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Executive processes & dysexecutive disorders
What are executive functions,
How do behavioural deficits link ...,
Name 3 tests of executive processes
71  cards
Autobiographical memory
To whom what does autobiographica...,
What is autobiographical memory,
What sort of features do autobiog...
73  cards
Impaired cognition
What are some syndromes disorders...,
What is amnesia,
What types of amnesia are there
41  cards
Long-term memory
What is semantic memory,
Is semantic memory stored with or...,
What is episodic memory
36  cards
Episodic memory
Name a theory of encoding,
Recall is a copy of an event true...,
Which levels can info be processe...
52  cards
Semantic memory
What is a concept,
Which theories demonstrate how ad...,
According to classical defining f...
64  cards
Working memory capacity & executive attention
Who created the working memory model,
What components are involved in t...,
What type of info does the visuo ...
39  cards
Intelligence & working memory
Who found that having high wm spa...,
Adams hitch 1997 found that havin...,
Who found that having high wm spa...
31  cards
Problem solving
What does the problem space theor...,
What are search strategies,
A problem is made up of 3 element...
42  cards
Insight & creativity
What is insight,
What view are gestalt approaches ...,
A problem can be restructured to ...
52  cards
Decision-making
What types of decision can we make,
What are riskless decisions,
What are decisions under risk
55  cards
Judgement
What theories do subjective proba...,
People make judgements on the bas...,
What are heuristics
47  cards

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