Exam 6: Thinking, Memory, Cognition, and Language

Explain the difference between recall and recognition in terms of memory.

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

Define the term "prototype" and give an example of one.

The phenomenon by which children apply language rules,even when the application results in error,is known as __________________.

If you clearly remember what you did on Thanksgiving four years ago because that was when your niece was born,then you are using ________________ memory.

Explain the interactionist approach to language development.

One reason that we forget is because we may not have paid attention to the material in the first place.This is a(n)__________ failure.

Repeated testing for differences between the desired outcome and what currently exists is known as ___________ analysis.

A meaningful grouping of stimuli that can be stored as a unit in short-term memory is called ______________.

Kathy went to the mall and saw a girl that she recognized from her high school class,ten years ago.No matter how hard she tried to remember the name of the girl,she could not remember it.This is called the ____________________ phenomenon.

Explain the first experiments designed to study forgetting.

Memories of which people are not consciously aware,but which can affect subsequent performance and behavior,are part of ______________ memory.

If you move to a new house and you are asked for your address,but can only remember your old address,you are exhibiting ______________ interference.

Kathy went to the mall and saw a girl that she recognized from her high school class,ten years ago.No matter how hard she tried to remember the name of the girl,she could not remember it.This is called the ___________ phenomenon.

Representations in the mind that resemble the object or event being represented are known as _____________ images.

The branch of psychology that focuses on memory,thinking,reasoning,and language is called ____________ psychology.

The tendency to think of an object only in terms of its typical use is known as __________.

If done properly,there will be no major obstacles to problem solving at each of the three major stages.

A retrieval cue is a stimulus that allows us to recall more easily information that is in long-term memory.

Define episodic memory and offer a unique example from your own life of an episodic memory.