Key Terms Cognitive Psychology

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Across
  1. 3. type of interference where old information interferes with recalling more recently learned information.
  2. 4. smallest unit of meaning in language.
  3. 6. the "most typical" instance of a category.
  4. 9. heuristic based on prototypes.
  5. 11. type of test that measures specific competencies that have been recently learned.
  6. 14. original, novel, valuable.
  7. 15. type of test that measures student's potential ability.
  8. 18. type of thinking related to creativity, and having multiple approaches to a problem.
  9. 19. type of memory related to recalling specific events.
Down
  1. 1. smallest unit of sound in language.
  2. 2. type of amnesia where people can't encode new information.
  3. 5. type of memory that is limited in capacity.
  4. 7. type of interference where new information interferes with the recall of old information.
  5. 8. the extension of grammatical rules. For example, a 3-year-old might say "I goed to the store".
  6. 10. type of amnesia where people can't remember old memories.
  7. 12. first stage in memory according to the Information Processing Model.
  8. 13. heuristic based on information that is readily presented in the environment of the person.
  9. 16. logical, step by step formula used for problem solving.
  10. 17. Köhler's experiment with the chimpanzee showed this ability.