Psychology Degree Cognitive Processes and Memory Questions and Answers Flashcards
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Which memory model proposes that information is processed at different levels ranging from shallow to deep?
Answer: Levels of processing framework
Craik and Lockhart's levels of processing framework suggests that deeper semantic processing leads to stronger memory traces than shallow structural processing.
What is the term for the inability to form new long-term memories after brain damage?
Answer: Anterograde amnesia
Anterograde amnesia is the inability to create new long-term memories following brain injury, as famously documented in patient H.M.
In cognitive psychology, what does the concept of 'chunking' primarily improve?
Answer: Short-term memory capacity
Chunking organizes individual units of information into larger meaningful groups, effectively expanding the limited capacity of short-term memory beyond the typical 7 plus or minus 2 items.
Which phenomenon describes remembering items at the beginning of a list better than those in the middle?
Answer: Primacy effect
The primacy effect occurs because early list items receive more rehearsal and are more likely to be encoded into long-term memory.
What type of cognitive process allows you to ride a bicycle without consciously thinking about each movement?
Answer: Procedural memory
Procedural memory is a type of implicit long-term memory that stores information about how to perform motor skills and routines automatically.
Which cognitive bias causes people to believe they knew an outcome all along after learning the result?
Answer: Hindsight bias
Hindsight bias is the tendency to perceive past events as having been more predictable than they actually were once the outcome is known.