Memory, Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

What is the process involved in the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information?

• Encoding

• Storage

• Retrieval

• Memory

What is the process of temporarily maintaining and processing limited information for longer periods?

• Sensory Memory

• Long-Term Memory

• Short-Term Memory

• Encoding

Which technique involves repeating information to be remembered, increasing the length of time it can be held in short-term memory?

• Maintenance Rehearsal

• Chunking

• Mnemonics

• Encoding

What is the term for the mistaken belief that an outcome could have been predicted easily?

• Hindsight Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• Representativeness Heuristic

• Emotional Intelligence

What is the capacity to perceive, understand, regulate, and use emotions to adapt to social situations called?

• Emotional Intelligence

• Intelligence Quotient

• Achievement

• Aptitude

Grouping numbers, letters, or other items into meaningful subsets as a strategy for increasing the quantity of information that can be maintained in short-term memory is known as...

• Semantic Memory

• Chunking

• Episodic Memory

• Mnemonics

The tendency to look for evidence that upholds our beliefs and to overlook evidence that runs counter to them is known as...

• Representativeness Heuristic

• Hindsight Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• None of these

True or False:
Intelligence DOES NOT always go hand in hand with intelligent behavior

• TRUE

• FALSE

The mental activity associated with coming to a decision, reaching a solution, or forming a belief is also known as...

• Thinking

• Cognition

• Memory

• All of the above

The Index Card for the Midterm Exam will be due on...

• The day of the Midterm (10/23)

• The week BEFORE the midterm at the end of class (10/16)

• The week BEFORE the midterm at the beginning of class (10/16)