UNIT 5 Cognition

Immediate, initial recording of encoding info. Includes echoic and Iconic Memory

• Short Term Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Long Term Memory

• Working Memory

An image that is flashed before us for only a fraction of a second is captured by our

• Short term memory
• Echoic Memory
• Iconic memory
• Long term memory

The _________ is important in the formation of short to long-term memories

• bladder

• thalamus

• hippocampus

• kidneys

We hear a sound for a short amount of time but it is captured by our

• Short term memory

• Echoic Memory

• Iconic memory

• Long term memory

Semantic encoding which emphasizes the meaning of verbal or written inputs is what level of processing?

• Shallow

• Medium

• Deep

• Immediate

Inability to perceive a new use for an object associated with a different purpose

• Mental set
• Functional Fixedness
• Bias

Phonemes and morphemes refer to

• elements of telegraphic speech

• basic elements of language

• basic elements of concepts

• memories stored in the LTM

Someone who cannot encode new memories has...

• Anterograde amnesia

• Long-term potentiation

• Retroactive Interference

• Proactive Interference

Rudy is 6 feet tall, weighs 210 pounds, and is very muscular. If you think that Rudy is more likely to be a basketball player than a computer programmer , you are a victim of:

• Belief bias
• The availability heuristic
• A mental set
• The representativeness heuristic

Alyssa has to write a research paper on the effects of video games on child behavior. Alyssa believes that video games lead to bad behavior in children, and only finds research that supports her views. Alyssa’s actions are a demonstration of _______.

• divergent thinking

• functional fixedness

• confirmation bias

• convergent thinking