GRE Cognitive Psychology
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HermannlEbbinghausl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
beganlmodernlmemorylresearch.lUsedlmeaninglesslstringslo
fllettersltolstudylthelcapacityloflourlmemorylsystem
EdwardlTitchenerl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
belongedltolschoolloflstructuralism.lGoalloflstructuralismlw
asltolbreaklconsciousnessldownlintolitslelements,lorlspecificl
mentallstructures.lUsedlintrospection:laskedlsubjectsltolrep
ortlonltheirlcurrentlconsciouslexperiences,linlallablsetting.lS
pawnedlfunctionalism,lbehaviorsmlandlGestaltlpsychologyli
nlreaction.lWundt-trainedlpsychologist-
Wundtlalsolusedlintrospection.
NoamlChomskyl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
allinguist,lpavedlwaylforlmodernlcognitivelpsychlwithlcritiqu
eloflSkinner.lOpposedlbehavioristlbelieflthatlspeechlislbestle
xplainedlbyloperantlconditioning,lbecauselchildrenlsaylthing
sltheylcouldlnotlhavelheardladultslsaylandlthatladultslusedlla
nguagelinlnovellandlcreativelways.lThoughtllanguagelstudyli
slmostlviablelroutltolunderstandinglthelmind.
reactionltimel-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
elapsedltimelbetweenlstimuluslpresentationlandlthelsubject'
slresponseltolit.lProvideslinsightlintolorganizationloflcogniti
velprocesses.lAlsolcalledlmentallchronometry
vendarsol
,eyelmovementsl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-anl"on-
line"lmeasureloflinformationlprocessing.lHaslbeenlusedltolst
udylreadinglandllanguagelcomprehension
brainlimagingl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
usedltolassociatedlvariouslcognitivelprocesseslwithlvariouslp
artsloflthelbrain
HermannlEbbinghaus'lexperimentsl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
usedlnonsenselsyllablesltolstudylmemorylusinglhimselflaslals
ubject.lCameluplwithlmethodloflsavingslandlforgettinglcurve
methodloflsavingsl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
memorizedlitemslonlallist,ldistractedlhimselflwithlotherllists
,lthenlmeasuredlhowlmuchlofltheloriginalllistlhelremembere
d.lComparedlnumberlofltimeslhelhadltolreadlthellistlinlorderl
tolrememorizelit.lSubtractedlnumberlofltrialslitltookltolreme
morizellistlfromlnumberlofltrialslitloriginallyltookltolmemori
zelthellist.lDividedlitlbyltheloriginallnumberlofltrialslandlmul
tipliedlbyl100.
forgettinglcurvel-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
usinglmethodloflsavingloverlvariousltimelintervals,lindicatesl
rateloflforgettingl(percentlsavingsloverlnumberlofldays)lWit
houtlpracticelwelforgetlrapidly,lthenlatlalcertainlpoint,lforge
ttingloccurslatlalmuchllesserlrate
mentallprocesseslinvolvedlinlmemoryl-
lCORRECTlANSWERS-
encoding:lputtinglinformationlintolmemory
storage:lretaininglinformationlinlmemory
retrieval:lrecoveringlthelinformationlinlmemory
tip-of-the-tonguelphenomenonl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
vergeloflrememberinglsomethinglbutlcontinueltolbelunsucce
ssfullinldoinglso-problemlwithlretrieval
vendarsol
, recalll-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
independentlylreproducinglinformationlyoulhavelpreviouslyl
beenlexposedltol(shortlanswerlandlfill-inlthelblankltestlthis)
recognitionl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
realizinglthatlalcertainlstimulusleventlislonelyou'velseenlorlh
eardlbeforel(multiplelchoicelquestionsltestlthis)
generation-recognitionl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
anlattemptltolexplainlwhylyoulcanlusuallylrecognizelmorelth
anlyoulcanlrecall;lmodellsuggestslthatlrecalllinvolveslthelsa
melmentallprocesslinvolvedlinlrecognitionlpluslanotherlproc
esslnotlrequiredlforlrecognition.lYoulhaveltolgeneratelinfolra
therlthanlsimplylrecognizelinfolpresented
orderleffectsl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
recencyleffect:lwordslpresentedlatlthelendloflallistlarelremem
beredlbest
primacyleffect:lwordslpresentedlatlthelbeginningloflallistlarel
rememberedl
second-best
clustering:lwhenlaskedltolrecalllallistloflwords,lpeopleltendlt
olrecalllwordslbelongingltolthelsamelcategory
stageltheoryloflmemoryl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
suggestsltherelarelseveralldifferentlmemorylsystemslandleac
hlsystemlhaslaldifferentlfunction.lTheorylsuggestslthatlmem
orieslenterlthelvariouslsystemslinlalspecificlorder:lsensorylm
emory/workinglmemory,lshort-termlmemorylandllong-
termlmemory
sensorylmemory/workinglmemoryl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
containslfleetinglimpressionsloflsensorylstimuli
lvisuallmemory=iconiclmemory
lauditorylmemory=echoiclmemory
vendarsol
A Graded + Exam Questions
With 100%Correct And Verified
Answers 2025
HermannlEbbinghausl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
beganlmodernlmemorylresearch.lUsedlmeaninglesslstringslo
fllettersltolstudylthelcapacityloflourlmemorylsystem
EdwardlTitchenerl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
belongedltolschoolloflstructuralism.lGoalloflstructuralismlw
asltolbreaklconsciousnessldownlintolitslelements,lorlspecificl
mentallstructures.lUsedlintrospection:laskedlsubjectsltolrep
ortlonltheirlcurrentlconsciouslexperiences,linlallablsetting.lS
pawnedlfunctionalism,lbehaviorsmlandlGestaltlpsychologyli
nlreaction.lWundt-trainedlpsychologist-
Wundtlalsolusedlintrospection.
