Unit 5: Cognitive Psychology

Lesson 5A: The Memory System

A basic assumption underlying short-term memory is that it is

• limited in capacity

• unlimited in capacity

• long-lasting

• not under conscious control

• resistant to decay

The term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring, retaining, and using knowledge is:

• Cognition

• Learning

• Perception

• Sensation

Conscious memory of factual information is called _____ memory.

• proactive

• procedural

• explicit

• implicit

The cerebellum is most directly involved in

• forming emotional memories
• forming explicit and spatial memories
• judgement and higher order cognition.
• sensory processing and relaying.
• motor learning.

Target 5.2: I can apply concepts.

A sudden inability to remember how to tie a certain kind of knot indicates a deficit in which kind of memory?

• Declarative

• Semantic

• Iconic

• Episodic

• Procedural

Hillary glances at a graph and then turns her head away less than a second later. When she tries to immediately remember what she saw, which of the following types of memory does Hillary use?

• Iconic
• Procedural
• Declarative
• Implicit
• Echoic

A normally functioning 65-year-old who cannot solve abstract logic puzzles as quickly as he did when he was younger is experiencing a

• phenomenon that is uncommon for people of his age
• phenomenon predicted by Erik Erikson as part of the 8 stages of psychosocial development
• decrease in his crystallized intelligence
• decrease in his fluid intelligence
• difficulty with concrete operational thinking

What is the biological change that occurs during rehearsal which also increases the neuron's firing potential?

• LONG-TERM POTENTIATION
• FLASHBULB MEMORY
• ENCODING
• CHUNKING

Research on stereotype threat indicates that students might not do as well as they can on a test if

• they are informed that people of their ethnicity, age, or gender usually do not perform well on the tests
• the group taking the test is not ethnically diverse
• they are forced t take a test that is know to have a low retest reliability
• other students perceive them to be a minority ethnic group
• the test does not have standardized administration or scoring procedures

Martine needs a hammer but cannot find one. As she looks around her apartment, her gaze passes over a metal paperweight and some other objects that could potentially serve as a makeshift hammer. However, she is so focused on these objects' typical uses that she does not think to use any of them as a hammer. Martine is experiencing which of the following?

• Fundamental Attribution Error
• Functional Fixedness
• Blindsight
• Hawthorne Effect
• Repression