Memory, attention, language, and problem-solving concepts from a college cognitive psychology course.
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- What is the process by which information is converted into a form the brain can store?
- Encoding
- What is the process of bringing stored information back into conscious awareness?
- Retrieval
- What is the typical capacity of working memory in terms of items?
- About 7 plus or minus 2 items, or approximately 4 chunks
- What type of memory stores information for extended periods, potentially a lifetime?
- Long-term memory
- What type of long-term memory contains facts, concepts, and meanings?
- Semantic memory
- What type of long-term memory contains personal experiences and events from specific times and places?
- Episodic memory
- What type of long-term memory is responsible for skills and habits?
- Procedural memory
- What is Ebbinghaus's curve of forgetting primarily explained by?
- The passage of time and decay of the memory trace
- What theory explains forgetting as the result of new learning blocking access to old memories?
- Interference theory
- What phenomenon occurs when retrieving one memory impairs the retrieval of related memories?
- Retrieval-induced forgetting
- What is the ability to focus on one stimulus while ignoring other stimuli in the environment?
- Selective attention
- What phenomenon allows you to hear your name in a noisy room even when you were not paying attention?
- Cocktail party effect
- What is the ability to process multiple streams of information simultaneously?
- Divided attention
- What is the temporary inability to detect a second stimulus when it appears shortly after a first stimulus?
- Attentional blink
- What phenomenon occurs when you fail to notice an unexpected object in a visual scene because attention is focused elsewhere?
- Inattentional blindness