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| People use more words to describe false memories over true memories. (TRUE/FALSE) |
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| In Hyman et al.'s study, parents supplied true memories about an event their child experiences. Tested as adults, the subjects recalled more (FALSE EVENTS/TRUE EVENTS/FALSE AND TRUE EVENTS) with repeated interviewing. |
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| Memories are more easily modified soon after they are experienced. (TRUE/FALSE) |
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| Subjects asked to imagine an event or episode that did not occur are more likely to form a false memory of the event. This phenomenon is referred to as ________________. |
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| The above (imagination inflation) phenomenon may be caused by __________________ which occurs when the source of a memory and its contents are confused. |
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| The reason adults cannot remember episodes from the first year of their life is that the ______________, a part of the brain involved in memory, is not sufficiently mature. |
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| Creation of false memories occurs most easily when these 3 external factors are present: |
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1) When researchers exert some pressure on participants to come up with memories
2) When people are having trouble remembering and are encouraged to imagine
3) When encouraged not to think whether their constructions are real or not. |
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| Perhaps the most intriguing brain anomaly suffered by Kim, the savant described in this article, is that he was born without a ___________, a brain structure which neuroscientists joke has only two main functions, propagation of seizures and holding the brain together. |
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| Kim's brain also shows anomalies in the (RIGHT/LEFT) hemisphere. |
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| ________________ is a term that refers to a savant's ability to memorize large quantities of text without understanding. |
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| Why do cognitive scientists choose the domain of chess to study expertise? |
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| Because the skill can be broken down into components, it can be measured, subjected to laboratory experiments and readily observed in its natural environment. |
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| DeGroot found that experts examined (MORE/LESS/THE SAME) amount of possible moves as weaker players did. |
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A main thesis of this argument made by the Ross is that experts have:
(a) stronger powers of analysis
(b) a better store of structured knowledge
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| Grand masters (DO/DO NOT) do better than other in general tests of memory. |
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| The fact that it is possible to distract experts while they play chess is evidence that ________________ cannot completely explain their impressive performance at chess. |
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| Brain imaging studies show that expert players show greater activation of ____________ memory than novices. |
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| There is a general agreement that ________ is needed for prodigies to build the expert knowledge structures needed for mastery of their domains. |
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| In Freud's view, mental illness results when _________ fails. |
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| Cognitive neuroscientists delineate different memory systems that process memories ________ and _______ as stand-ins for the Freudian terms conscious and unconscious processes. |
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| LeDoux's found a pathway connecting perceptual information with primitive brain structures important for generating fear responses. This pathway bypasses the ____________ which generates conscious memories. |
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| LeDoux's found a pathway connecting perceptual information with primitive brain structures important for generating fear responses. This pathway bypasses the ____________ which generates conscious memories. |
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| The above path (which connects perceptual information with primitive brain structures) may explain: |
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| CONSCIOUS FEELINGS THAT SEEM IRRATIONAL |
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| According to this author, what is the cause of infantile amnesia. |
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| BRAIN STRUCTURES ESSENTIAL FOR FORMING CONSCIOUS MEMORIES ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF LIFE. |
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| According to this author, why does infantile amnesia not mean that early experiences do not affect us in ways that fundamentally shape our future personality and mental health. |
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| BECAUSE THE PATTERN OF BRAIN CONNECTIONS ARE INFLUENCED IN WAYS THAT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE OUR FUTURE PERSONALITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH |
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| What mechanism from studies of split brain patients, does Solms consider as an explanation for the "repression"/rationalization offered by anosognosic patients in response to the consequences of their unacknowledged impairments? |
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| THE LEFT HEMISPHERE EMPLOYS FREDIAN "MECHANISMS OF DEFENSE" |
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| Damage to the frontal limbic regions of the brain causes confabulations. It follows that frontal limbic regions may be involved in what cognitive function? |
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| UNDERPINS NORMAL REALITY MONITORING; RELEASES FROM INHIBITION THE IMPLICIT WISHFUL INFLUENCES ON PERCEPTION, MEMORY AND JUDGMENT; CONTROLS CRITICAL ASPECTS OF SELF-AWARENESS |
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| What four "drive systems" have neuroscientists proposed based on lesion studies, the effects of drugs and artificial stimulation of the brain? |
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| "SEEKING AND REWARD" "ANGER-RAGE" "FEAR-ANXIETY" AND "PANIC" |
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| The relationship between neurochemistry and the "reward" system has been demonstrated most convincingly in studying: |
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| Name one objection of Hobson to the return of "Freudian" influences in understanding dreams. |
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| DREAM BIZARRENESS STEMS FROM NORMAL CHANGES IN BRAIN STATES CAUSED BY CHEMICAL MECHANISMS IN THE BRAIN STEM, WHICH SHIFT THE ACTIVATION OF VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE CORTEX NOT BY FREUD'S SYMBOLIC DISGUISE AND CENSORSHIP |
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| Asking for something really big or burdensome first, and then asking for something smaller, after the person declines, generally proves more successful for eliciting compliance. This is the principle of: |
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| Tupperware's use of home parties to sell Tupperware is an example of: |
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| Informing people high school students about to high rates of suicide is a misapplication of the principle of: |
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| Showing potential donors a list of neighbors who have contributed previously to a charity is an example of: |
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| Using the actor Robert Young, who played a much respected doctor on a long-running TV series, to promote the health benefits of decaffeinated coffee is an example of: |
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| Using the actor Robert Young, who played a much respected doctor on a long-running TV series, to promote the health benefits of decaffeinated coffee is an example of: |
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| Limited time only offers are an example of: |
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| The sending out of personalized address labels with a request for a donation is an example of: |
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| Rephrasing "Please call if you change your plans" to "Will you please call if you change your plans" is an example of: |
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| According to the author, the best way to protect yourself from being manipulated by these techniques is to..... |
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| ONLY ACT ON PERSUASION PROFESSIONAL'S ADVICE WHEN THEY HAVE ACTED TRUTHFULLY IN THE PROCESS. ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE INFORMED INTO SAYING YES. |
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| Cultural differences played a different role in the US, Germany, China and Spain. Match the tendencies that dominated when granting a request to the nationalities (liking-friendship/reciprocity/authority/consistency) |
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| LIKING-FRIENDSHIP SPAIN; RECIPROCITY US; AUTHORITY CHINA; CONSISTENCY GERMAN |
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