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Encoding
Storage
Retrieval
Gestalt
Thinking/Problem Solving
100

Repeating information several times to move it into short term memory

What is rehearsal?

100

The input of information into the memory system. 

What is encoding?

100

The ability to recall an image from memory with high precision for a brief period after seeing it only once, and without using a mnemonic device.

What is eidetic memory?

100

Someone sitting next to you on a bench is closer than a person sitting three rows away. This principle shows that individuals are more likely to form social relationships with people who are closer to them.

What is proximity?

100

The most primitive of all units of thought.

What is image?

200

ROY G BOV

HOMES

Please excuse my dear aunt Sally

What are mnemonic devices?

200

When you are able to focus on a particular input?

What is selective attention?

200

The type of retrieval used when accessing information without using clues? Like an open ended question.

What is recall?

200

This principle states that if there is a break in the object, we perceive the object as continuing in a smooth pattern

What is closure?

200

A label for a class of objects or events that have at least one attribute in common.

What is concept?

300

What is the magic number of sensory memory capability?

What is 7?

300
Which 2 of the 3 parts of the brain that are primarily responsible for memory?
What are the hippocampus, cerebellum, and cerebral cortex?
300

Identifying information that you have previously learned after encountering it again. A multiple choice question.

What is recognition?

300

The principle that elements that are similar are perceived to be more related than elements that are dissimilar

What is similarity?

300

A logical and step by step approach to finding solutions to problems.

What is convergent thinking?

400
Memory technique where you organize information into meaningful units
What is chunking?
400

The ability to pull out and focus on specific elements from inputs

What is feature extraction?

400
Loftus' belief that we all fill in the gaps of our memory and therefore are subject to false memories.
What is confabulation?
400

The principle that images either stand out prominently in the front or recede into the back

What is figure ground?

400

The ability to generate, create, or discover new ideas, solutions, and possibilities.

What is creativity?

500

The part of the brain that plays a part in how memories are stored because storage is influenced by stress hormones.

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What is the amygdala?

500
Type of memory where a person (sometimes a savant) has one piece of their memory is exceptional such as music or art.
What is Eidetic Memory?
500
Learning vocabulary from your new Latin class is getting in the way of you remembering vocabulary from your freshman Spanish class. This concept is known as...
What is retroactive interference?
500

State the difference between sensation and perception.

You walk into a kitchen and smell cinnamon rolls (________), this makes you think about Grandma’s baking at the holidays (___________).

What is sensation (physical) perception (psychological)?

500

A sudden emergence of a solution by recombination of elements.

What is insight?