Memory
What are the three types of memory?
sensory, short-term, and long term memory
In what two ways do we conserve cognitive energy?
schemas & heuristics
If Kevin wants to win his basketball game to make his dad proud Kevin would be?
extrinsically motivated
When Mitchell organizes bits of information he's studying into meaningful chunks what is this called?
Chunking
What are the four research designs?
descriptive, correlational, experimental, quasi-experimental
Through what process are memories stored?
long term potentiation
Mirabelle worked at McDonalds in high school, when she goes to college she decides to get a job as a waitress. She finds that some things are similar but there are a lot of differences between the two jobs. Is this assimilation or accommodation?
accommodation- she changed an existing schema
When Louisa goes to the library to study for 2 hours and only uses her phone 1 time to text her roommate what time she will be home she is practicing what?
self control
The textbook for this class has you take a quiz for every unit reviewing contents from that unit. What concept is this describing?
Testing effect
Claire is testing the relationship between amount of money in a persons bank account and their self-reported happiness. What type of research design is this?
Correlational
Sam shows Max a new TV show and Sam proceeds to binge it for the next two weeks. When Max sees Sam again he tells her a long story about a tv show she's "probably never seen before" is so good. What is this an example of?
source misattribution error
If Adam got fired from his last job and his manager asks to speak with him privately Adam thinks he's about to get fired again. Which heuristic is this?
Availability heuristic
At work Tara is friends with all of her coworkers, but suddenly none of them will speak to her, what is Tara experiencing?
Ostracism
Jamie is studying for exam 3 but while she's doing so she decides to switch up the order of units when she's studying. What is this called?
interleaving
Manny is wanting to know if people like Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts better, so he gives them a survey. What type of design is this & why?
descriptive
Wanting to just know more information
Jack sits in the same seat all semester but for the final exam he has to move seats because someone stole his. Jack gets a C and is very upset, besides not studying properly what could have effected Jack's grade?
encoding specificity principle
What's the difference between Spearman, Gardner, and Sternberg?
Spearman: 1 general intelligence
Gardner: 8 different intelligences
Sternberg: 3 different intelligences
Luke has "made it" in the film industry and is a successful director, but then his girlfriend break up with him. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what level would Luke have just been knocked down to?
Belongingness and Love needs
When Jay studies for a test he usually crams the night before. What 3 strategies would help Jay with learning the material?
testing effect, spacing effect, interleaving
What is the difference between an experiment and a quasi-experiment?
experimental designs have randomized groups while quasi-experimental designs have pre-determined groups.
Explain what proactive and retroactive interference are and what the differences are
Proactive interference: old information hinders recall of new information
Retroactive interference: new information hinders recall of old information
Halle believes that intelligence can't be changed, while her friend Patty believes that intelligence can be changed with hard work. What mindset does Halle have? What mindset does Patty have?
Halle: fixed
Patty: growth
What is the most powerful type of motivation, intrinsic or extrinsic motivation?
Intrinsic motivation
PEMDAS is an example of what?
a mnemonic
What is the difference between a correlational design and a quasi-experimental design?
Correlational designs are looking at a relationship while quasi-experimental designs have pre-determined groups