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45 Cards in this Set
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What is Encoding? |
The process by which we get information into memory |
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What is Retrieval? |
Recalling or using previously encoded and stored information |
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What are two types of encoding? |
1. Automatic Processing
2. Effortful Processing |
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What is automatic processing? |
The unconscious encoding of information about space, time, frequency, and well-learned information. |
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What is Effortful processing? |
Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort (i.e., rehearsal) |
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What is Ebbinghaus known for? |
Nonsense syllables |
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What did Ebbinghaus discover? |
We retain more when our learning involves more time and repetition. |
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What is the Spacing Effect? |
Information is retained better when rehearsal is distributed over time. |
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What is the Serial Position Effect? |
The tendency to remember the first and the last items in a list |
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What is Semantic Encoding? |
It refers to the meaning of a word. It allows for deeper processing and best memory. |
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True or False:
Kids learning meaning of latin words tend to know them better. |
True: Semantic Encoding |
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What are Mnemonic Devices? |
Memory aid that uses vivid imagery |
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What is Chunking? |
FBINASACIAIRSNSA
FBI NASA CIA IRS NSA |
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What is the magical #7 (+ or - 2) represent? |
It represents the limited capacity that we can remember in our SHORT TERM memory. We can memorize up to 9 number is our head |
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What is Long Term Memory? |
Unlimited capacity, but not as accurate as sensory memory or short-term memory |
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What are flashbulb memories? |
Clear, detailed memories of emotionally significant events |
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Where are Flashbulb Memories stored? |
Long Term storage |
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What is Intelligence? |
the result of a complex interaction between heredity and the environment |
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What is Spearman's G-Factor? |
"General Intelligence:" Intelligence can be described as a single facted called general intelligence or the g-factor. |
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What are Sternberg's three types of intelligence? |
- Annilytical - Practical - Creative |
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What tests do psychologists use for metal aptitude? |
Standardized tests |
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What is a standardized test? |
Administration of a test to a large, representative sample of people under uniform conditions for the purpose of establishing norms |
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Meaning of Test Reliability |
Ability of a test to produce consistent results when administered on repeated occasions under similar conditions |
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Meaning of Test Validity |
Ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure |
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Bell shaped curve is also know as a ____________ |
Normal Curve |
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What is intrinsic motivation? |
A component of creativity |
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What is Emotional Intelligence? |
Being in tune with one’s emotions and the emotions of others can be considered an aspect of intelligence |
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What are aspects of Emotional Intelligence? |
- Perceiving Emotion - Understanding Emotion - Managing Emotions - Using Emotions |
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What two subtests does the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale have? |
Verbal and Performance test |
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What is the best evidence that IQ is influenced by heredity? |
Identical twins raised apart are more similar in IQ than fraternal twins raised together. |
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What is Motivation |
Involves goal directed behavior. The needs, wants, interests, and desires that propel people in certain directions. |
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What is Drive |
A hypothetical, internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should help reduce this tension. |
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What is Homeostasis? |
A state of physiological equilibrium or stability. The body maintains homeostasis in various ways. Body temperature, hunger, etc. |
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What would happen if a cancerous stomach was removed? |
The stomach would continue to feel hunger. |
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Increase in Insulin decreases what? |
Blood Glucose |
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Secretion of ________ stimulates appetite |
Ghrelin/Orexin |
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__________ is secreted by fat cells. |
Leptin |
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What is "set-point" |
Body is predisposed to maintain itself at a particular stable weight—the set point of the body’s “weight thermostat” |
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What is the Basal Metabolic Rate? |
The body’s resting rate of energy expenditure |
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What is an Orgasm? |
Contraction of muscles in the pelvic area. Most men and women describe them similarly. |
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What is the Refractory Period? |
Period after orgasm men are sexually unresponsive to stimulation |
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What is Sexual Orientation? |
An enduring sexual attraction toward one’s own sex (homosexuality) or toward the other sex (heterosexuality) |
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What is a Sexual Disorder? |
Erectile Dysfunction
Vaginal Lubrication |
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Sexually active American adolesence have mistake ideas about? |
Birth Control |
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Teens that have been tutored or have been TA's or participated in a service learning program have been found to have ______ _____ __ ________ |
Lower Rates of Pregnancy |
