Unit 6 - Psychology
Declarative memory
Memories which can be consciously recalled such as facts and events (explicit)
Short term memory is best described as...
Memory that can only hold a small amount of information — 5-9 items
IQ quotient
Mental age/chronological age x 100
Mental set
A tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often a way that has been successful in the past (An established way of thinking about or perceiving something)
Which of the following psychologists is best associated with studying the function of memory?
Hermann Ebbinghaus — Curve of memory loss overtime
Schema
Past experience, set of rules, that helps you make judgement about people, society, etc.
Morphemes
Smallest speech units that carry meaning
Children being to demonstrate that they know how to put words in sensible order during what stage?
Two-word
Analytical intelligence
Ability to analyze, judge, evaluate, compare, and contrasting (IQ)
Logical-Mathematical
Ability to understand logical reasoning and problem solving; math, science, patterns, sequences
Which of the following statements about automatic processing is true?
Automatic processing requires little mental effor
Interpersonal
Between people (usually describing social activities)
Availability heuristic
Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind, we presume such events are common
Intrapersonal
Existing or occurring within your own mind
Representative heuristic
Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular stereotypes
Algorithm
Logical, systematic procedure for solving a problem
Non-declarative memory
Long-term memory demonstrated in behavior (implicit)
Context memory
Refers to improved recall of specific episodes or information when the context present at encoding and retrieval are the same
Self-reference
Relating material to your own experience
Primacy effect
Tendency to remember information at the beginning better than information that follows
Practical intelligence
The ability to solve everyday problems through skilled reasoning that relies on knowledge
State-dependent memory
The theory that information learned in a particular state of mind (e.g., depressed, happy, somber) is more easily recalled when in that same state of mind