problems solving/decision making
problem solving cont....
Thinking, concepts & creativity
Forgetting & memory construction
Forgetting & memory const. cont...
100

A problem solving approach in psych that follows step-by-step procedures that provide the correct answer to a particular problems

Algorithms

100

A type of mental short-cut in which we judge things by how well they represent or match our prototypes

Representative Heuristics

100

All of the mental actions or processes associated with the acquisition of knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, memory, communication and the senses.

Cognition

100

Failure to access/retrieve information previously stored in memory

Forgetting

100

Old information blocks the recall of new information

Proactive interference

200

The tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions/ideas/beliefs AND to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

Confirmation bias

200

A mental short-cut in which we estimate the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory & how frequently we come into contact with them

Available Heuristics

200

Mental groupings of similar objects, events, ideas or people that are created in an attempt to simplify our world

Concepts

200

Explicit/episodic/declarative memories are stored in what three areas of the brain....

Amygdala, Hippocampus, Frontal Cortex

200

Process that encodes new memories so that they can be recalled/retrieved later

Consolidation

300

Sudden answer to a question/problem

Insight

300

Our tendency to be overly confident & to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs, opinions & judgements

Overconfidence

300

An early proponent of the idea that intelligence is not a unitary concept, this famous psychometrist believed that creativity is the ability to produce novel & valuable ideas & he is also famous for coining the phrases convergent & divergent thought

JP Guilford

300

Implicit/procedural memories are stored in these two brain areas....

Cerebellum & Basal Ganglia

300

Process in which recalled memories are strengthened, maintained and modified

Reconsolidation

400

Our tendency to approach a problem in one way, usually because it’s been successful in the past

Mental Set

400

Our tendency to hold firmly onto our beliefs even after the basis on which that belief was formed…..has been discredited

Belief Perseverance

400

These allow us to:

create categories

make inferences

combine them to form complex thoughts

communicate w/others

Concepts

400

This important neurotransmitter plays a vital role in learning and memory

Acetylcholine

400

When exposed to misleading information, we tend to misremember

Misinformation effect

500

The tendency to perceive or notice some aspects of the available sensory data and ignore others

Perceptual Set

500

An example of a cognitive bias in which people react to a particular choice in different ways depending on how it is presented

Framing

500

Mrs. Perry's top 3 favorite psychologists(to this point)

Bandura, Loftus & Seligman

500

This theory discusses the decline of memory retention over time stating that it starts out steep but then declines over time

Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve 1885

500

Remembering the information correctly, but being unable to identify when, how, why you know the information

Source amnesia/misattribution

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