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AP Psych Unit 5
Unit 5 test review.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Long Term Memory | The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system |
| Retrieval | The process of getting info over time |
| Short Term Memory | Activated memory that holds a few items briefly before the info is stored or forgotten |
| Deja Vu | The I’ve experienced this before feeling |
| Flashbulb Memory | A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event |
| Memory | The recalling and retaining of info and past experiences |
| Automatic Processing | Unconscious encoding of incidental info |
| Encoding | The processing of info into the memory system |
| Chunking | Organizing items into familiar, manageable units |
| Priming | The activation of particular association in memory |
| Parallel Processing | Processing many aspects of the problem simultaneously |
| Serial Position Effect | Our tendency to recall the best, the last, and first terms in a list |
| Rehearsal | The conscious repetition of info, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage |
| Serial Position | The tendency to remember the first and last items in a list compared to the middle where you don’t remember them that much |
| Mnemonic Device | memory technique that systematically change difficult to remember material material into more easily remembered material |
| Acronym | Type of abbreviation that in which the first letters or syllables of a group of words is condensed into a smaller word |
| Spacing Effect | The tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through mass study. |
| Retrieval Cues | Aspects of an individual’s physical and cognitive environment that which aid the recall process |
| Mood Congruent Memory | Happy people will remember happy things, and sad people are the other way around |
| Seven Sins of Memory | 1.Transience 2. Absent-mindedness 3. Blocking 4. Misattribution 5. Suggestibility 6. Bias 7. Persistence |
| Daniel Schacter | groundbreaking research on the psychological and neural foundations of implicit and explicit memory, memory distortions and errors, and prospective episodic thought. Created the seven sins of memory |
| Noah Chomsky | Had the theory that it includes the impact on language that linguistics should be included in cognitive psychology. Came up with the concept of universal grammar |
| Charles Spearman | Theorized that a general factor of intelligence is present in varying degrees in different human abilities |
| Howard Gardner | He is known for his theory on multiple intelligence's |
| Robert Sternberg | triarchic theory of int. and several influential theories related to creativity, wisdom, thinking styles, love, hate, and leadership. Also made (expertise, imaginative thinking skills, a venturesome personality, intrinsic motivation creative environment) |
| Algorithm | Step by step processes that guarantee a solution |
| Heuristics | Mental shortcuts that allow people to solve problems and make judgements quickly and efficiently |
| Confirmation Bias | The tendency of individuals to support or search for info that aligns with their opinions and ignore info that doesn’t |
| Mental Set | Tendency to approach a problem in one particular way |
| Functional Fixedness | Tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions |
| Framing Effect | The way an issue is posed; how an issue is framed can significantly affect decisions and judgments |
| Language | Spoken, written, or signed words includes the ways we combine them to communicate meaning |
| Prototype | Mental image or best example of a category |
| Phoneme | In language, the smallest distinctive sound unit |
| Babbling stage | about 4 months, speech develops |
| One-word stage | about age 1-2, child speaks mostly in single words |
| Two-word stage | about age 2, child speaks mostly 2 word statements |
| Telegraphic speech | early speech stage in which is spoken like a telegraph |
| Linguistic determinism | Whorf’s hypothesis that lang. Determines the way we think |
| Aptitude Tests vs Achievement Tests | Aptitude tests are designed to predict future performance in an ability. Unlike Achievement tests, achievement tests are designed to predict the current performance in an ability |
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