Cognitive Psychology Questions

ariadna tried to remember her grocery list, but she was only able to remember eggs and butter (which were listed at the top) and juice and cereal (which were listed at the bottom). this illustratesa. the serial position effectb. the encoding specificity principlec. parallel distributed processing d. context-dependent memory

schemas and ________ networks explain how information is organized in memory

the amygdala plays an important role in ________ memory

the process by which interconnected networks of neurons are formed is calleda. consolidationb. connectionismc. networkingd. mirroring

_________ is the process by which interconnected networks of neurons are formed

if you are asked to remember a list of words, the words memorized ______ are the least likely to be remembereda. in the middleb. at the beginning c. last

which of the following concepts suggests that is two neurons are activated at the same time, the connection between them (and thus the memory) may be strengthened?a. the implicit memory conceptb. the hierarchy system of classificationc. the concept of long-term potentiationd. the schema concept

in the brain, the _________ is involved in the implicit memory required to perform skills

the type of implicit memory that involves the memory for skills is referred to as _____ memory

alan had a list of items to buy at the grocery store, but when he arrived at the store, he found he had forgotten to bring his list. "Oh, well," he said, "I remember the first three, so I may as well get those." this illustrates the _____ effect.a. primacyb. reminiscencec. recency d. chunking

each memory in the brain is stored in a single, specific location (T/F)

which of the following is the memory process by which information held in memory is brought out of storage?a. retrievalb. encoding c. elaborationd. rehearsal

select all that apply. which of the following are subsystems of implicit memory?a. classical conditioningb. semantic memoryc. procedural memoryd. episodic memorye. priming

memories are best classified as a. single neurons with specialized functions b. a mix of neurotransmittersc. collections of connected neurons working togetherd. individual spots on the brain with distinct tasks

long-term memory is a ________ type of memory that stores huge amounts of information a. phonologicalb. shortenedc. workingd. permanent

the cerebellum is involved in the ________ memory required to perform skillsa. repressedb. retrospectivec. explicitd. implicit

what is the role of the amygdala in memory?a. it plays an important role in emotional memory b. it plays an important role in primingc. it plays an important role in skill-based memoryd. it plays an important role in organizational memory

which of the following best explains the concept of long-term potentiation? a. this concept hypothesizes that information at the beginning or end of a list will be better remembered than information in the middle of the listb. this concept hypothesizes that there are three systems in memoryc. this concept states that if two neurons are activated at the same time, the connection between them and thus the memory may be strengthenedd. this concept hypothesizes that working memory is a three-part system that allows us to hold information temporarily as we perform cognitive tasks

_________ may be the ink with which memories are written, because they play a crucial role in forging the connections that represent memorya. plateletsb. neurotransmittersc. lymphocytesd. hormones

select all that apply. which of the following roles do the preexisting mental frameworks called schemas have concerning the information we get from the environment?a. they affect how we make inferences about the informationb. they affect how we retrieve the information c. they affect how long short-term memory can hold the informationd. they affect how we encode the information