WGU D570 TERMS FROM INSTRUCTOR
1. implicit memory
*Answer√√ Memory that occurs when an experience attects a person's behavior, even though the person
is not aware that he or she has had the experience.
2. explicit memory
*Answer√√ Memory that involves conscious recollections of events or facts that we have learned in the
past.
3. working memory
*Answer√√ a limited-capacity system for temporary storage and manipulation of information for complex
tasks such as comprehension, learning, and reasoning.
4. iconic memory
*Answer√√ Brief sensory memory for visual stimuli that lasts for a fraction of a second after a stimulus is
extinguished. This corresponds to the sensory memory stage of the modal model of memory.
5. echoic memory
*Answer√√ Brief sensory memory for auditory stimuli that lasts for a few seconds after a stimulus is
extinguished.
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6. flashbulb memory
*Answer√√ Memory for the circumstances that surround hearing about shocking, highly charged events. It
has been claimed that such memories are particularly vivid and accurate.
7. episodic memory
*Answer√√ the collection of past personal experiences that occurred at a particular time and place
8. sensory memory
*Answer√√ the retention, for brief periods of time, of the ettects of sensory stimulation.
9. gestalt psychologists*Answer√√ A group of psychologists who proposed principles governing
perception, such as laws of organization, and a perceptual approach to problem solving involving
restructuring.
10. two string theory/problem*Answer√√ A problem first described by Maier in which a person is given the
task of attaching two strings together that are too far apart to be reached at the same time. This task was devised to
illustrate the operation of functional fixedness.
11. Vygotsky: Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)*Answer√√ The zone of proximal
development (ZPD) is the ditterence between what a learner can do without help and what he or she cannot
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12. occipital lobe*Answer√√ A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information
13. temporal lobe*Answer√√ A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and language.
14. frontal lobe
*Answer√√ associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem
solving
15. parietal lobe
*Answer√√ receives sensory input for touch and body position
16. Wernicke's area
*Answer√√ a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression; usually in the left
temporal lobe
17. Broca's area
*Answer√√ controls language expression - an area, usually in the left frontal lobe, that directs the muscle
movements involved in speech.
18. illusory correlation
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1. implicit memory
*Answer√√ Memory that occurs when an experience attects a person's behavior, even though the person
is not aware that he or she has had the experience.
2. explicit memory
*Answer√√ Memory that involves conscious recollections of events or facts that we have learned in the
past.
3. working memory
*Answer√√ a limited-capacity system for temporary storage and manipulation of information for complex
tasks such as comprehension, learning, and reasoning.
4. iconic memory
*Answer√√ Brief sensory memory for visual stimuli that lasts for a fraction of a second after a stimulus is
extinguished. This corresponds to the sensory memory stage of the modal model of memory.
5. echoic memory
*Answer√√ Brief sensory memory for auditory stimuli that lasts for a few seconds after a stimulus is
extinguished.
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6. flashbulb memory
*Answer√√ Memory for the circumstances that surround hearing about shocking, highly charged events. It
has been claimed that such memories are particularly vivid and accurate.
7. episodic memory
*Answer√√ the collection of past personal experiences that occurred at a particular time and place
8. sensory memory
*Answer√√ the retention, for brief periods of time, of the ettects of sensory stimulation.
9. gestalt psychologists*Answer√√ A group of psychologists who proposed principles governing
perception, such as laws of organization, and a perceptual approach to problem solving involving
restructuring.
10. two string theory/problem*Answer√√ A problem first described by Maier in which a person is given the
task of attaching two strings together that are too far apart to be reached at the same time. This task was devised to
illustrate the operation of functional fixedness.
11. Vygotsky: Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)*Answer√√ The zone of proximal
development (ZPD) is the ditterence between what a learner can do without help and what he or she cannot
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do.
12. occipital lobe*Answer√√ A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information
13. temporal lobe*Answer√√ A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and language.
14. frontal lobe
*Answer√√ associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem
solving
15. parietal lobe
*Answer√√ receives sensory input for touch and body position
16. Wernicke's area
*Answer√√ a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression; usually in the left
temporal lobe
17. Broca's area
*Answer√√ controls language expression - an area, usually in the left frontal lobe, that directs the muscle
movements involved in speech.
18. illusory correlation
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