chapter 1

Question 1

What is the forgetting curve

Answer 1

We learn a lot at first and after a few days we forget memory if there is no retrieval

Question 2

who is ebbinghaus

Answer 2

Created forgetting curve and time savings method . original time 1000- second time 700 = 300 savings or saved time. studied how rapidly forgetting occurs

Question 3

what did donders use

Answer 3

measured mental processing simple reaction time vs choice reaction time.

Question 4

The difference between simple and choice

Answer 4

simple you react to a stimuli. choice you had to choose between two stimuli and react. choice takes longer

Question 5

Unconcious inference

Answer 5

word coined by herman von helmvotz we assume the most likely possibility. perception is indirectly influenced by inferences about current sensory input that make
use of the perceiver’s knowledge of the world and prior experience with similar input

Question 6

mental chronometry

Answer 6

scientific study of processing speed or reaction time to a cognitive task
to infer the content, duration, and temporal sequencing of mental operations

Question 7

Information systems

Answer 7

Input —> transform —–> output

Question 8

Wundt and 2 introspection

Answer 8

1st person to create a psychology lab. 2 looking at your own mind and reflecting, people were trained no way to verify what was true

Question 9

savings time

Answer 9

the amount of time one saves when studying a material after an initial first time, to the
Second time a higher number means more accuracy original time to learn list minus the second time
It took to learn list of words ex is 1000 seconds first time - 600 seconds second time = 400 seconds saved
40 percent

Question 10

Shepard & Metzler’s

Answer 10

Look at mental rotation and how long it took people to rotate an image in their head. Used 3d abstract figures the bigger the angle the more it took people to react. Can store info visually