PSY 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Forgetting Curve, Mnemonic, Psy
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Encoding: automatic vs. effortful processing, rehearsal ; spacing effect ; levels of processing ; elaboration. Retrieval: retrieval cues / prime, forgetting, encoding failure, storage decay, forgetting curve, retrieval failure. Retroactive: memory construction: the downfall of our memories and memory reconstruction. Loftus & palmer (1974: misinformation effect. Chapter 9 (17 questions on the exam) 6 of the questions revolve around the language portion of the notes and chapter. Also, understand the applications (examples, studies, etc. ) of obstacles to problem solving and making decisions and judgments : what is cognition, algorithms vs. heuristics, confirmation bias (positive test bias) card problem, falsification, fixation, functional fixedness, representativeness heuristic. Base rate information: availability heuristic, belief perseverance / overconfidence = intuitive heuristics + confirmation bias, framing, anchoring, language. Language development: babbling, one-word stage, two-word speech, the speaker. Explaining language development skinner vs. chomsky. Brain regions involved in language processing broca"s & wernicke"s area, etc.
