Memory
The new name for short term memory
what is Working Memory
Where the solution to the problem comes to you out of the blue
Insight
Stage of sleep where dreams occur
what is Stage 4 REM
These are the two kinds of groups used in an experiment.
What are Experimental and Control Groups?
This is the tendency to organize items into familiar manageable units such as letters, words and phrases
What is chunking?
It allows us to solve problems and make decisions effectively
what is Executive Functioning
Lobe in the brain associated with auditory and language
what is the Temporal Lobe?
This is when a minor giving consent
What is assent?
This is faulty memory of how, when, or where info was learned or imagined
What is source amnesia?
This is the tendency to approach the problem in one way
What is mental set?
This hormone is associated with Norepinephrine
what is Adrenaline?
This term is used to show much scores differ from the mean
What is standard deviation?
this type of memory retrieval is enhanced when we are in the same place as we were when info was encoded
What is context dependent memory?
This is a mental shortcut that is faster than algorithms but more prone to errors and bias
What is heuristics?
This disease is associated with inflammation and scarring to Myelin Sheath
what is Multiple Sclerosis
This correlation problem makes it unclear which variable causes a change in another.
What is the Directionality Problem?
The cerebellum and Basal Ganglia are used in this type of memory storage
What are implicit memories?
This is a belief that a random event is more likely to occur because a series of the opposite event has happened
What is gambler's fallacy?
The difference between depolarization and repolarization
What is Depolarization causes the neuron membrane to open, and re-polarization restores the charge?
The goal of experimental research. (Hint: can be internal and external)
What is validity?