PSY 357 Final Questions With Complete Solutions
absent-mindedness Correct Answers everyday failures of
memory (failure of attention etc.)
Are other cognitive processes localized in the brain? Explain.
Correct Answers
associative quality of long term memory, and how mnemonics
(e.g. method of loci) create links to memory. Correct Answers
Assuming English is your native language, your results from the
word superiority demonstration should show Correct Answers
a lower reaction time for words than nonwords
attention Correct Answers Explicitly and precisely define how
attention will be manipulated and measured, permitting
replication by any scientist
Be sure to justify your position on memory by including the
research on forced confabulation (as explained by Zaragoza and
colleagues, 2001). Correct Answers
Because of the familiarity effect, it is hypothesized that people
who view the same foils (on the second day) will have poorer
discrimination and more false recognition than people who view
the different foils. Correct Answers
Bias Correct Answers tendency for knowledge, beliefs, and
feelings to distort memory of past events as well as influence
current and future judgments/memory
, blocking Correct Answers temporary loss of access to
information
bottom-up data Correct Answers sensory driven (no context
from first words out of mouth)
Bottom-up information is information gathered from Correct
Answers sensory Information
By the way, why did the experiment include pseudowords?
Correct Answers
Can implicit bias influence the way doctors care for patients?
Explain the findings. Correct Answers All the studies that
investigated correlations found a significant positive relationship
between level of implicit bias and lower quality of care.
did discover implicit bias
confirmatory feedback Correct Answers e.g., "Yes, _______ is
the correct answer") and provided neutral (uninformative)
feedback for the remaining confabulated responses (e.g., "O.K.
_______").
leads to false memories
Connectionist models of semantic memory Correct Answers
Learning involves strengthening or weakening the connection by
changing connection weights
absent-mindedness Correct Answers everyday failures of
memory (failure of attention etc.)
Are other cognitive processes localized in the brain? Explain.
Correct Answers
associative quality of long term memory, and how mnemonics
(e.g. method of loci) create links to memory. Correct Answers
Assuming English is your native language, your results from the
word superiority demonstration should show Correct Answers
a lower reaction time for words than nonwords
attention Correct Answers Explicitly and precisely define how
attention will be manipulated and measured, permitting
replication by any scientist
Be sure to justify your position on memory by including the
research on forced confabulation (as explained by Zaragoza and
colleagues, 2001). Correct Answers
Because of the familiarity effect, it is hypothesized that people
who view the same foils (on the second day) will have poorer
discrimination and more false recognition than people who view
the different foils. Correct Answers
Bias Correct Answers tendency for knowledge, beliefs, and
feelings to distort memory of past events as well as influence
current and future judgments/memory
, blocking Correct Answers temporary loss of access to
information
bottom-up data Correct Answers sensory driven (no context
from first words out of mouth)
Bottom-up information is information gathered from Correct
Answers sensory Information
By the way, why did the experiment include pseudowords?
Correct Answers
Can implicit bias influence the way doctors care for patients?
Explain the findings. Correct Answers All the studies that
investigated correlations found a significant positive relationship
between level of implicit bias and lower quality of care.
did discover implicit bias
confirmatory feedback Correct Answers e.g., "Yes, _______ is
the correct answer") and provided neutral (uninformative)
feedback for the remaining confabulated responses (e.g., "O.K.
_______").
leads to false memories
Connectionist models of semantic memory Correct Answers
Learning involves strengthening or weakening the connection by
changing connection weights
