Unit 5 Cognition Review

Creativity is most closely associated with

• using algorithms

• divergent thinking

• functional fixedness

• excellent recall ability

• telegraphic speech

Mohammed is trying to develop a test that will predict how great someone's potential is to become a prizefighter. This type of test would be best described as a(n)

• power test

• speed test

• achievement test

• aptitude test

• individual test

Which of the following processes is likely to result in the best memory for words?

• visual encoding
• acoustic encoding
• rote memorization
• semantic encoding

Memories of emotional events are especially likely to be facilitated by activation of the: 

• amygdala.
• hypothalamus.
• sensory cortex.
• motor cortex.

You are used to driving a car with a standard shift.  Today you are driving a friend’s car that has an automatic transmission.  As you drive, you keep trying to shift gears, but there is no shift.  This tendency is most likely due to: 

• retroactive interference.

• proactive interference.
• motivated forgetting.
• encoding failure.

We have all had the experience of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.  We are asked to remember someone’s name.  We are certain that we know the name and feel as if we are just about to remember it, yet it remains elusive.  What type of forgetting might be at work here?

• encoding failure
• retroactive interference
• retrieval failure
• motivated forgetting

You have discovered you score better on vocabulary tests if you study the material 15 minutes every day for 8 days instead of cramming for 2 hours the night before the test. This illustrates what is known as

• The serial position effect
• Mood-Congruent memory
• The Testing effect
• The Spacing effect

Memory aids that involve the use of vivid imagery and clever ways of organizing material are called

• Flashbulb memories
• Mnemonic devices
• Iconic traces
• Semantic techniques

To remember the information presented in your psychology textbook, you often relate it to your own life experiences. Your strategy is an effective memory aid because it facilitates

• Iconic memory
• Semantic encoding
• Automatic processing
• The serial position effect

Where are explicit memories processed?

• Hippocampus
• Cerebellum
• Hypothalamus
• Motor Cortex