Cognitive Psychology Questions
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Sperling's study determined that visual sensory memory has a ____ capacity
when ________ is extensive, the person has attempted to make the to-be-remembered information meaningful and has engaged in detailed processing
Alyssa can easily remember the slides of the various breeds of horses flashed up on the screen at a seminar she attended. She is able to recall the color and appearance of each, but can't readily recall what the lecturer said. This is an example of why memory for ______ is better than that for words.
is an effective way to elaborate deeply on information and draw links between aspects of your own life and new information.
The - hypothesis claims that memory for pictures is better than memory for words because pictures are stored both as image codes and verbal codes.
Researchers have concluded that greater elaboration of information is linked with neural activity, especially in the lobe of the brain.
Researchers believe that greater elaboration of information is linked with neural activity in what area of the brain?
is how information is retained over time and how it is represented in memory.
When Don was an undergraduate many years ago, his physics professor shot a flaming arrow across the lecture hall to illustrate a physics theory. Because Don vividly remembers the theory today, this is an example of
Jerome can just make out the contours of mountains on the distant horizon. Which level of encoding best describes this?
______ attention is the ability to concentrate on more than one activity at the same time.
Which is not a component in the definition of memory?
True or false: In order to encode information into memory, you must pay attention to the information.
The three fundamental processes of memory are encoding, storage, and
Ari is watching a movie for the first time. Which process of memory is he using when he takes this new information in?
Today is a busy day! You are texting your friend, answering an email, and trying to plan for the evening. This attention is a facet of multi-tasking.
At which of the following levels of processing are we most likely to recall information?
Megan is participating in a psychology experiment where she is asked to remember a number of items and at the same time write a poem on nature. This experiment is most likely an experiment on attention.
The brain has a limited capacity to attend to everything. Therefore, the process of ______ involves focusing on a specific aspect of an experience while ignoring the other aspects of the experience.
The initial recording of information into memory is called