PSYC 1010 – Memory Exam with
Complete Solutions
Memory - ANSWER-The persistence of learning over time through the storage and
retrieval of information
Recall - ANSWER-A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information
learned earlier, as on a fill in the blank test
Recognition - ANSWER-A measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved
when learning material again
Source Amnesia - ANSWER-Attributing to the wrong source an event we have
experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined.
Deja Vu - ANSWER-The eerie sense that: "I've experienced this before." Cues from the
current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.
Cognition - ANSWER-All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing,
remembering and communicating
Concept - ANSWER-A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas or people
Prototype - ANSWER-A mental image or best example of a category. Matching new
items to a prototype provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories.
Algorithm - ANSWER-A methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a
particular problem. Contrasts with the usual speedier-but also more error-prone than-
use of heuristics
Heuristics - ANSWER-A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make
judgements and solve problems effectively; usually speedier but also more error-prone
than algorithms
Insight - ANSWER-A sudden realization of a problems solutions; contrasts with
strategy-based solutions
Confirmation bias - ANSWER-A tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
, Mental set - ANSWER-A tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often a
way that has been successful in the past.
Intuition - ANSWER-An effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought as
contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning
Availability heuristic - ANSWER-Estimating the likelihood of events based on their
availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of their
vividness) we presume such events are common.
Language - ANSWER-Our spoken, written or signed words and the ways we combine
them to communicate meaning
Babbling Stage - ANSWER-Begins at about 4 months, the infant spontaneously utters
various sounds at first unrelated to the household language
One word stage - ANSWER-Speech development from about age 1 to 2 where child
speaks mostly in words
Telegraphic speech - ANSWER-Early speech stage where a child speaks like a
telegram "go car" using mostly sounds and words
Aphasia - ANSWER-Impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere
damage either to Broca's area (impairing speaking ) or to Wernicke's area (impairing
understanding)
Broca's Area - ANSWER-Controls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe,
usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech
Wernicke's area - ANSWER-Controls language reception -a brain area involved in
language comprehension and expression; usually in the left temporal lobe
Linguistic determinism - ANSWER-Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the
way we think
Intelligence - ANSWER-Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience,
solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
Intelligence test - ANSWER-A method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes
and comparing them with those of others, using numeric scores
General Intelligence (g) - ANSWER-A general intelligence factor that, according to
Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by
everyday task on an intelligence test
Complete Solutions
Memory - ANSWER-The persistence of learning over time through the storage and
retrieval of information
Recall - ANSWER-A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information
learned earlier, as on a fill in the blank test
Recognition - ANSWER-A measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved
when learning material again
Source Amnesia - ANSWER-Attributing to the wrong source an event we have
experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined.
Deja Vu - ANSWER-The eerie sense that: "I've experienced this before." Cues from the
current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.
Cognition - ANSWER-All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing,
remembering and communicating
Concept - ANSWER-A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas or people
Prototype - ANSWER-A mental image or best example of a category. Matching new
items to a prototype provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories.
Algorithm - ANSWER-A methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a
particular problem. Contrasts with the usual speedier-but also more error-prone than-
use of heuristics
Heuristics - ANSWER-A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make
judgements and solve problems effectively; usually speedier but also more error-prone
than algorithms
Insight - ANSWER-A sudden realization of a problems solutions; contrasts with
strategy-based solutions
Confirmation bias - ANSWER-A tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
, Mental set - ANSWER-A tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often a
way that has been successful in the past.
Intuition - ANSWER-An effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought as
contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning
Availability heuristic - ANSWER-Estimating the likelihood of events based on their
availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of their
vividness) we presume such events are common.
Language - ANSWER-Our spoken, written or signed words and the ways we combine
them to communicate meaning
Babbling Stage - ANSWER-Begins at about 4 months, the infant spontaneously utters
various sounds at first unrelated to the household language
One word stage - ANSWER-Speech development from about age 1 to 2 where child
speaks mostly in words
Telegraphic speech - ANSWER-Early speech stage where a child speaks like a
telegram "go car" using mostly sounds and words
Aphasia - ANSWER-Impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere
damage either to Broca's area (impairing speaking ) or to Wernicke's area (impairing
understanding)
Broca's Area - ANSWER-Controls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe,
usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech
Wernicke's area - ANSWER-Controls language reception -a brain area involved in
language comprehension and expression; usually in the left temporal lobe
Linguistic determinism - ANSWER-Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the
way we think
Intelligence - ANSWER-Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience,
solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
Intelligence test - ANSWER-A method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes
and comparing them with those of others, using numeric scores
General Intelligence (g) - ANSWER-A general intelligence factor that, according to
Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by
everyday task on an intelligence test
