Memory
The capacity limit for this type of memory is 3 +/- 1 items
What is short-term memory?
In this method of problem-solving, you alter how the problem looks
What is changing the representation?
Finding social support, bettering your physical health, and relaxation/meditation are always way to do this
What is protect your health?
This is the ability to modify the duration or intensity of emotion in order to respond to environmental demands or meet goals
What is emotional regulation?
We have a tendency to search for information that aligns with our current beliefs while ignoring counter evidence
What is confirmation bias?
This phenomenon is identified by a temporary loss of access to information in which it is only partially available
What is the “tip of the tongue” phenomenon?
This is a barrier to problem solving in which a person will adda rule that was not originally there
What is unnecessary constraints?
This framework states that health and illness are determined by a dynamic interaction between biological psychological and social factors
What is the biopsychosocial model?
This is the driving force that enables action in pursuit of a goal
What is motivation?
This phenomenon occurs when something bad happens, and there is a perceived lack of control which leads to an individual feeling as if there is nothing they can do
What is learned helplessness?
The loss of ability to form new memories
What is anterograde amnesia?
You must carry out a sequence in order to reach a goal
What is transformation?
This is a bodily system that controls reactions to stress as well as regulates other bodily processes
What is the HPA axis?
This represents a failure of emotional regulation
What is procrastination?
A person‘s mental age divided by their chronological age and multiplied by 100 is the equation for this intelligence measurement
What is IQ?
Memory cues are helpful only when they are… part of the original encoding event, available at time of retrieval, and diagnostic of a specific memory. This is known as…
What is the encoding specificity principle?
A problem related to over relying on representativeness is the assumption that the probability of two things is greater than the probability of one thing which is known as
What is the conjunction fallacy?
The adrenal cortex produces this hormone
What is cortisol?
When a task is perceived as pointless or overwhelming, a person is experiencing
What is amotivation?
Evidence of this has shown that each generations intelligence is getting higher
What is the Flynn effect?
This is a cognitive framework for memory that consists of a central control system and subsystems that handle specific types of data
What is Baddeley’s working memory model?
The belief that things that should be random, should look random is known as…
What is gambler‘s fallacy?
This controls involuntary actions such as breathing, heart rate and digestion
What is the autonomic nervous system?
This motivational theory states that motivation comes from self efficacy and the beliefs in ability to achieve a goal
What is cognitive motivational theory?
This is a theory that explains how the mind retrieves information from the long-term memory and states that our memory is organized into interconnected concepts
What is spreading activation theory?