5 Steps to a 5 AP Psychology, 2014-2015 Edition

Models of Memory Different models are used to explain memory. No model accounts for all memory phenomena. Information Processing ...

memory, short-term memory (STM), and long-term memory (LTM) (see Figure 11.1). External events from our senses are held in our s ...

information. Baddeley’s working memory modelis an active three-part memory system that temporarily holds information and consist ...

dents, a principal, classrooms with desks and chairs, etc. Connectionismtheory states that memory is stored throughout the brain ...

ings method, the amount of repetitions required to relearn the list compared to the amount of repetitions it took to learn the l ...

Forgetting Forgetting may result from failure to encode information, decay of stored memories, or an inability to access informa ...

the Internet as actually having happened. This is a misattribution error,also referred to as source amnesia. Research has shown ...

children are able to express more abstract ideas that go beyond the physical world around them and to talk about their feelings. ...

algorithm, we usually want to solve problems quickly and employ heuristicsor mental shortcuts to solve most problems. For exampl ...

which a new situation is judged by how well it matches a stereotypical model or a partic- ular prototype. Is someone who loves t ...

The three stages of the Atkinson–Shiffrin process of memory are (A) iconic, echoic, encoding (B) sensory, short term, long term ...

9.Because it has all of the features commonly asso- ciated with the concept bird, a robin is considered (A) a prototype (B) a sc ...

E—Peas, corn, and onions all are words at the beginning of the list. The primacy effect refers to better recall for words at th ...

Deep processing—semantic encoding involves forming an association or attaching meaning to a sensory impression and results in l ...

Four major models account for organization of information in LTM: 1 .Hierarchies—systems in which concepts are arranged from mor ...

Serial position effect—better recall for information that comes at the beginning (primacy effect)and at the end of a list of wo ...

Deductive reasoning—reasoning from the general to the specific. Inductive reasoning—reasoning from the specific to the general. ...

Key concepts and terms associated with language development include: Babbling—an infant’s spontaneous production of speech soun ...

CHAPTER 12 Motivation and Emotion IN THIS CHAPTER Summary:Why do you do what you do? Motivationis a psychological process that d ...

James-Lange theory of emotion Cannon-Bard theory of emotion Opponent-process theory of emotion Schachter-Singer Two-Factor t ...