Perception/
Thinking
Thinking
Encoding Memory
Storage & Retrieval
Forgetting & Intelligence
Wild Card
100
The mental frameworks that guide our thinking
Schema
100
The term that refers to things being put into memory
Encoding
100
This part of memory has a potentially infinite duration and capacity
Long term memory
100
This refers to the phenomenon where most info is forgotten soon after the event but the amount forgotten levels off over time
Forgetting curve
100
This decision making process has a single correct sets of steps that should be followed every time
Algorithm
200
Convergence and retinal disparity
Binocular depth cues
200
This effect suggests that studying a little each day is better than cramming for a test
The spacing effect
200
This refers to memory retrieval done without cues
Recall
200
Intelligence tests should be _____ in order to useful
standardized; valid; reliable
200
"A flipped a coin and got heads 4 times. That means tails is only getting more and more likely." What fallacy is this?
Gambler's fallacy
300
The mental shortcuts or "rules of thumb" that allow us to make decisions quickly that are "good enough"
Heuristics
300
The process by which synaptic connections between neurons become stronger with frequent activation
Long term potentiation
300
This refers to the degenerative disease that affects memory. It is more typical in older people
Alzheimer's Disease
300
This kind of interference involves new info covering old info.
Retroactive interference
300
"I found other people who also remember the Fruit of the Loom logo having a cornucopia. I must be right!" What bias is this?
Confirmation bias
400
the rapid succession of stationary images that gives the illusion of movement
phi phenomenon
400
This effect describes the fact that the start and end of a list are more memorable than the middle of the list
Serial position effect
400
This refers to a kind of memory that is easier to retrieve when you are in the same environment where the memory was encoded (ex. it is easier to remember Psych info in this classroom specifically)
Context-dependent memory
400
Name any two of the intelligence theorists covered in class.
Galton; Gardner; Sternberg; Spearman
400
This memory model includes the central executive, phonological loop, and visuospatial sketchpad.
Working memory model
500
The changing of a schema to allow new information
Accommodation
500
Remembering that I need to leave right after school for an appointment is what kind of memory?
Prospective memory
500
This is a proposed cause behind infantile amnesia.
Memory areas (hippocampus) underdeveloped
500
Sigmund Freud believed memories were repressed in order to...
save ourselves from pain
500
Mr. Wetzel's favorite color.
Purple