Cognition/Memory/Intelligence

Which of the following is an example of automatic processing?

• Reading a book in a quiet room.
• Learning a new language from scratch.
• Solving a complex math problem.
• Driving a car on a familiar route.

_________________ encoding involves items that get into our brain without our conscious awareness while ___________________ encoding requires attention, deep processing, and repetition to remember the items.

• Effortful; automatic

• Automatic; cerebellum

• Automatic; effortful

• Hippocampus; cerebellum

Memories are converted to long-term storage by the ________________ within the brain.

• amygdala

• hypothalamus

• hippcampus

• thalamus

Spreading out your studying to 15 minutes/night for 8 nights instead of 2 hours of cramming right before the test:

• Spacing Effect

• Next-in-Line Effect

• Serial Position Effect

• Self-reference Effect

We can maintain information for longer in our STM by...

• Paying attention

• Concentrating

• Rehearsing information

• Recalling information

Our SYNAPTIC connections between neurons become stronger the more often we recall certain memories. This is known as

• long-term potentiation

• storage decay

• encoding failure

• a flashbulb memory

a type of fixation that causes one to approach a problem the same way that has been successful in the past is called your

• echoic memory

• mental set

• mental capacity

• Ebbinghaus Curve

Throughout history, according to IQ test data, humans are

• becoming less and less intelligent.

• becoming more and more intelligent.

• consistently scoring and performing at the same or similar levels, decade after decade, generation after generation

When standardized tests are used for IQ tests, the data often forms a / an

• X - Y slope

• bell curve

• gradient with a positive correlation of +5 at each interval

• inconclusive and inconsistent report

Fred and Eric are identical twins. Which is likely true about their intelligence?

• Their intelligence test scores are closely matched.

• Their brain matter volume and activation are different.

• Their environment has no influence on their intelligence.

• They have the same intelligence correlations as adopted siblings would.