AP Pysch 2.2-2.8

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Cognition

all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

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Metacognition

cognition about our cognition; keeping track of and evaluating our mental processes

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Metacogniton example

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Concept

a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people

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Prototype

a mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to a prototype provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories (as when comparing feathered creatures to a prototypical bird, such as a crow). We form most concepts using this

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Schema

a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

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Assimilation

interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas

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Accomodation

adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information

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Creativity

the ability to produce new and valuable ideas. Robert proposed creativity involves expertise

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Convergent thinking

narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution

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Divergent thinking

expands the number of possible problem solutions (creative thinking that diverges in different directions)

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Intrinsic motivation

a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake

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Executive functions

cognitive skills that work together, enabling us to generate, organize, plan, and implement goal-directed behavior

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Algorithims vs heuristics

Algorithms are systematic problem-solving procedures, exemplified by "Bubble Sort" for arranging elements. Heuristics are general strategies, like "nearest neighbor" in the traveling salesman problem, offering efficient solutions without guaranteeing optimality.

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Algorithim

A methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrats with usually speedier-but also more error prone - requires time and effort

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Heuristic

a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also more error-prone than algorithms - like a shortcut

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Insight

a sudden and often novel realization (Aha moment) of the solution to a problem; it contrasts with strategy-based solutions- temporal lobe

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Confirmation Bias

a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

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Fixation

the inability to see a problem from a new perspective; an impediment to problem solving

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Mental set

a tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often a way that has been successful in the past

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Intuition

an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning

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Representativeness Heurisitc

judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes; may lead one to ignore other relevant information

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Availability Heurisitc

judging a situation based on personal perspective or judging based on the most available information in memory (perhaps vividly)

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Overconfidence

tendency to be more confident than correct-to overstimulate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgements

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Hindsight bias

I knew it all along phenomenon

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belief perserverance

persistence of one's initial conceptions, such as when the basis for one's belief is discredited; tendency to cling to our beliefs in face of contary evidence

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Framing

the way an issue is posed; how an issue is framed can significantly affect decisions and judgments. Subtle differences in in presentation can dramatically alter our responses and nudge us toward beneficial decisions

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Nudge

framing choices in a way that encourages people to make beneficial decisions

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Stereotypes

widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group

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Prototypes vs Stereotypes

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Gambler's Fallacy

the belief that the odds of a chance event increase if the event hasn't occurred recently

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Memory

the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information

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Recall

A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier Ex: a fill-in-the-blank test.

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Recognition

a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned Ex: as on a multiple-choice test

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Relearning

a measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time

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Encoding

the processing of information into the memory system—for example, by extracting meaning.

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Storage

the process of retaining encoded information over time

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Retrieval

the process of getting information out of memory storage aka remembering

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Sensory Memory

the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system ( 1st step of multi store model)

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Short-term memory

briefly activated memory of a few items that is later stored or forgotten Ex: (such as digits of a phone number while calling)

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Long-term Memory

the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences.

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Working Memory

a newer understanding of short-term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory - basically between short and long term memory

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Parallel processing

the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural mode of information processing for many functions, including vision. Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving.

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Automatic Processing

unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings

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Effortful Processing

encoding that requires attention and conscious effort - can ecode explicit memories

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Central Executive

a memory component that coordinates the activites pf phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad

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Phonological loop

a memory component that briefly holds auditory info

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Visuospatial sketchpad

a memory compoenent that briefly holds info about object appearence and location in space

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Neurogenesis

the formation of new neurons in reponse to excersise, sleep, and nonstressful but stimulating environments

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long-term potentiation (LTP)

an increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory

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Implicit memory

retention of learned skills or classically conditioned associations independent of conscious recollection

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Explicit memory

retention of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare"

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Iconic memory vs echoic memory

a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli for no more than a few tenths of a second vs a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli that can be recalled within 3-4 seconds

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Chunking

organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically

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Mnemonics

memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices

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Spacing effect

the tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study or practice

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Testing effect

enhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply rereading, information Ex:

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Misinformation effect

occurs when misleading information has distorted one's memory of an event - way may misremember what we have seen or heard after exposure to misleading/false info

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Shallow processing vs Deep processing

Shallow: encoding on a basic level based on the structure or appearance of words and trying to encode this way will lead to poor retention - using rehearsal

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Deep: encoding semantically, based on the meaning of the words; tends to yield the best retention so to remember something: ADD MEANING - ESPECIALLY IF IT TELLS A STORY, RELATE IT TO A PLACE, OR ADD EMOTION

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Self-reference effect

tendency to better remember information relevant to ourselves

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Method of LOCI

A mnemonic technique that involves associating items on a list with a sequence of familiar physical locations

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Semantic Memory

explicit memory of facts and general knowledge; one of our two conscious memory systems

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Episodic Memory

explicit memory of personally experienced events; one of our two conscious memory systems

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Hippocampus

A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage. memories not permantally stored in hippocampus but brain registers and temporarily holds the elements inside; damage to this disrupts formation and recall of explicit memories

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Memory Consoldiation

the neural storage of a long-term memory

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Cerebellum

processes implicit memories and seems to store prodecdural memory and classicsally condtioned memory

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Amygdala

associated with storage of emotional memories (exciting, traumatic, sad); damage to it ...

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Thalamus

involved in encoding sensory memory into the short-term memory

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Flashbulb memory

a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

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Basal gangalia

implicit memories- faciliate formation of our prodecural memories for skills

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Priming

the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response Ex: adults or children primed with money related words or actions change their behavior in such as materialism, self interest, and less helpful

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Mood Congruent Memory

the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood Ex: if you had a bad day then you may recall other bad times youve had

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State Dependent Memory

what we learn in one state may be easily remembered when your in that state again - hiding something while drunk and remembering where you hid that item when your drunk again

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Proactive Interference vs Retroactive Interference

Proactive- Occurs when information or exp. already stored in long-term memory hinder the ability to remember newer information. (old disrupts new)

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Retroactive- happens when new learning interferes with the ability to remember previously learned information. (new disrupts old)

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Retrograde Amnesia vs Anterograde Amnesia

Retrograde Amnesia is the inability to remember previously stored memory - past episodic information (The Winter Solider)

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Anterograde Amnesia is the inability to form new memories / material (50 first dates)

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Source Amnesia

the inability to remember where, when or how previously learned information has been learned from, while retaining the factual knowledge

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retrieval cues

stimuli that help gain access to memories (Passwords)

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Serial Position Effect

our tendency to recall best the last (Recency)and first items in a list (Primacy)

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Interleaving

a retrieval practice strategy that involves mixing the study of different topics.( switching between sections, chapters, or lectures when studying)

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Encoding failure

the inability to recall specific information because of insufficient encoding of the information for storage in long-term memory

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Retrieval failure

although the information is retained in the memory store, it cannot be accessed - leads to forgetting

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Repression

in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories

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Deja Vu

that eerie sense that "I've experienced this before." Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.

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Reconsolidation

a process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again

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Storage Decay

poor durability of stored memories leads to their decay

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Elaborative rehearsal

connecting new information with your own specfic examples to your life to remember it

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Maintenance rehearsal

A system for remembering involving repeating information to oneself without attempting to find meaning in it

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Example: reciitng words and defintions multiple times to be able to memorize it for a short while

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