Psychology Vocabulary

The mistaken belief held by some people that independent events are interrelated is called _____________.

• gamblers fallacy

• wishers desires

• random neurons firing

• predictable forces

Fill in the blank: Critical thinking that uses linear, logical steps to analyze a number of already formulated solutions to a problem to determine the correct one or the one that is most likely to be _________.

• successful

• unsuccessful

• impossible

• unlikely

Fill in the blank: IQ scores across much of the world have increased over time due to societal factors, such as higher socioeconomic status and access to better _________.

• education

• transportation

• healthcare

• technology

Fill in the blank: People’s belief that intelligence is changeable due to _________.

• experience

• genetics

• luck

• education

Fill in the blank: The process of getting information into the _________.

• memory system

• digestive system

• nervous system

• circulatory system

Fill in the blank: The immediate very brief recording of sensory information in the _________.

• sensory memory

• short-term memory

• long-term memory

• working memory

Involves the retention of facts and experiences that one can _________.

• consciously know

• unconsciously forget

• randomly guess

• vaguely remember

Fill in the blank: Part of explicit - experienced _________.

• events

• thoughts

• feelings

• memories

Memory of something in a sequence of _________

• steps

• events

• numbers

• letters

Helps people remember information by visualizing familiar spaces and associating information with specific locations within those _________.

• spaces

• rooms

• areas

• zones