CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The eerie feeling of having been somewhere or done something before is called ____
A
Deja Vu
B
Encoding Failure
C
Priming
D
State Dependency
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The eerie feeling that you’ve been here and done this before is called déjà vu. It’s French for “already seen, ” and it can be a very strange and even unsettling experience. Logically, you know you haven’t experienced this moment before, but your brain is telling you otherwise.

Detailed explanation-2: -Déjà vu, pronounced day-zhaa voo, is French for “already seen.” It describes the fascinating and strange experience where you feel that something is very familiar but you also know that this feeling of familiarity should not be as strong as it is.

Detailed explanation-3: -The feeling may arise when parts of your brain that recognize familiar situations get activated inappropriately, says Akira Robert O’Connor, a cognitive psychologist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, who researches déjà vu.

Detailed explanation-4: -All of us have experienced being in a new place and feeling certain that we have been there before. This mysterious feeling, commonly known as déjà vu, occurs when we feel that a new situation is familiar, even if there is evidence that the situation could not have occurred previously.

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