12 Questions
What is the primary function of the brain's attentional resources during task performance?
To allocate resources based on task difficulty
Which aspect of language is concerned with the smallest unit of meaning?
Morpheme
What is the primary function of the visual search process?
To select stimuli to attend to
What is the field of study that focuses on how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information?
Psychology
What is the term for the record of a small change in the brain's electrical activity in response to a stimulating event?
Event-related potential
What is the term for comparing two nouns to assert similarities while acknowledging differences?
Analogy
What is the primary function of the brain region involved in receiving and processing sensory information, thinking, and planning and sending motor information?
To process and store sensory information
What is the term for the process of replacing one language element with another?
Language substitution
What is the name of the brain structure that influences learning and memory?
Hippocampus
What is the term for the ability to store relatively limited amounts of information for very brief periods?
Sensory memory
What is the term for the process of using an organized means of combining words to communicate with others?
Language production
What is the term for the process of monitoring and resolving conflicts among internal processes?
Executive function
Study Notes
Image Representation
- Represents spatial features such as depth dimensions, distances, and orientations
Phoneme
- Smallest unit of speech sound that can distinguish one utterance from another in a given language
Attention
- Selection of stimuli to attend during visual search
- Influenced by task difficulty, especially during divided attention
Working Memory
- Capable of storing information for relatively short periods but with limited capacity
- Plays a role in divided attention and task difficulty
Morpheme
- Smallest unit of meaning within a language
Cognitive Processing
- Study of how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information
- Involves the brain processing sensory information to make sense of it
Brain Regions
- Medulla oblongata, pons, and cerebellum are involved in various cognitive functions
- Hippocampus influences learning and memory, amygdala influences anger and aggression, and septum influences anger and fear
Language
- Permits communication with people who share the language
- Involves the use of organized means of combining words to communicate
- Entails reading words in isolation
Figure of Speech
- Simile compares two nouns to assert similarities while acknowledging differences
- Metaphor emphasizes similarities between tenor and vehicle
Neuroscience
- Controls the endocrine system and autonomic nervous system, including internal temperature regulation, appetite, and thirst regulation
- Primary relay station for sensory information is the brain
- Involved in receiving and processing sensory information, thinking, and planning and sending motor information
Information Processing
- Final stage involves using perceived information to make decisions, solve problems, and interact with the world
- Involves monitoring and resolving conflicts that arise among internal processes
Memory
- Sometimes people cannot remember where they heard or read information
- Working memory has a limited capacity and stores information for short periods
- Long-term memory has a very large capacity and stores information for very long periods
Learning
- Gradually becoming more familiar with a procedure through repeated practice is an example of a stage
- Involved in learning, emotions, and motivation
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