PSYC 304 UPDATED FINAL EXAMS ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Explicit Memory - ✔✔Memory that can be consciously recalled.
✔✔Amnesia - ✔✔Severe impairment of memory.
✔✔Retrograde Amnesia - ✔✔Difficulty retrieving memories formed before the onset of
amnesia.
✔✔Anterograde Amnesia - ✔✔Difficulty forming new memories.
✔✔H.M. - ✔✔Suffered from epilepsy that resulted from a bike accident as a teenager.
✔✔Hippocampus - ✔✔An area of the brain involved in memory processing.
✔✔Short-term iconic, haptic, & echoic memories - ✔✔Types of memories activated
when we experience something.
✔✔Attention - ✔✔Arousal and executive function related to focus and information
processing.
, ✔✔Arousal - ✔✔General state of 'readiness' or 'alertness'.
✔✔Vigilance - ✔✔The duration we can focus on specific information over time.
✔✔Selective attention - ✔✔The process of focusing on small pieces of information while
ignoring others.
✔✔Overt Attention - ✔✔Attending to something by looking at it.
✔✔Covert Attention - ✔✔Attending to something mentally without moving our eyes.
✔✔Endogenous Attention - ✔✔Consciously shifting attention from one thing to another.
✔✔Exogenous Attention - ✔✔Attention captured automatically by a stimulus.
✔✔Visual Search - ✔✔Scanning the environment for specific objects or information.
✔✔Pop Out - ✔✔The phenomenon where a single distinct feature stands out.
✔✔Conjunction Search - ✔✔A resource-intensive search requiring a combination of
features.
✔✔Inattentional Blindness - ✔✔Failing to notice obvious things when attention is
occupied.
✔✔Change Blindness - ✔✔Failing to notice significant changes in the environment.
✔✔Early Selection Theory - ✔✔A theory suggesting filtration of ignored information
occurs early in processing.
✔✔Dichotomous Listening Task - ✔✔A task where different audio inputs are presented
to each ear.
✔✔Cocktail Party Effect - ✔✔The ability to hear certain words even when not paying
attention.
✔✔Late Selection Theory - ✔✔A theory stating information is discarded after late stages
of processing.
✔✔Perceptual Load Theory - ✔✔Theory positing limited capacity for attention allocated
across sources.
✔✔Reticular Activating System - ✔✔A brain stem region crucial for sleep/wake and
arousal.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Explicit Memory - ✔✔Memory that can be consciously recalled.
✔✔Amnesia - ✔✔Severe impairment of memory.
✔✔Retrograde Amnesia - ✔✔Difficulty retrieving memories formed before the onset of
amnesia.
✔✔Anterograde Amnesia - ✔✔Difficulty forming new memories.
✔✔H.M. - ✔✔Suffered from epilepsy that resulted from a bike accident as a teenager.
✔✔Hippocampus - ✔✔An area of the brain involved in memory processing.
✔✔Short-term iconic, haptic, & echoic memories - ✔✔Types of memories activated
when we experience something.
✔✔Attention - ✔✔Arousal and executive function related to focus and information
processing.
, ✔✔Arousal - ✔✔General state of 'readiness' or 'alertness'.
✔✔Vigilance - ✔✔The duration we can focus on specific information over time.
✔✔Selective attention - ✔✔The process of focusing on small pieces of information while
ignoring others.
✔✔Overt Attention - ✔✔Attending to something by looking at it.
✔✔Covert Attention - ✔✔Attending to something mentally without moving our eyes.
✔✔Endogenous Attention - ✔✔Consciously shifting attention from one thing to another.
✔✔Exogenous Attention - ✔✔Attention captured automatically by a stimulus.
✔✔Visual Search - ✔✔Scanning the environment for specific objects or information.
✔✔Pop Out - ✔✔The phenomenon where a single distinct feature stands out.
✔✔Conjunction Search - ✔✔A resource-intensive search requiring a combination of
features.
✔✔Inattentional Blindness - ✔✔Failing to notice obvious things when attention is
occupied.
✔✔Change Blindness - ✔✔Failing to notice significant changes in the environment.
✔✔Early Selection Theory - ✔✔A theory suggesting filtration of ignored information
occurs early in processing.
✔✔Dichotomous Listening Task - ✔✔A task where different audio inputs are presented
to each ear.
✔✔Cocktail Party Effect - ✔✔The ability to hear certain words even when not paying
attention.
✔✔Late Selection Theory - ✔✔A theory stating information is discarded after late stages
of processing.
✔✔Perceptual Load Theory - ✔✔Theory positing limited capacity for attention allocated
across sources.
✔✔Reticular Activating System - ✔✔A brain stem region crucial for sleep/wake and
arousal.
