PSYC 4030 Study Guide - Zynga, Social Loafing, Functional Fixedness
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Identify the problem, define and represent the problem, explore possible strategies, act on the strategies, look back and evaluate results. They ignore easer ways to fix the problem they favor the familiar ways. Representing objects in terms of their typical use and not seeing novel uses. Available information in memory, stored and accessible- can access information at a particular time. Distinguish between the major types of memory tests on the basis of the cues that are provided to participants. Recognition test- pictures are shown and then new ones are added and you respond new or old. Cued recall chair-ice-cream then shown chair and expected to produce ice cream. Study spanish study french second and have trouble remembering french is proactive. Retroactive would be to study spanish then study french and have trouble remembering spanish. Memory does not involve a simple reproduction of a prior experience; it involves pulling together bits and pieces of different types of information.
