BAPSY BAPSY Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Cognitive Psychology and Processes Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

Which memory system is responsible for holding information temporarily while actively manipulating it?

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Working memory

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Sensory memory

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Long-term memory

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Implicit memory

Question 2

What is the cocktail party effect an example of in cognitive psychology?

Accepted Answer

Selective attention

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Divided attention

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Sustained attention

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Inattentional blindness

Question 3

According to the levels of processing framework proposed by Craik and Lockhart, which type of processing leads to the strongest memory traces?

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Semantic processing

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Structural processing

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Phonemic processing

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Shallow processing

Question 4

Which heuristic involves making judgments based on how easily examples come to mind?

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Availability heuristic

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Representativeness heuristic

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Anchoring heuristic

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Recognition heuristic

Question 5

What phenomenon occurs when previously learned information interferes with the ability to remember new information?

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Proactive interference

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Retroactive interference

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Decay theory

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Motivated forgetting

Question 6

In problem solving, what term describes the tendency to fixate on using an object only in its traditional manner?

Accepted Answer

Functional fixedness

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Confirmation bias

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Mental set

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Anchoring bias