Imagine that you’re creating a grocery list in your kitchen while your roommate is watching TV in the next room. On TV, there’s a commercial for spaghetti sauce. You “suddenly” recall that you need to pick up spaghetti sauce and you add it to the list, even though you are not paying attention to the TV (and so do not “hear” what is being stated). Which of the following attention models best predicts your behavior?

As part of a study, Hannah is asked to memorize a list of words. A week later, she is asked to recall the list. Imagine that one of the words was PEAR. Which of the following words, none of which actually appeared on the list, would be most likely recalled incorrectly if Hannah doesn’t remember the word PEAR?

In an experiment, participants learn new information while they are either calm or anxious. Later, they are tested on the information either in a calm or anxious state. According to state-dependent memory, which group would likely perform best?

The primacy effect is a result of

Four days ago, based on a weather forecast indicating a 30% chance of snow, Pedro brought his snow boots to work. Yesterday, with a new forecast suggesting a 70% chance of no snow, Pedro decided to leave his snow boots at home. Pedro’s decision-making process regarding his snow boots illustrates which psychological concept?

When we categorize items, not all members have the same features. Many birds lay eggs and fly. Penguins do not fly, yet we still group them with birds. This is a problem for which approach to categorization?

In an experiment, participants were placed in an office and after leaving, were asked to recall the objects they saw in the room. They ‘remembered’ some objects, like books, that were not present. This illustrates the impact of _____ on memory. 

State-dependent learning is demonstrated by which of the following? 

Choose the option that is the best example of a semantic memory

Ms. Robinson recently suffered a stroke. An MRI scan revealed that she suffered damage in her parietal lobe. Ms. Robinson is most likely to have problems with which perceptual function?