Memory
This is the process of getting information into the memory system.
What is encoding?
This is a step-by-step procedure that guarantees a solution to a problem.
What is an algorithm?
This is your conscious memory of facts and experiences.
What is explicit memory?
Mental age divided by chronological age multiplied by 10 equals this.
What is IQ?
This fundamental process involves the conversion of physical energy, such as light waves or sound waves, into neural impulses that the brain can interpret.
What is transduction?
The three stages of the information-processing model of memory.
What are encoding, storage, and retrieval?
This is a mental shortcut that can be prone to errors but often speeds up decision-making.
What is a heuristic?
This type of memory involves skills and conditioned responses.
What is implicit memory?
This type of test, such as the SAT, measures your potential for future performance.
What is an aptitude test?
According to this vision theory, the retina contains three types of color receptors—red, green, and blue—which combine to produce the perception of any color.
What is the trichromatic theory?
This type of memory allows you to briefly hold visual information for less than a second.
What is iconic memory?
The tendency to approach a problem with a mindset that has worked previously.
What is mental set?
The brain structure crucial for processing explicit memories.
What is the hippocampus?
Despite no significant change in human genetics, average IQ scores across the globe have risen by approximately 3 points per decade since the 1930s. What do we call this phenomenon?
What is the Flynn Effect?
In hearing, this theory explains how we perceive high-pitched sounds by linking the pitch we hear with the specific spot where the cochlea's membrane is stimulated.
What is place theory?
This is the type of long-term memory for facts and general knowledge.
What is semantic memory?
This term describes clinging to initial beliefs even after they’ve been disproven.
What is belief perseverance?
Flashbulb memories are stored here and are often associated with emotional events.
What is the amygdala?
If a male student is told that "women generally perform poorly on this specific math task," he may experience an increase in self-efficacy and performance.
What is stereotype lift?
This term refers to the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus, such as a candle flame 30 miles away, 50 percent of the time.
What is absolute threshold?
The inability to retrieve information from one's past is known as this type of amnesia.
What is retrograde amnesia?
After watching a week-long television marathon of "Shark Attack Encounters," Marcus refuses to swim in the ocean during his Florida vacation. What mental shortcut is he using?
What is the availability heuristic?
This type of interference occurs when older information interferes with learning new information.
What is proactive interference?
When the AP Psych exam actually measures Psychology Knowledge and not just memorization it is using this.
What is construct validity?
After living near a pungent paper mill for a month, a resident no longer notices the stench due to this physiological process.
What is sensory adaptation?