PSY 322 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Yield Sign, Eyewitness Testimony, Repressed Memory
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Mood at time of studying = better performance when at same mood. Better to be sober in both contexts. Distributed vs. massed practice effect study 1 hour each day vs. studying 6 hours straight. Difficult to maintain close attention throughout a long study session. Studying after a break gives feedback about what you already know. Verbal learning | keppel (1964: procedure: 8 times on 1 day (massed) vs. 2 times on each of 4 days (distributed: results: Learning spanish vocabulary | bahrick, 1984: people learned spanish translations of 50 english words (please = por favor, 5 test-study cycles (if incorrect, study again) inter-cycle intervals: 0, 1, or 30 days between study cycles. Mirror maze task: massed learning led to most errors by the final trial. 1 minute vs. 1 day distribution led to lease errors by the final trial. Delay between presentation of list 1 and 2 allowed for consolidation better recall.
