Chapter 5 Review

3. ________ processes: active processes that can be controlled by the person.
4. ________ memory: Brief sensory memory of the things that we hear.
7. ________ interference: occurs when new learning interferes with remembering old learning.
11. ______-term Memory: Can hold a large amount of information for years or even decades.
12. ________ memory is concerned with the processing and manipulation of information that occurs during complex cognition.
14. Repeatedly performing the same action or thought even if it is not achieving the desired goal.
15. ________ cortex is responsible for processing incoming visual and auditory information.

1. ________ interference: occurs when information learned previously interferes with learning new information.
2. ________ memory: Brief sensory memory of the things that we see.
5. ________ similarity effect: Letters or words that sound similar are confused.
6. _______ Memory: Initial stage that holds all incoming information for seconds or fractions of a second.
8. Small units can be combined into larger meaningful units.
9. word-_____ effect: Memory for lists of words is better for short words than for long words.
10. ______-term Memory: Holds five to seven items for about 15 to 20 seconds.
13. Processes involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas, and skills after the original information is no longer present.