Baseline Test Answers (2024 Update)

Which one of the following is not an advantage to schema theory? {Ans: Distortion}Top-down processing refers to {Ans: Brain processing information via pre-stored information}Semantic memory has to do with {Ans: deep processing of meaning of words}Memory includes: {Ans: Encoding, storage, retrieval}"Several possible outcomes of which the probabilities are known" refers to {Ans: Risky decision-making}"Scientific methods can be used to study cognitive processes" is {Ans: a principle of CLOA}Mental representations are {Ans: Schemata}A form of explicit memory which concerns all the information we can report is called {Ans: Declarative memory}A heuristic is a... {Ans: Cognitive shortcut Schema}This form of memory allows us to retain information only long enough to use it {Ans: short-term memory}Which of the following technologies examines oxygen depletion as it causes hydrogen atoms to align. {Ans: fMRI}"When your brain fills in gaps in the memory" refers to {Ans: schematic memory}Which one of the following is not part of emotion {Ans: Two factor theory}"Cognitive reappraisal"refers to {Ans: Cognitively evaluate emotional stimuli in a way that changes its emotional value}The central executive, phonological loop, the visuospatial sketchpad are all a part of {Ans: Working memory