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Schema & memory
Memory
Evaluation
Genetics
Social Cognitive Theory
100

What is schematic processing?

Processing information in a way that relates that information to existing schema

100

Name at least 5 types of memory

Sensory, STM, LTM, declarative, procedural

100

Give one example of sample bias

Robbins et al.

100
What does MAOA stand for?
Monoamine oxidase A
100
Who proposed social cognitive theory?
(Albert) Bandura
200

Leading questions are one example of...

post-event information

200

Which parts of memory were working in HM and which were not?

Damaged - transfer to LTM; intact - retrieval from LTM, STM

200

What is social desirability?

tendency of survey respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favorably by other

200
How do we know from twin studies (e.g. Raine and Baker) that antisocial behaviour is a product of both genetic AND environmental factors?
Heritability was around 50%.
200
Social cognitive theory was originally called....what?
Social learning theory
300
What process took place in Bartlett's study?

Rationalization

300

State one strength and one limitation of MSM.

First to suggest memory consists of different stores; doesn't explain how different type of information is processed (e.g. declarative vs procedural)

300

Give one example of study with low and one example of study with high ecological validity

High: Cohen et al. 


Low: Loftus & Palmer
300
What were two results of Meyer-Lindendberg's study comparing MAOA-H and MAOA-L participants?
MAOA-L (low) gene expression participants had more activity in their amygdala and less activity in the PFC when viewing angry faces.
300
What are the three pillars of triadic reciprocal determinism?
Behaviour, Environment, Individual (Internal/cognition/physiology/personality, etc.)
400

What is the misinformation effect?

The misinformation effect occurs when a person's recall of episodic memories becomes less accurate because of post-event information.

400

State on strength and one limitation of WMM.

Explores in detail STM; no strong support for episodic buffer

400

What is the acronym for evaluating studies and what do the letters mean?

MAGEC!!!

400

Which of Mr Mateusz's cats is YOUNGER?

Bandziorek obvsly

400
How does the Bobo Doll experiment support social cognitive theory?
It shows that learning can occur through the observation of others (the observation groups had far more aggressive actions than the control groups).
500

Name at least one strength and one limitation of studies on the reconstructive nature of memory

Low ecological validity, high replicability
500

How does Robbins et al study support the WMM

If working memory was unitary (one thing, without subelements) then we wouldn't see differences between conditions...

500

What is the acronym for evaluating theories/models and what do the words stand for?

DEAL!!!

500
How might a reduced level of monoamine oxidase A explain reduced PFC function? (this is in the student workbook).
If you have less MAOA as a fetus or child, you have excess serotonin. The brain would respond and be less sensitive to serotonin, so it's not as effective; later in life the serotonin would be less effective in promoting PFC function.
500
Why might the results of Bandura's experiment be surprising for people in the 1960s?
Because at this time a common belief was that watching violence "purged" any desire to commit violent acts.