AP Psych - Cognition & Intelligence

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Which of the following is an example of automatic processing? Reading a book in a quiet room., Learning a new language from scratch., Solving a complex math problem., Driving a car on a familiar route.

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Driving a car on a familiar route.

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_________________ encoding involves items that get into our brain without our conscious awareness while ___________________ encoding requires attention, deep processing, and repetition to remember the items.

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Automatic; effortful

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Memories are converted to long-term storage by the ________________ within the brain.

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hippocampus

Front

Spreading out your studying to 15 minutes/night for 8 nights instead of 2 hours of cramming right before the test:

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Spacing Effect

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Going through questions at the end of each book section to check your knowledge is also known as:

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testing effect

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We can maintain information for longer in our STM by...

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Rehearsing information

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Our SYNAPTIC connections between neurons become stronger the more often we recall certain memories. This is known as

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long-term potentiation

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a type of fixation that causes one to approach a problem the same way that has been successful in the past is called your

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mental set

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The smallest unit of meaningful sound in a word that possesses meaning on it’s own is called a

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Morpheme

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Pablo vainly searches for a screwdriver while failing to recognize that a readily available coin in his pocket would turn the screw. His oversight best illustrates:

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functional fixedness.