/- 2
200

How do stress hormones affect our memories?

They focus our memories, make it easier for us to recall later.

200

Research participants that were asked how fast vehicles were going when they smashed into each other were more likely to falsely remember glass at the scene. This is due to...

the misinformation effect

200

The gut instinct we have is automatic. This is our...

intuition

200

Identify 2 of the components of creativity.

expertise, imagination, venturesome personality, intrinsic motivation, creative environment

Bonus: Divergent Thinking

300

A type of effortful processing strategy where you organize an outline of ideas with a larger framework and different levels of subtopics.

hierarchy / hierarchical organization

300

The Serial Position Effect demonstrates that we are better able to recall...

the last items (recency) and the first items (primacy) on a list

300

This type of amnesia is when you can't remember anything from your past / before the accident or illness.

Retrograde Amnesia

300

When you're lost on your college road trip, you try to find the correct route by calling your parents and asking for help. This is an example of what problem solving strategy?

Heuristic (mental shortcut)

300

Grammar includes two main rules. These are...

Semantics and Syntax

400

Remembering well-known skill like how to ride a bike is a(n) __________ memory processed with __________ processing.

implicit / procedural memory, automatic

400

The hippocampus is responsible for memory consolidation of what kinds of memory?

Explicit Memories (episodic and semantic)

400

What does modern research suggest concerning the occurrence of repression?

Repression is thought to be rare, if it happens at all.

400
Not believing a woman would make a great president could be a sign that you are experiencing this type of heuristic.

Representative

400

This is the term for the modern idea of how thinking and language are related.

Linguistic Influence

500

JFost is telling you about her cat, but you're not really paying attention. She pauses so you are worried she asked you a question, so you say, "what did you say?" Two seconds later you realize what she said. In this example, you relied on your....

echoic memory

500

Information studied while you are caffeinated will be best remembered when you are...

caffeinated (state-dependent memory)

500

JFost runs into one of her former students at the airport, who graduated in 2018. She accidentally calls the student the name of her younger sister, who JFost currently has in class. What type of memory interference is JFost experiencing?

Retroactive Interference

500

JFost's uncle Joe keeps sharing Flat Earther conspiracy videos on Facebook. Uncle Joe is experiencing...

belief perseverance

500

Genie was severely abused in her childhood and ultimately never mastered a language. This served as evidence for what language-related hypothesis?

Critical period