Cognitive Psychology

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3. We tend to perceive objects as forming mirror images about their center
4. this theory asserts that information is forgotten because of the gradual disappearance, rather than displacement, of the memory trace
5. juxtapose two nouns in a way that positively asserts their similarities, while not disconforming their dissimilarities
8. part of the brain that influences learning and memory
12. refers to how you retain encoded information in memory
13. type of intelligence used in understanding ourselves
16. type of intelligence used in singing a song, composing a sonata, playing a trumpet, or even appreciating the structure of a piece of music
17. seeks to understand the structure of the mind and its perceptions
20. is the capacity to learn from experience, using metacognitive processes to enhance learning, and the ability to adapt to the surrounding environment
23. When we perceive an assortment of objects, we tend to see objects that are close to each other as forming a group
25. people often cannot remmeber where they heard what they heard or read what they read.
26. type of intelligence used in getting from one place to another, in reading a map, and in packing suitcases in the trunk of a car so that they all fir into a compact space
27. branch of Psychology that studies about how people perceive, learn, and remember, and think about information.
28. the belief that much of human behavior can be understood in terms of how people think
30. a statement regarding the speaker’s psycholical state
31. part of the brain that controls the endocrine system and autonomic nervous system
33. are mental frameworks that represent knowledge in a meaningful way
34. the speaker uses a language element that was appropriate earlier in the sentence but that is not appropriate later on
38. We tend to group objects on the basis of their similarity
39. a speech act by which the very act of making a statement brings about an intended new state of affairs

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1. We tend to perceptually close up, or complete, objects that are not, in fact, complete
2. part of the brain that plays a role in anger and aggression
5. people who can speak only one language
6. are similar to metaphors, except that they introduce the words like or as intro the comparison
7. people are susceptible to suggestion, so if it is suggested to them that they saw something, they may think they remember seeing it
9. is a deliberate looking inward at pieces of informations passing through consciousness
10. a speech act by which a person conveys a belief that a given proposition is true
11. part of the brain that relays information between cerebral and cortex cerebellum
14. the speaker switches the positions of two language elements
15. is the presence of information stored in long-term memory
16. one word is replaced by another that is similar in sound but difference in meaning
18. is the degreeto which we can gain access to the available information
19. a commitment by the speaker to engage in some future course of action
21. type of intelligence used in reading a book, writing a paper, a novel, or a poem, and understanding spoken words
22. refers to how you transform a physical, sensory input into a kind of representation that can be placed into memory
24. the speaker uses a language element before it is appropriate in the sentence because it corresponds to an element that will be neede later in the utterance
29. the repeated recitation of an item
32. people sometimes remember things as consequential that, in a broad context, are inconsequential
35. the speaker substitutes one language element for another
36. people sometimes have something that they know they should remember, but can’t
37. people who can speak two languages
39. an attempt by a speaker to get a listener to do something, such as applyting the answer to question
40. refers to how you gain access to information stored in memory