Memories for the Performance of Actions or Skills Are Called

question 10

Multiple Choice

Memories for the performance of actions or skills are called:

• A) procedural memories.
• B) semantic memories.
• C) declarative memories.
• D) episodic memories.

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Definitions:

Bottleneck Theory

A theory suggesting that individuals have a limited capacity of processing information, causing a bottleneck in the system that delays further processing.

Unattended Material

refers to information that is present in the environment but not actively processed by the conscious mind due to the focus on another task or material.

Dichotic Listening Studies

Experiments that involve presenting two different auditory messages simultaneously to each ear to study selective attention and language processing.

Shadowing Performance

A task in cognitive psychology where an individual repeats speech immediately after hearing it, used to study attention and language processing.