Across
- 3. Type of memory that focuses on specific events that have happened to you
- 4. Condition that is associated with the inability to create mental images. People with this condition can describe what they can see, but they are not able to imagine it
- 7. Mental strategies intended to improve recall. These could include things like the keyword method, method of loci, chunking, etc.
- 10. Phenomenon where people take longer to identify a word when the ink color differs from the printed color. For example, seeing the word “Blue” but it is printed in a red ink
- 11. A series of events or instructions that represent the layout of a familiar activity
- 12. Monocular depth cue where close objects appear to move faster than objects that are far away
- 13. Your knowledge about your cognition and cognitive processes
- 14. This is an ideal or typical representation of a category. For example, a tabby would be a more typical representation of the category “cat” than a leopard would be
- 19. a mental representation that is very similar to the actual object
- 22. Principle which states that recall is best when in the same environment in which you first learned the material
- 23. When taking memory tests, there is a better recall for information presented at the beginning of a list, possibly because there is more time to rehearse this material
- 24. In language, the basic unit that conveys meaning
- 26. Hypothesis that your ability to learn a new language is limited to certain times of your life. The evidence suggests an individual will have more success in learning another language if they do so before puberty
- 27. Field of Psychology which says that a whole is better than its parts. This is the tendency of people to mentally organize what they see into its simplest form
- 28. Term for a person who is fluent in two languages
- 29. A problem solving strategy that is seen as a mental shortcut. These usually, but do not always, produce the correct answer
Down
- 1. The most basic units of language. These are often sounds of syllables
- 2. Our mental recreation of the environment that surrounds us
- 5. The area of linguistics that focuses on the meaning of words
- 6. This is the phenomenon where two or more senses are linked together. Examples may include seeing sounds or tasting colors
- 8. Looking inward and objectively attempting to analyze one’s own sensations
- 9. Problem-solving strategy in which you choose the path that seems to lead you most directly towards your goal
- 11. You will remember more material if you spread your studying out over time
- 15. Memory strategy where we break something large into smaller, more meaningful subgroups
- 16. The rules of grammar that dictate how we structure our sentences
- 17. Type of algorithm where you test out all possible solutions to the problem
- 18. When taking memory tests, there is a better recall of information presented at the end of a list, possibly because it is most fresh in someone’s mind
- 20. The gaining of knowledge and use of mental activities
- 21. Type of stimulus which is known as the actual object in the environment
- 25. A phenomenon where people claim to not be able to see an object, yet they can describe things about the objects location in space