Psych Test 3 Again

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iconic memory

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seeing memory

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echoic memory

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auditory memory

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short term memory

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lasts about 5 seconds. 7+-2 (5-9) chunks of info

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long term memory

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permanent memories, immense and limits untapped

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automatic

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non-conscious encoding in brainstem

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effortful

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encoding that requires attention and effort (cortex)

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episodic

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for events (hippocampus)

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semantic

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for language/knowledge (cortex)

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procedural

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for motor performance (cerebellum)

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3 steps of forming memories

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encode
storage
retrieveal

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factors part of encoding

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attention
organization
meaning
repetition

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storage of memories

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stored in various parts of brain including frontal and temportal cortexes

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serotonin and memory?

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serotonin release implicated memory formation

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LTP (long term potentiation)

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increse firing of neurons with repeated use

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NMDA

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protein that trains the brain cells to repeat patterns

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adrenlin

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helps with memories

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procactive interference

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prior learning disrupts new learning

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retroactive interference

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new learning disrupts prior learning

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recall memory

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retrieve with few cues
(ex. essay exam generate info from memory)

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recodnition memory

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retrieve with cues
(ex. multiple choice)

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what causes forgetting

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poor encoding
transfer interfernce
storage decay

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to help reduce forgetting

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rehearse
think about material and relate to experience
use mnemonic and retieval cues
minimize interence to storage process

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what is intelligence

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capacity to learn from experieince, to adapt, to reason, to solve problems

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uni-demensional intelligence

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1:general intelligence
3:analytical, creativity, practical
7:language, math, muscial, spatial, kinethetic, interpersonal and intrapersonal

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what are the intelligence types of tests

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aptitude
achievement
personality

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what is psychometric

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data regarding effectiveness and utility of tests

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norms and standardes of tests

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scores and procedures for comparison and interpretation

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reliability of tests

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is the test consistent over time

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validity

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does the test measure what it purports to measure

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what is the heritability of intelligence

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.50

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what is EQ

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emotional intelligence, Common sense

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what is motivation

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the need or desire that energizes and directs behavior

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what are the motivational theories?

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behavioral
biological
psychodynamic
evolutionary
humanistic

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what does the behavioral theory of motivation believe?

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That one can produce desired outcomes, versus the belief that outcomes are forces from the outside

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what does the biological and psychodynamic theories for motivation believe?

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behavior is driven by biological systems, an humans are driven by uncounscious needs

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set point theory

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eating/activity level is motivated by body's attempt to maintain its pre-set optimal body weight

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evolutionary theory of motivation

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driven to pass on genes

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humanistic

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driven by the need to self-actualization.
Maslow's hierarchy-
bottom up--
physiological
safety
belonging/love
esteem
self-actualization

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what is emotion

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response of an organism involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience

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types of emotion?

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basic and complex
basic is happy, sad, suprise, anger, etc.
complex is shame, guilt, love, hate, pride

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james-lange theory of emotion

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cognitive labeling of emotion follows from emotion-specific arousal (see a bear, run, feel afraid)

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cannon-bard theory of emotion

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cognitive labeling of emotion occurs simultaneously with arousal (see a bear, run and be scared)

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two-factor theory of emotion

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cognitive labeling of emotion follows generalized arousal and requires environmental cures (look for cues, bear, label emotion and act on emotion)

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what are the theories of aggression?

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biological
learning
congitive
ethological

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what does the biological theory of aggression mean?

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hormonal, and or brain mechanizms cause aggression
eg-castration studies with testostorone

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what does the learning theory of aggression mean?

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not inborn, learned aggression

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what does the conginitive theory of aggression mean?

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goal driven creatures, frustration driven.
eg-road rage

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what does the ethological theory of aggression mean?

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it is adaptive, used to protect self and triggered by stimuli such as-
threats
crowding
pain
deprivation
strangers

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what is aggression?

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verbal or non-verbal behavior intended to hurt another

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what is instrumental aggression?

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with purpose

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what is non-instrumental aggression?

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aggression just to be aggressive

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what is happiness?

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emotional state characterized by feelings of pleasure, satisfaction and gratification

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what is the biological theory of happiness?

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activity in frontal cortex correleated with stable feelings of subjective well being

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under the cognitve theory of happiness, what is adaptation level?

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happiness relative to prior experience

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under the cognitve theory of happiness, what is relative deprivation?

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happines relative to what others have