Review - Cognitive Psych - AP

7 + or - 2 refers to

• a good score on a divergent thinking test

• how long something can be held in short term memory

• how many items can be stored in short term memory

• the distribution of intelligence scores

During the test, Donovan really has to use the restroom. It makes it difficult for him to focus on his test. What concept is this?

• State Dependent Memory

• Interference

• Feature Extraction

• Selective Attention

Organizing pieces of info into fewer units.

• Rehearsal
• Chunking
• Flashbulb Memory

• Encoding

Preserves brief sensory impression for a fraction of a second.

• Sensory Memory
• Working Memory
• Short-Term Memory
• Long-Term Memory

The process of filing information into your memory is...

• Storing

• Encoding
• Retrieving
• Priming

Studying for a test in the same room in which it will be taken may result in a better grade because of

• iconic memory

• state-dependent memory

• echoic memory

• context-dependent memory

Anthony has spent all day interviewing candidates for a position as supervisor in his factory. Which candidates is he most likely to remember when it comes time to make his decision?

• The first few and the last few

• The ones who gave the most relevant responses to his quesitons

• The ones that fit his prototype of a supervisor

• Those that seem most intelligent

Techniques used to improve memory.

• Divergent thinking

• Prospective processing

• Mnemonics

• Feature extraction

Memory of something that was deliberately learned or recalled.

• Implicit memory
• Explicit memory
• Retrieval cues
• Prospective memory

What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness?

• retrieval

• spacing effect

• metacognition

• interference