Memory and Cognition Review

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Across
  1. 4. task that requires the reproduction of information from memory
  2. 6. the whole is bigger than the sum of its parts when it comes to organizing perceptions
  3. 8. going beyond the information given to reach a goal
  4. 10. trying to identify the origin of a memory
  5. 12. when speakers in a conversation share the same background knowledge to facilitate understanding
  6. 14. taking a long time to name an ink color while inhibiting automatic reading of a color
  7. 15. the smallest unit of sound
  8. 17. failing to notice when something in the environment changes
  9. 18. a group of objects that belong together
  10. 20. concentration of mental activity
  11. 21. Difficulty remembering something new because of old material
  12. 23. communication using movements of parts of the body
  13. 24. mental representation of stimuli that are not present; relies on top down processing
  14. 25. relatively short kind of memory with a large capacity for sensory information
  15. 26. rules that govern communication
  16. 28. psychology of how people use language to communicate ideas (interdisciplinary field)
  17. 29. generalized knowledge about a situation or event
  18. 30. problem solving strategy that usually (but not always) produces the correct solution
Down
  1. 1. problems with the same underlying structures and solutions but different surface details
  2. 2. memory for events that happen to you
  3. 3. Knowledge and control of cognitive processes, how you think about your thinking
  4. 5. people think that distances to landmarks are closer than traveling to a non-landmark.
  5. 7. a person performs many mental operations simultaneously
  6. 9. acquisition, storage, transformation, and use of knowledge
  7. 11. thinking deeply about a concept and relating it to other knowledge to encode it in memory
  8. 13. that takes place using prior knowledge and expectations in your memory, not sensory input
  9. 16. people decide if an item belongs to a category based on a comparison to a prototypical item
  10. 19. mental strategy used to improve memory
  11. 22. component of working memory that integrates information and coordinates activities
  12. 27. difficulty with producing or understanding language, usually due to brain damage