Unit 2 Cognition

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Which of the following describes top down processing?

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The effect that our experiences & expectations have on perception.

Front

Memories are often a blend of correct and incorrect information.

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True

Front

Which of the following is an example of the use of the representativeness heuristic? Judging that a young person is more likely to be an instigator of an argument than an older person, because you believe younger people are more likely to start fights., Breaking a math story problem down into smaller, representative parts, in order to solve it., Judging a situation by a rule that is usually, but not always true. , Solving a problem with a rule that guarantees the right, more representative answer.

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Judging that a young person is more likely to be an instigator of an argument than an older person, because you believe younger people are more likely to start fights.

Front

Why is recall more difficult than recognition? Options: Memories retrieved by recognition are held in working memory, and recalled memories are in long term memory., Memories retrieved by recognition are more deeply processed., The process of recall involves cues to the memory that causes interference., The process of recognition involves matching a person, event, or object with something already in memory.

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The process of recognition involves matching a person, event, or object with something already in memory.

Front

Being able to distinguish your teacher from the board illustrates what Gestalt principle?

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figure-ground

Front

The capacity for short term memory is about ___ chunks of unrelated acoustically coded information.

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7

Front

Which of the following illustrates the serial position effect?
The only name Kenzi remembers from the
people she met at the party is Spencer because
she thought he was good looking.
Kim has trouble remembering information from the book’s first unit when she reviews for semester finals.
Kyle was not able to remember the names of all of his new co-workers after one week on the job, but he could remember them after two weeks.
Alice is unable to remember the middle of a list of vocabulary words as well as she remembers the first or last words on the list.

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Alice is unable to remember the middle of a list of vocabulary words as well as she remembers the first or last words on the list.

Front

In legal cases, research on the misinformation effect is most often used to cast doubt on which of the following? Knowledge of the expert witnesses, Judgment of jurors, Memory of eyewitnesses, Impartiality of judges

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Memory of eyewitnesses

Front

Which of the following is an example of anterograde amnesia? Halle has no memories of the first 10 years of her life., William has lost most memory of the 2 weeks before he had surgery to remove a benign brain tumor., Louis can remember his past, but has not been able to form new long term memories since experiencing a brain infection 4 years ago., Maddie can’t remember the details of when she was mugged downtown 6 months ago.

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Louis can remember his past, but has not been able to form new long term memories since experiencing a brain infection 4 years ago.

Front

When asked to think of a “desk,” many students think of their desks in the classroom rather than a large desk in an office. This illustrates that their school desks have formed their ____ of a desk.

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