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Unit 2:1
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/12/2013

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Retrieval:
Definition
getting that information back out of storage
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Encoding:
Definition
Processing of information into memory
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Storage:
Definition
retention of that information
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Alfred Binet
Definition
Design teat in identify unprepared students
Develop concept of mental age 1st intelligence test
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Lewis Terman
Definition
Worked at Stanford University
Added concept of intelligence quotient
Americanized Binet's work
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Charles Spearman
Definition
Noted positive correlation between mental test
Test must be tapping a common air
Call this trait "g" for general intelligence
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Robert Sternburg (burger)
Definition
Questioned if one score can accurately measure intelligence
Triarchic theory of intelligence
○ Analytical
○ Creative

Practical - emotionally - common sense
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Howard Gardener
Definition
Questioned emphasis of language and logic above other abilities
Created Eight Frames of Mind
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Mnemonics
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: memory aids
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Method of Loci
Definition
associating items with places
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peg-word
Definition
mixes imagery and rhyming (more use more creative and productive
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Serial-
Definition
can only handle one task
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Icon memory:
Definition
momentary sensory of visual stimuli
Last a few tenths of a second
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Echoic Memory:
Definition
momentary sensory of auditory stimuli Last 3-4 seconds
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Short-term/Working memory
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Active memory; central to storage and retrieval-Last about 30 seconds-Limited to the "magical" number of 5-7 bit of info
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Long-Term Memory
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The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system
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Explicit:(declarative)
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with conscious recall
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b. Disposition-
Definition
classical and operant conditioning effects
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("procedural memory")
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a. Skills-motor and cognitive
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Implicit memories(non declarative)
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without conscious recall: episodic and sematic
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("episodic memory")
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b. Personally experienced events
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("semantic memory")
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a. Facts-general knowledge
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Recall
Definition
fully retrieve information learned earlier
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Recognition
Definition
identifying items previously learned
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Relearning
Definition
Measuring the amount of time saved when learning a second time
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Priming
Definition
activation(often unconscious) of particular associations in memory
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Memory constructin
Definition
filter information and felling in pieces-memory
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misinformation effect
Definition
incorporating misleading info into one memory
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Retroactive interference
Definition
new to old memories
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Proactive interference
Definition
old to new memories
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Reliability
Definition
consistency of IQ scores
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Validity
Definition
Does the IQ test what it claims to be testing
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Flynn effect
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restandardize tests because average creeping higher
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Examples of bad reliability
Definition
Tests are higher in spring than in summer
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Examples of bad valididty
Definition
Different Cultures yield different scores
Those in highest position across cultures tend to have higher IQ's

Those at the highest of Gardener's eight categories tend to have higher IQ's
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Intelligence
Definition
is the ability to learn from and adept to one's experiences
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Algorithsm
Definition
logical rule for solving particular problems: garentess a solution
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Heuristics
Definition
simple thinking - more speedier- more error prone
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Representativeness Heuristics
Definition
use characteristics if concepts and prototypes
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availability heuristics
Definition
stuff at the front of mind
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