Across
- 3. the basic unit of meaning
- 4. a type of processing in which the brain performs more than one function at once
- 6. down, a type of processing using prior knowledge and expectations
- 8. processing information as it comes in and representing it to store in memory
- 11. the overall gist of the object/image takes precedent over each individual aspect of it
- 13. a form of psychology that focuses on only the observable aspects of people
- 15. a type of processing using only the aspects of the object/image and no prior knowledge
- 17. “thinking about thinking” - control of cognition and understanding it
- 18. the part of linguistics that allow speakers to communicate effectively; knowledge of social skills in conversation
- 20. when you focus all of your cognition on something to gain information from it
- 21. 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)
- 24. a memory of a dramatic time that people claim to remember the details better than most memories
- 26. a type of mindset in which a person believes they can increase their intelligence and abilities
- 27. memory that stores information from each of the five senses
- 28. forming information into groups to remember it easier
- 29. 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.
Down
- 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. a form of amnesia that causes a person to loose all memory of events prior to the brain trauma
- 4. the coding theory that believes we store mental images in an abstract language-like way
- 5. an example stored in memory that is used to compare a new stimulus to to determine which category it belongs in
- 7. movement of the body to help communicate a message; used in embodied cognition
- 9. language that is longer than a sentence; paragraphs, pages, books, etc.
- 10. the most typical object of a category
- 12. the coding theory that believes we store mental images in a way that closely resembles the object
- 14. all mental activity relating to knowledge
- 16. interpreting stimuli based on previous knowledge. uses top down and bottom up processing to determine what the stimuli is
- 19. repeating information in your head to remember it
- 22. the meanings of words and and sentences
- 23. the memory that stores information while it is being used (the more current term for short term memory)
- 25. term, form of memory that stores unlimited amounts of information permanently