Across
- 9. loss of language that can be caused by damage to Broca’s area or Wernickes’ area (Ch. 9)
- 10. lack of mental images (Ch. 7)
- 11. when you hear your name and turn (Ch. 3)
- 13. believing that our feelings at the current time are consistent with feelings that you had in the past when this may not be true (Ch. 5)
- 15. association of a certain belief about a group to every individual in that group even when the characteristic is not applicable or true (Ch. 8)
- 16. understanding information gained through your senses (Ch. 2)
- 17. not knowing whether or not your memory is real (Ch. 5)
- 20. when we get stuck in the way we think about physical objects, for example, not thinking that a match box can be used for anything else besides holding matches (Ch. 11)
- 21. the meaning associated with a sentence that is not exactly what is said, “can you pass the salt” is not asking if someone is capable of passing salt, but is asking someone to pass the salt to you so you can salt your French fries (Ch. 9)
- 23. the part of working memory that helps you focus your attention, plan, and coordinate behavior (Ch. 4)
- 24. words that overlap in meaning and spelling between languages, for example “piano” in Spanish means “piano” in English (Ch. 10)
- 25. when you have two things to pay attention to, but you are only trying to pay attention to one thing and ignoring the other, for example, ignoring your phone ringing during class to pay attention to lecture (Ch. 3)
- 27. things that belong together, for example cats, dogs, and fish belong is the ______ of pets (Ch. 8)
- 28. Students believe that they know the material when they see it listed in the text (Ch. 6)
- 29. the way we think about categories (Ch. 8)
- 30. gaining information and knowledge based on your thinking, experiences, and senses, one of the two focuses of this course (Ch. 1)
Down
- 1. a type of memory system that stores and uses information while we are doing other tasks (Ch. 4)
- 2. variations in pitch that occur in a sentence, for example “we have a test on December 18th?” is said with different ______ than “we have a test on December 18th.” (Ch. 9)
- 3. strategy that is used to find a correct solution that may not always work, a shortcut (Ch. 7)
- 4. when speech errors create other words rather than gibberish (Ch. 10)
- 5. when trying to count how many passes a team completes in basketball, you do not recognize the gorilla that came into frame (Ch. 2)
- 6. when you are set in your thinking and cannot think outside the box, for example, you are trying to make 6 matches into four equilateral triangles with each side equaling the length of one match. You struggle with this because you are thinking of 2D triangles rather than 3D triangles, when 3D triangles would give you the solution (Ch. 11)
- 7. a way to help you improve your memory, ROYGBIV is an example of this (Ch. 6)
- 8. smallest unit of spoken language, "/p/" or "/b/" (Ch. 9)
- 12. the “AHA” moment that occurs when you understand a problem (Ch. 11)
- 14. the monocular cue that causes you to think you are closer to an object the larger an object appear to you (Ch. 2)
- 18. when watching the magicians perform a magic trick, you are not aware that they have changed clothes, the set, and everything (Ch. 2)
- 19. _________ psychology that believes that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and that humans naturally organize things and information (Ch. 1)
- 22. mental representations of objects that are not currently in front of you or in your sight (Ch. 7)
- 26. a method of remembering things that happens when you link information to a location you are familiar with (Ch. 6)