Exam 6: Thinking, Memory, Cognition, and Language

Culture has nothing to do with the way people frame information initially,how much they practice learning and recalling it,and the strategies they use to try to recall it.

Mental images are representations in the mind of an object or event.

The tendency for old patterns of problem solving to persist,which can affect perceptions as well and prevent you from seeing beyond the apparent constraints of a problem,is known as ______________.

____________________ occurs when information is considered and organized in some fashion in order to remember it.

Explain the three steps usually found in problem solving.

The tendency for old patterns of problem solving to persist,which can affect perceptions as well and prevent you from seeing beyond the apparent constraints of a problem,is known as ______________.

Explain the learning-theory approach to language development.

The repetition of information that has entered short-term memory is called ____________.

Reasoning is the process by which information is used to draw conclusions and make decisions.

Psychologists define thinking as the manipulation of mental representations of information.

On September 11,2001,the United States was shocked to learn that the Twin Towers had been attacked.Many people can recall where they were,and what was happening when they heard about the events that continued to unfold on that fateful day.Remembering exactly where you were,and what you were doing is due to _________ memory.

On September 11,2001,the United States was shocked to learn that the Twin Towers had been attacked.Many people can recall where they were,and what was happening when they heard about the events that continued to unfold on that fateful day.Remembering exactly where you were and what you were doing is due to this type of memory.

____________ memory holds information for 15 to 25 seconds and stores it according to its meaning rather than as mere stimulation.

Material in memory storage has to be located and brought into awareness to be useful,and this process is called __________________.

Memory modules represent separate memory systems in the brain.

____________ is known as the communication of information through symbols arranged according to systematic rules.

The loss of information in memory through its nonuse is known as _____________.

The process by which we encode,store,and retrieve information is called memory.

Explain the levels-of-processing theory as it relates to memory.

Explain the nativist approach to language development and identify the person who created this theory.