Cognition And Emotions Quiz 1 (20 MCQs)

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1. Our long-term memory capacity is
2. The process of getting the information back out of memory storage.
3. Remembering the day you got your first car is an example of ..... memory
4. Who came up with the phenomenon known as confirmation bias?
5. The mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
6. A tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence.
7. Stanley was in an accident that damaged his brain. Now he has lost his memory for all eventsoccurring after his accident. Stanley accident has resulted in ..... amnesia.
8. Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, assesses the source, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
9. Remembering who we told what is known as
10. Working memory is when?
11. Problem-solving procedures or formulas that guarantee a correct outcome
12. Relying too much on our past experiences to interpret the wold around you
13. Has unlimited storage capacity
14. ..... are culturally specific prescriptions that tell us which emotions to display, to whom, and when. Such rules account for some cross-cultural differences in the expression of emotion.
15. The prefix pre in preview or the suffix ed in adapted are examples of
16. If we know that all dogs have tails, and thus poodles must have tails, we are demonstrating ..... reasoning.
17. ..... is a form of eye contact that is usually interpreted as a sign of anger; ....., by contrast, is a sign of friendliness.
18. Brief, involuntary facial expressions that last only fractions of second; believed to be possible tool in lie detection
19. Can't think of another use for an object because you only want to use it for its purpose ..... you lack creativity
20. Phonemes are