Memory Encoding
The serial position effects state that these two items in a list will be the items we tend to remember
What is the first and the last in the list
A child that has an IQ of 110 and is 10 would have a mental age of this
What is eleven
Explicit and Implicit memories are both stored here
What is long term memory
When Lil Mello retrieves the list of bible books, she is retrieving information from this
what is long term memory
A normal standardization curve is this type of shape
what is a bell curve
Jane has a vivid memory of when when her friend fell into the water while they played golf. Her memory of this could be called a(n)
what is episodic memory
Another term for Street Smarts or common sense, as identified by Sternberg
What is practical intelligence
This type of memory is processed in the hippocampus....
What is explicit memory?
The free response questions on the ap exam is an example of this type of retrieval
what is recall
mr. boudria gives his chemistry class two different versions of the same test. According to this type of reliability, the students should have similar scores on both tests
What is split half reliability
Mark studies for his AP psychology test by studying for 20 minutes a day for 3 months before the AP exam (instead of cramming)
What is the spacing effect?
Johnny is really good as basketball but not at math, Gardner would describe him as having this type of intelligence
What is bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
When Faith drives her car she is using this type of memory
What is implicit or procedural memory
Molly Wolly prefers these type of questions on test because they require recognition
What are multiple choice questions
Lil Mello takes a test to see which bridgerton character is her soulmate. The test asks a question about the square root of 81. Mello determines that this test does not have this important aspect
What is content validity
For her upcoming math exam Molly recites the word PEMDAS to remember the order to solve equations. By using acronyms, Molly uses this type of memory device
what is a mnemonic device
Molly is very intuitive about the feelings of others. According to Gardner, she has this type of intelligence.
What is interpersonal ?
Things are often moved into long term memory during this natural process
What is sleep
What is priming
One standard deviation from the mean in Weschlers Adult Intelligence Scale is this many percentage points from the mean
What is 15
We tend to do better at remembering our Social Security number if we break it up into 3 sections.
What is chunking ?
They may not be able to complete tasks quickly, but older people tend to have a high level of accumulated knowledge, skills and experience.
What is crystalized intelligence?
Bill is taking a driving lesson and notices that the size of cars coming towards him, the sounds of a honking horn and the aroma of the driving instructors cologne. The ability to take in all these different types of information...
What is parallel processing
Megan Fox wants to grab a drink of coke zero from her kitchen. She walks down to the kitchen and then forgets what she came there for. She walks back to her room and when she enters her room she remembers that she wanted coke zero! This is an example of this type of memory
What is context-dependent memory
Megan Fox takes a practice test for ap psychology and nearly fails it. When she takes the actual ap tests though she gets a 5. The practice test doesnt have this
What is predictive validity