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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP PSYCH
COGNITION EXAM QUESTIONS
Qs and Ans Expert- Explanation
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-Guarantee passing score -45 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert- Explanation
Question 1: Mood-Congruent/State-Dependent Memory
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the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with our mood
Question 2: Retrieval
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the process of getting information out of memory storage
Question 3: Testing Effect
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enhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply rereading information
Question 4: Episodic Memory
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explicit memory of personally experienced events
Question 5: Repression
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the basic defense mechanism from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories
Question 6: Mnemonics
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memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices
Question 7: Reconsolidation
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a process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are altered before being restored
Question 8: Encoding
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the process of getting information into the memory system
Question 9: Semantic Memory
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explicit memory of facts or general knowledge
Question 10: Explicit/Declarative Memory
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retention of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare
Question 11: Retroactive Interference
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the backward-acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of past information
Question 12: Retrieval-Induced Forgetting
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occurs when we have many memories associated with a cue but selectively rehearse only one or two of these memories
Question 13: Retro mnesia
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an inability to retrieve information from one's past
Question 14: Chunking
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organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically
Question 15: Priming
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the activation, often unconscious, of particular associations in memory
Question 16: Shallow Processing
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encoding on a basic level, based on the structure or appearance of words
Question 17: Recall
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a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier without any cues, as on a fill in the blank test
Question 18: Spacing Effect
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the tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention is achieved through massed study or practice
Question 19: Working Memory
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a newer understanding of short-term memory that adds conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual information, and of information retrieved from long term memory
Question 20: Long-Term Potentiation
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an increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation; a neural basis for learning and memory
Question 21: Misinformation Effect
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occurs when misleading information has distorted one's memory of an event
Question 22: Proactive Interference
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that forward-acting disruptive effect of older learning on the recall of new information
Question 23: Parallel Processing
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processing many aspects of a problem simultaneously, the brain's natural mode of information processing for many functions
Question 24: Recency Effect
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the enhanced ability to recall items from the end of a list
Question 25: Recognition
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a measure of memory in which the person identifies items previously learned, as on a multiple choice test
Question 26: Iconic Memory
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a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli, a picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second
Question 27: Relearning
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a measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again
Question 28: Storage
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the process of retaining information over time
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