You Are Assigned to Learn the Following List of Words

question 92

Multiple Choice

You are assigned to learn the following list of words: bagel, bread, pie, cake, and turnover. I then ask you to tell me what words on a second list you remember from the first list. You add the word "donut" to the list. This is an example of the

• A)spreading activation model of memory.
• B)unconscious collusion hypotheses.
• C)confirmatory bias hypothesis.
• D)imagination inflation effect.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of time without exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Mental Representation

An internal image or concept of an external reality or abstract idea.

Extinct Conditioned Responses

The process by which a conditioned response becomes weaker or disappears after the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Cognitive Psychologists

Specialists in the field of psychology who study mental processes such as perception, memory, thought, and problem-solving.