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Encoding - correct answer the processing of information into the memory system—for example, by extracting meaning. automatic processing - correct answer unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings Cerebellum - correct answer the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance primary effect - correct answer tendency to recall the first items in a sequence more readily than the middle items Pre-Effects Theories - correct answer sematic distinctiveness - correct answer the number of different semantic contexts in which the word appears. Semantic distinctiveness and contextual constructed memory - correct answer may report false details of a real event or might even be a recollection of an event that never occured visual encoding - correct answer the encoding of picture images acoustic encoding - correct answer the encoding of sound, especially the sound of words memory construction - correct answer Occurs during retrieval. Memory is a construct of the mind and therefore can be updated with new info and experiences. Elizabeth Loftus - correct answer cognition and memory; studied repressed memories and false memories; showed how easily memories could be changed and falsely created by techniques such as leading questions and illustrating the inaccuracy in eyewitness testimony source amnesia - correct answer attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined cognition - correct answer all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating meta-cognition - correct answer reflecting on one's own thought processes critical thinking - correct answer thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. convergent thinking - correct answer narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution divergent thinking - correct answer expands the number of possible problem solutions (creative thinking that diverges in different directions)