Types of memory
I hold 5-9 items and last 20 seconds
Short Term Memory
You have full memory of a strong emotional event, such as a learning about the death of a loved one
Flash Bulb Memory
The three parts of memory
encoding, storage and retrieval
The part of the paper that explains how your results support or refute your hypothesis
Discussion Section
The goal of research that merely indicates what is typically reported or seen
Describe/Description
You JUST see something flash on the TV screen
iconic sensory memory
You remember things better in the same environment in which you learned them
State Dependent Memory
The three parts of memory storage
sensory, short term, long term
The part of the APA paper that describes your subjects, including how many you used and how you obtained them
Participants in Methods Section
The research method that allows you to predict
Correlation
You remember your first birthday party and your best friend from high school
Episodic Long Term Memory
You remember the first and last items of a list, and tend to forget the middle words
Serial Position Curve
Cognitive/Memory Decay
The part of the paper that summarizes the entire paper in a single paragraph
Abstract
This research goal allows for cause and effect
Explain/Understand
You remember how to ride a bike and play hockey
Procedural Long Term Memory
You forget painful memories or experiences
Repression
You are in a terrible car accident and forget the days following the accident
The part of the APA paper that first informs the reader of the papers hypothesis, and provides support/rational for this prediction
Introduction
This research goal allows you to see how things change over time
Develop
You JUST hear the name of the movie actor stated on the commercial
Echoic Sensory Memory
You forget your new locker combination, because you keep getting it mixed up with your old locker combination
Proactive Interference
The brain part that allows for memory consolidation (i.e., long term potentiation) in the neurons, allowing us to remember new things
Hippocampus
Is an explanation of the results provided in the "results" section? Yes or No
No
The research goal accomplished by case studies, surveys and tests
Describe/Description