PSYC

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Across
  1. 7. When you try out all possible answers using a specific system
  2. 8. Refers to a structured sequence of events. For example, at the grocery store; we pick up a basket, find our food items and pay for them at the cash register
  3. 10. Our previous knowledge to interpret stimuli through the senses. For example, being able to read letters on a page by using our previous knowledge and information from our eyes
  4. 14. Refers to visible movements of any part of one’s body
  5. 15. Refers to a sentence that asks someone to do something
  6. 17. Set of mental activities that can help improve encoding and retrieval, they help us remember things we learnt in the past
  7. 23. States that pleasant items are usually remembered more accurately than non-pleasant items. For example, being able to remember the word “chocolate” more than “scorpion”
  8. 24. Most typical example of a category. For example, “car” is usually our first choice when we think of vehicle category.
  9. 25. Refers to the meanings of words and sentences
  10. 27. Destruction of an area of the brain by tumors, strokes or accidents
  11. 28. Refers to a basic unit of spoken language
  12. 30. Our tendency to organize what we see as a whole rather than the sum of its parts
Down
  1. 1. A condition in which a person cannot recognize human faces visually
  2. 2. Our tendency to accurately recall the final items in a list. For example remembering the word “towel” if it is last on a long list of items
  3. 3. A condition characterized by difficulty in communicating due to damage to speech areas in the brain
  4. 4. A component of working memory that processes both spatial and visual information. For example, it allows us to navigate from one place to another in our environment
  5. 5. A problem solving strategy that usually produces a correct solution but not always. It can also be referred to as a mental shortcut
  6. 6. Refers to general beliefs and opinions related to males and females
  7. 9. A mental representation of geographic information with the environment which surrounds us
  8. 11. A characteristic of a sound that can be arranged from low to high on a scale
  9. 12. Generalized knowledge about an event, situation or person
  10. 13. Repeating words or items silently to oneself in order to remember and accurately recall them
  11. 16. Refers to people’s control, knowledge and monitoring of their memory
  12. 18. Our concentration of mental activity that permits us to take in limited information that is from our memory and sensory environment
  13. 19. Refers to language units that are larger than a sentence
  14. 20. Failing to detect a change in an object or scene
  15. 21. Displaying impressive memory abilities on tasks in a particular area. For example, being a grandmaster in chess
  16. 22. Trying to concentrate on the meaning of a particular concept by relating it to our prior knowledge
  17. 26. A visual condition where a person cannot see an object but can accurately state some of the characteristics of the object
  18. 29. Refers to using a solution to a similar earlier problem to a help on solve a new problem