Chapter 6
Encoding, storage, and retrieval are stages in this process integral to everyday activity.
What is memory?
Let's think of fruits.
I was raised in the U.S and immediately thought of an apple. But my cousin, who was raised in the Philippines, immediately thought of a coconut. This showcase we have different kinds of what?
What are prototypes?
We have The Big 3 debates in developmental psychology, which of the 3 discusses how characteristics, like personality, change or stay the same over time?
What is stability and change?
Doing something because you want a tangible reward is this kind of motivation.
What is extrinsic motivation.
A gender describing someone that does not fall under the binary classification of man or woman is called...
What is nonbinary?
Sensory memory can hold vast amounts of sensory information but only for a short amount of time. This next stage of memory can process only a limit amount of information but for a longer period of time.
What is short-term memory?
Decision making often involves using this, a shortcut to act as a guideline to help us make quick decisions.
What are heuristics?
Substances like alcohol, environmental dangers, infections, and maternal factors like diabetes are all this kind of environmental agents that can damage the embryo or fetus.
What are teratogens?
"We feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble," is the basis of this emotion theory.
What is James-Lange theory?
Watching how a mother spends time frequently in the kitchen, or listening to commercials about how cool boys play with monster trucks are all examples of this kind of social learning process.
What is gender typing?
Letters in multiple rows flash on the screen for less than a second, but somehow you are able to remember at least one row with pretty good accuracy. This is an example of what kind of memory?
What is iconic memory?
This kind of bias is an unconscious habit to look for evidence that supports our beliefs, while also ignoring anything that contradicts it.
What is confirmation bias?
Newborns have reflexes that some argue were evolutionarily passed down. This kind of reflex happens when you stroke the sole of their foot.
What is the Babinski reflex?
Emotions are strong but short lasting, but this is a longer-term and less intense version of emotions.
This research method is a common way psychologists like to examine gender differences, involving participants disclose their personal opinions and sometimes asked to describe themselves.
What is self-report research?
The statement "the earth is round' is a general fact about the universe. This kind of explicit information is called what kind of memory?
What is semantic memory?
I didn't tell you to hide the body.
I didn't tell you to hide the body.
Certain emphasis on words can bring meaning to phrases, which is an example of a tool in the language of cognition.
What are sematics?
Marlin, the fish father to Nemo, exhibits high warmth and high expectations. Caring and attending to his child deeply while also setting rules. This is an example of which kind of parenting style?
When talking about emotion, arousal and this is often used together to describe the different dimensions of emotion.
What is valence?
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What is Klinefelter Syndrome?
This man, who had retrograde and anterograde amnesia, was still able to play the piano, demonstrating implicit memory and its abilities.
Who is Clive Wearing?
Concepts can be broken down into levels. The broad superordinate level, the basic midlevel, and super specific subordinate level.
If I began to talk about NieR:Automata, the best JRP videogame, what concept level is this?
What is subordinate level?
Piaget's theory of this component of cognition involves children creating building blocks of information to organize their thinking around categories.
For example a child sees a slinky, a toy car, a stuffed animal, and a ball and calls them all "toy."
What is a schema?
This theory describes unexplained urges to do things, often out of boredom, to look for the right amount of engagement in the world.
What is arousal theory?
This aspect of gender acts as a guide to show how we are expected to look, behave, and conform. This often depends on the culture, as it can vary from environment to environment.
What are gender roles?