Psychology as a Natural Science Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers
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2024/2025
Psychology as a Natural Science Final
Exam Practice Questions and Answers
What is memory? - Ans:-memory is learning that persists over an extended period of time
Encoding - Ans:-when you are given information, what you do to make sure you remember
it later
Storage - Ans:-information that has b...
cramming/massing retrieval practice, you also strengthen your memory for information. -
Ans:✔✔-testing, spacing
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory consolidation? - Ans:✔✔-hippocampus
A memory of a surprising and consequential event? (9/11, Big events) - Ans:✔✔-flashbulb
memory
How do we retrieve information from LTM? - Ans:✔✔-retrieval cues
When two things that are associated become activated, often without our awareness, we say
they are _________ - Ans:✔✔-primed
Suppose your family rents the same cabin every Thanksgiving. According to research on
_______ - _______memory, it's likely that when you're there you will remember past
Thanksgivings better than when you're at home. - Ans:✔✔-context-dependent
If you meet a bunch of people at once, you're most likely to remember the names of the first
few people you met. What's this effect called? - Ans:✔✔-primacy effect
What is the scientific attitude? - Ans:✔✔-scientists must be curious, skeptical and humble
Father of Psychology - Ans:✔✔-Wilhelm Wundt
Structuralism - Ans:✔✔-the goal of structuralism- identify basic elements of conciseness
Functionalism - Ans:✔✔-William James was interested in the functions of the mind
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