Memory Encoding
What does it mean to encode information?
get the information into your memory (specifically, long-term)
What is the Magic #7 referring to?
The capacity of your short-term / working memory. (It can hold 7 items, +/- 2)
Freud's idea that we are motivated to forget painful or embarrassing events.
Repression
Stereotyping is an example of this type of heuristic.
Representative Heuristic
This type of thinking is more conducive to creativity.
Divergent Thinking
The information we unconsciously encode is processed using this type of processing.
Automatic Processing
The cerebellum is associated with which type of long-term memory?
implicit memory
The inability to remember events that occur after a brain injury is...
anterograde amnesia
You woke up from a vivid dream where your significant other cheated on you. You wake up and realize it never happened, but you continue to be suspicious of your significant other for the rest of the day due to...
belief perseverance
Telegraphic speech is present during which stage of language development?
Two-word stage
The most fleeting part of your memory storage.
Sensory memory
The AP Psychology exam has 100 multiple-choice questions. These questions are measuring your ability to do what type of retrieval?
recognition
You can't remember your classmate's name because you weren't paying attention when they introduced themselves. You can't remember their name due to...
encoding failure
When you have a bad grade in a class and you attempt to use the strategies that have worked for you in the past to resolve it, you are applying your ____________.
mental set
Word order is to word meaning as ______ is to _____.
Syntax; Semantics
We will spend the entire month of April reviewing and studying for the AP Exam. This is to help make sure you spread out your studying and avoid cramming the night before. Which concept says that this method results in better retention?
spacing effect
Information learned while scuba diving will be best recalled while scuba diving. This is due to...
context-dependent memory
Ernie memorized his new girlfriend's phone number and is now having trouble remembering his ex's number due to _____________.
retroactive interference
A community member believes Joliet Central is a bad school. Whenever they see reports of fights, they share them online to prove their point. They ignore the reports of students doing community service, earning college credit, and athletes qualifying for state. This community member appears to be suffering from...
confirmation bias
Genie never mastered grammatically correct language because she was not rescued until she was 13 years old. Her case shows us the importance of the...
critical period for langauge.
JFost outlines your notes with the lesson objectives. She then organizes subtopics, terms, and examples that address the objective underneath. Which effortful processing strategy is she utilizing to help aid your memory of the material?
hierarchical organization (hierarchy)
Your sister calls you and asks you to pick up some groceries on your way home. You're a responsible driver, so you keep your hands on the wheel and cannot write down what she's saying. As she lists out the items she needs, you are more likely to remember the items at the beginning of the list and the last items you heard. This is due to the...
serial position effect
When experiment participants were asked how fast two cars were going when they smashed into each other were more likely to falsely recall seeing broken glass at the scene due to the __________.
misinformation effect
Identify 1 benefit of and 1 drawback of using a heuristic when solving a problem.
benefit: less time
drawback: more error-prone
Provide a critique of Whorf's idea of Linguistic Determinism.
It's too extreme; language does not determine the way we think
instead, language affects thinking and thinking affects language