Cognition revision Lecture 1&2

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'The amount we learn is a function of the time spent learning' is an example of what?

The total time hypothesis

Testing/generation effect

Pavio's dual-coding hypothesis

Schemas

The taxi-driver study found most growth where in taxi drivers?

Posterior Hippocampus

Amygdala

Temporal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Which of these explains why retrieving an answer leads to greater retention of information?

Testing/generation effect

Expanding retrieval method

Effect of motivation

Hebbian learning

Where is long-term potentiation (LTP) found in the brain? Select all that apply.

Hippocampus

Amygdala

Frontal Lobe

Hypothalamus

What are the type(s) of motivation? Select all that apply.

Automatic

Strategic

Creative

Rewarded

'Memories for specific events' are what type of memory?

Episodic

Semantic

Short-term

Long-term

Paivio's Dual-Coding Hypothesis states what?

More imageable words are more memorable

Episodic memory is often affected by damage to the hippocampus

Spacing words increases stimuli recall

Multiple encoding instances lead to richer associations

'Memory retrieval is best when cues present at testing are similar to those available during encoding' is an example of what?

Transfer appropriate processing

Levels of processing hypothesis

Hierarchical organisation

Situated stimulation

Which of these are stated in the hierarchical network model? Select all that apply.

Semantic memories are organised into connected networks.

Brains process information via semantic nodes.

More inferences means slower verification.

Semantic connections are processed in the Amygdala.

Spreading activation model can be tested using what? Select all that apply.

Semantic priming tasks

DRM paragdim

Interviews

Study-phase retrieval

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