NoamlChomskyl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
allinguist,lpavedlwaylforlmodernlcognitivelpsychlwithlcritiqu
eloflSkinner.lOpposedlbehavioristlbelieflthatlspeechlislbestle
xplainedlbyloperantlconditioning,lbecauselchildrenlsaylthing
sltheylcouldlnotlhavelheardladultslsaylandlthatladultslusedlla
nguagelinlnovellandlcreativelways.lThoughtllanguagelstudyli
slmostlviablelroutltolunderstandinglthelmind.
reactionltimel-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
elapsedltimelbetweenlstimuluslpresentationlandlthelsubject'
slresponseltolit.lProvideslinsightlintolorganizationloflcogniti
velprocesses.lAlsolcalledlmentallchronometry
vendarsol
,eyelmovementsl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-anl"on-
line"lmeasureloflinformationlprocessing.lHaslbeenlusedltolst
udylreadinglandllanguagelcomprehension
brainlimagingl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
usedltolassociatedlvariouslcognitivelprocesseslwithlvariouslp
artsloflthelbrain
HermannlEbbinghaus'lexperimentsl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
usedlnonsenselsyllablesltolstudylmemorylusinglhimselflaslals
ubject.lCameluplwithlmethodloflsavingslandlforgettinglcurve
methodloflsavingsl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
memorizedlitemslonlallist,ldistractedlhimselflwithlotherllists
,lthenlmeasuredlhowlmuchlofltheloriginalllistlhelremembere
d.lComparedlnumberlofltimeslhelhadltolreadlthellistlinlorderl
tolrememorizelit.lSubtractedlnumberlofltrialslitltookltolreme
morizellistlfromlnumberlofltrialslitloriginallyltookltolmemori
zelthellist.lDividedlitlbyltheloriginallnumberlofltrialslandlmul
tipliedlbyl100.
forgettinglcurvel-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
usinglmethodloflsavingloverlvariousltimelintervals,lindicatesl
rateloflforgettingl(percentlsavingsloverlnumberlofldays)lWit
houtlpracticelwelforgetlrapidly,lthenlatlalcertainlpoint,lforge
ttingloccurslatlalmuchllesserlrate
mentallprocesseslinvolvedlinlmemoryl-
lCORRECTlANSWERS-
encoding:lputtinglinformationlintolmemory
storage:lretaininglinformationlinlmemory
retrieval:lrecoveringlthelinformationlinlmemory
tip-of-the-tonguelphenomenonl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
vergeloflrememberinglsomethinglbutlcontinueltolbelunsucce
ssfullinldoinglso-problemlwithlretrieval
vendarsol
, recalll-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
independentlylreproducinglinformationlyoulhavelpreviouslyl
beenlexposedltol(shortlanswerlandlfill-inlthelblankltestlthis)
recognitionl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
realizinglthatlalcertainlstimulusleventlislonelyou'velseenlorlh
eardlbeforel(multiplelchoicelquestionsltestlthis)
generation-recognitionl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
anlattemptltolexplainlwhylyoulcanlusuallylrecognizelmorelth
anlyoulcanlrecall;lmodellsuggestslthatlrecalllinvolveslthelsa
melmentallprocesslinvolvedlinlrecognitionlpluslanotherlproc
esslnotlrequiredlforlrecognition.lYoulhaveltolgeneratelinfolra
therlthanlsimplylrecognizelinfolpresented
orderleffectsl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
recencyleffect:lwordslpresentedlatlthelendloflallistlarelremem
beredlbest
primacyleffect:lwordslpresentedlatlthelbeginningloflallistlarel
rememberedl
second-best
clustering:lwhenlaskedltolrecalllallistloflwords,lpeopleltendlt
olrecalllwordslbelongingltolthelsamelcategory
stageltheoryloflmemoryl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
suggestsltherelarelseveralldifferentlmemorylsystemslandleac
hlsystemlhaslaldifferentlfunction.lTheorylsuggestslthatlmem
orieslenterlthelvariouslsystemslinlalspecificlorder:lsensorylm
emory/workinglmemory,lshort-termlmemorylandllong-
termlmemory
sensorylmemory/workinglmemoryl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
containslfleetinglimpressionsloflsensorylstimuli
lvisuallmemory=iconiclmemory
lauditorylmemory=echoiclmemory
vendarsol
