HG&D Chapter 7 Key Concepts Set ONE

Study of thinking, language, intelligence, knowledge creation, and the brain. Fill in the blank with the correct term/concept.

• Cognitive Science

• Neuroscience

• Psychology

• Linguistics

A theory that compares human thinking to the processing of data by a computer. Fill in the blank with the correct term/concept.

• Informational Processing Theory

• Behavioral Theory

• Psychoanalytic Theory

• Humanistic Approach

Temporary storage device for holding memories of experiences using the 5 senses. Fill in the blank with the correct term/concept.

• Sensory register

• Short-term memory

• Long-term memory

• Working memory

Definition: The relatively permanent storage of information. Fill in the blank with the correct term/concept.

• long-term memory

• perception

• attention

• cognition

The part of the working memory that directs attention and processing. Fill in the blank with the correct term/concept.

• central executive

• phonological loop

• visuospatial sketchpad

• episodic buffer

Definition: The degree to which an activity requires attention. Fill in the blank with the correct term/concept.

• automization

• physical load

• emotional load

• social load

Definition: The inability to retrieve memories from before age 3. Fill in the blank with the correct term/concept.

• infantile Amnesia

• Retrograde Amnesia

• Anterograde Amnesia

• Transient Global Amnesia

Fill in the blank: Autobiographical Self refers to the memories of the things you have done and what has happened to ____.

• you.

• your friends.

• your family.

• your pets.

Fill in the blank: Schema is a concept or framework that organizes and interprets ____.

• the information or data.

• the physical structure.

• the emotional response.

• the visual elements.

Fill in the blank: Knowledge Base is a body of knowledge that makes it easier to learn new information in a particular ____.

• subject

• location

• language

• time