Memory and Forgetting
What is context-dependent memory?
You have a better memory if learning and assessment happen in the same setting.
The amount of students who wear sweatshirts increase as the temperature decreases. What type of correlation is this?
negative.
Who was a strong believer in structuralism?
Alvin has trouble with memory due to his abnormally small hippocampus. This is most likely the _____________ approach.
biological
What is the difference between implicit and explicit memory?
implicit: unconscious or automatic
explicit: requires conscious thought
What is proactive interference?
past information hinders you from learning new information (new birthday is hard to remember because it is similar to birthday you already know)
the test scores for AP Unit 1 were: 68, 79, 100, 56, 89, and 88. What is the mean of these scores? NO CALCULATORS.
80
Explores how mental and behavioral processes function– how they enable organism to adapt and survive.
Adam choose to marry Cindy because her wide hips indicate she will bear healthy children.
Which of the following coefficient correlations express the strongest relationship between two variables? -.91, -.71, -.32, +.8, +.908
-.91
What is the primacy and recency effect in the serial position effect?
primacy: remember the first numbers in a list more easily
recency: remember the last numbers in a list more easily
middle numbers are forgotten about
what is random assignment vs. random sampling?
random assignment: assigning participants to treatment or non treatment group
random sampling: everyone in the population has an equal chance of being in the study.
What was William Wundt's research about?
Ms. Morris believes that students are motivated to act out in class by their unmet needs in esteem and belonging.
humanistic
what makes a strong experimental study? List 3 things
What is the difference between mnemonics and chunking?
mnemonics are acronyms or peg words
chunking is organizing information into smaller, more easily understood bits of info
When a researcher has to tell you enough information for you to participate in the study.
informed consent.
Established the first psychology lab in the USA at Johns Hopkins
Stanley Hall
Tina wears skirts and dresses because she is unknowingly affected by her father leaving her mother for a woman who preferred skirts.
psychoanalytical
Billy shouts out, "The answer is 7!" The teacher replies, "The answer is actually 8." Billy, again shouts, "but I almost had the right answer!" what best describes Billy's feeling?
overconfidence
auditory sensory memory of her telling you her birthday
rehearsal in short term memory to remember the date
encoding into long term memory
the scores for the Unit 1 AP Psychology exam were normally distributed. The mean is 100 and the standard deviation is 15. What percentage of students are within 1 standard deviation if the mean?
68%
A person who is interested in work relationships, attitudes and motivation is most likely interested in what field of psychology?
Industrial organizational psychology
the Smiths trained their dog not to leave their yard by using an invisible fence that delivers low level shocks if the dog passes it
cognitive
Why do people forget information? list 2 reasons
encoding failure, retrograde/anterograde amneisa, forgetting, failure to retrieve information