Unit 5

1. Simpler thinking strategy that allows us to make judgements and solve problems but is more prone to error.
11. Our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list.
15. Defining test procedures and score by comparison with the performance of pretested group.
16. Incorporating misleading info into one's memory of an event.
17. Eerie sensation you've experienced this before.
18. Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; decreases during late adulthood.
20. Organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically.
21. A test designed to predict a person's future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn.
23. All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
24. A condition of mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by extra copy of chromosome 21.
25. Narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution.

2. Attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard, read, or imagined.
3. Expands the number of possible problem solutions. (Creating thinking that diverges in different directions.)
4. A mental image or best example of a category.
5. Our accumulated knowledge and verbal skill; increase with age.
6. A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve info learned earlier.
7. effect Enhanced memory after retrieving rather than simply rereading info.
8. A group of people from a given time period.
9. A methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem.
10. The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to be.
12. A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.
13. The extent to which a test yields consistent results.
14. Getting the info into the brain.
19. Encoding on a basic level based on the structure or appearance of words.
22. A neural center located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage.