Cognition

What was George A. Miller’s career like?

Long and varied

George A. Miller is best known for his:

Classic paper, "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two"

George A. Miller presented convincing evidence about the:

Capacity of short-term memory

Miller presented convincing evidence that the capacity of short-term memory is limited to:

Seven items (plus or minus two) of information

Memory span depends upon the:

Category of chunks used

Example of how memory span depends upon the category of chunks used:

The span is around seven for digits, six for letters, and just five for words

The fact that memory span is 7 for digits but only 5 for words explains why:

It takes so much work to learn and remember difficult vocabulary words in a new language

Herman Ebbinghaus was a:

German psychologist

Herman Ebbinghaus conducted pioneering research on:

Forgetting

Ebbinghaus’s famous forgetting curve shows:

A rapid loss of memories of relatively meaningless information followed by a very gradual decline of the remaining information

Elizabeth Loftus is an:

American cognitive psychologist

Characteristics of Elizabeth Loftus:

Influential and controversial

Elizabeth Loftus conducted extensive research on the:

Misinformation effect

Elizabeth Loftus’s research was about:

Eyewitness testimony

Elizabeth Loftus’s research demonstrated that eyewitness testimony is often:

Unreliable

Elizabeth Loftus’s research demonstrated that eyewitness testimony can be:

Altered

Elizabeth Loftus’s research demonstrated that eyewitness testimony can be altered by:

Simply giving a witness incorrect post-event information

Loftus is one of the ___ psychologists most often cited in psychology textbooks

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Noam Chomsky was a:

Linguist

Characteristic of Noam Chomsky:

Renowned

Noam Chomsky argues that:

Young children possess an innate capacity to learn and produce speech

What did Chomsky note about?

Stages of language development for children in widely different cultures

What did Chomsky note about the stages of language development for children in widely different cultures?

Progress through the same stages as the same time

Noam Chomsky hypothesized that humans learn language because of the:

LAD

LAD stands for:

Language acquisition device

LAD are:

Innate speech-enabling structures