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Module 33-34AP Psych
Module 33-34 AP Psych Unit 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anterograde amnesia | an inability form new memories |
| Retrograde amnesia | an inability to retrieve information from one's past |
| Encoding failure and age | an inability to retrieve information from one's past due to age |
| Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve | he learned more lists of nonsense syllables and measured how much he retained |
| Retrieval failure | when you “forget” what you were going to say |
| Proactive interference | the forward-acting disruptive effect of older learning on the recall of new information |
| Retroactive interference | the backward-acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of old information |
| Motivated forgetting and repression | the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories |
| Reconsolidation | a process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again |
| Elizabeth Loftus' research | she used a police line-up and then switch the people and asked them to identify who they had previously saw |
| Misinformation effect | occurs when misleading information has distorted one’s memory of an event |
| Source amnesia | faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined |
| Déjà vu | that eerie sense that “I've experienced this before” cues from current situation may unconsciously trigger retrieval; of an earlier experience |
| can memories of childhood abuse be repressed and then recovered? | yes, with rehearsal |
| Are child eyewitnesses recall reliable? | yes, with interviewers use less suggestive language |
| 7 ways to improve memory | use rehearsal, make the material meaningful, activate retrieval cues, use mnemonic devices, minimize proactivity and retroactive interference, sleep more, test your knowledge |
| Cognition | all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating |
| Concept | a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people |
| Prototype | a mental image or best example of a category |
| Creativity | the ability to produce new and valuable ideas |
| Convergent thinking | narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution |
| Divergent thinking | expanding the number of possible problem solutions; creative thinking that diverges in different directions |
| Sternberg's components of creativity | expertise, imaginative thinking skills, a venturesome personality, intrinsic motivation, a creative environment |
| 4 ways to boost creativity | Develop your expertise, allow time for incubation, set aside time for your mind to roam freely, experience other cultures and ways of thinking |
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