Memory and Cognition

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Across
  1. 1. a type of mindset in which a person believes that they have a certain level of intelligence and abilities and cannot change that with any amount of effort
  2. 2. a type of processing in which the brain performs more than one function at once
  3. 3. movement of the body to help communicate a message; used in embodied cognition
  4. 9. the meanings of words and and sentences
  5. 10. a task in which color words are printed in different colored ink. it takes longer for a participant to name the ink color when it does not match the word than when they are congruent.
  6. 12. a type of processing using only the aspects of the object/image and no prior knowledge
  7. 14. the part of linguistics that allow speakers to communicate effectively; knowledge of social skills in conversation
  8. 18. the basic unit of meaning
  9. 20. a form of amnesia that causes a person to loose all memory of events prior to the brain trauma
  10. 21. the overall gist of the object/image takes precedent over each individual aspect of it
  11. 22. processing information as it comes in and representing it to store in memory
  12. 23. the coding theory that believes we store mental images in an abstract language-like way
  13. 24. the coding theory that believes we store mental images in a way that closely resembles the object
  14. 25. a condition in which a patient claims they can not see, although in tests the patient can state information about a stimulus accurately (like its location)
  15. 27. the memory that stores information while it is being used (the more current term for short term memory)
  16. 28. all mental activity relating to knowledge
  17. 29. form of memory that stores unlimited amounts of information permanently
Down
  1. 1. a memory of a dramatic time that people claim to remember the details better than most memories
  2. 4. repeating information in your head to remember it
  3. 5. the most typical object of a category
  4. 6. an example stored in memory that is used to compare a new stimulus to to determine which category it belongs in
  5. 7. language that is longer than a sentence; paragraphs, pages, books, etc.
  6. 8. a type of processing using prior knowledge and expectations
  7. 11. when you focus all of your cognition on something to gain information from it
  8. 13. interpreting stimuli based on previous knowledge. uses top down and bottom up processing to determine what the stimuli is
  9. 15. “thinking about thinking” - control of cognition and understanding it
  10. 16. memory that stores information from each of the five senses
  11. 17. forming information into groups to remember it easier
  12. 19. a form of psychology that focuses on only the observable aspects of people
  13. 26. a type of mindset in which a person believes they can increase their intelligence and abilities