FINAL Flashcards

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Memory

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Learning that has persisted over time - information that has been stored, and in many cases, can be recalled

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Explicit memory

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Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and “declare”

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Implicit memory

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Retention independent of conscious recollection

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4
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Episodic memory

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Tied to certain episodes in your life

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5
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Procedural memory

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How we remember to do things

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Semantic memory

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Facts and general knowledge that do not depend on recalling a particular time or situation

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Priming

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Exposure to one stimulus influences a response to a subsequent stimulus, without conscious guidance or intention

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Encode

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Get information into memory

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Store

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Retain over time

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10
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Retrieve

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Get information out of storage

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11
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Iconic memory

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Perfect visual memory

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12
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Echoing memory

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Sensory memory of auditory stimuli

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13
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Recall

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A measure of memory in which a person must retrieve information learned earlier

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Recognize

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A measure of memory in which the person need only indemnify items previously learned

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15
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Relearn

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A measure of memory that accesses the amount of time saved when learning material again

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16
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Levels of encoding

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Automatic processing-Automatically encoded.

Shallow processing-encoding information on basic auditory or visual levels, based on the sound, structure, or appearance of a word.

Deep processing-encoded semantically, based on actual meaning associated with the word.

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Mnemonics

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

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18
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Factors of nature vs. nurture

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Nature- genetics

Nurture:

Parental chemical factors 
Postnatal chemical factors 
General experiential factors 
Individual experiential factors
Traumatic factors
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19
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Developmental psychology

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The study of our physical, cognitive, social, and emotional changes throughout our whole lives- from prenatal to preteen to post-retirement

20
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Maturation

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Biological growth process that enables orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.

21
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Jean Piaget

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He theorized: Humans go through specific stages of cognitive development and intellectual progression.

His question: How does knowledge grow?

22
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Four stage theory of development

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Sensorimotor stage: birth to 2

Pre-operational stage: 2-7

Concrete operational stage: 7-12

Formal operational stage: 12-life

23
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Universal primary emotions

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Anger
Sadness
Happiness
Disgust
Fear
Surprise
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Secondary emotions

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Felt after the first emotion is processed- combination of emotions

25
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Self-conscious emotions

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Guilt
Shame
Embarrassment 
Pride
Envy
Jealousy
26
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Emotion

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A mind and body’s integrated response to a stimulus of some kind

27
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Three components of emotion

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Physiological arousal: automatic physical response

Expressive behavior: body posture, gesture, facial expression

Conscious experience: subjective feelings, interpretation, perception, memories

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Facial feedback hypothesis

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Faces/bodies don’t just show our emotions, they can influence our emotions as well

29
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Stress

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The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, or stressors, that we view as challenging or threatening.

30
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Stressors

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Catastrophes, significant life changes, everyday inconveniences

31
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Why can stress and negative emotions be bad for our health

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Lifestyle factors: don’t eat well and exercise when feeling sad or depressed

Social factors: isolating and refusing help

Biological factors: increase of inflammatory proteins released in response to stress and sadness

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Social psych

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The scientific study of how we think about, influence and relate to one another

33
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Attribution

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The process of explaining events, or inferring their causes

34
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Attribution theory

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The theory that we can explain someone’s behavior by crediting either their stable, enduring traits-also known as their disposition-or the situation at hand

35
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Fundamental attribution error

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The tendency for observers when analyzing another’s behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and the overestimate the impact of personal disposition

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Actor-observer effect

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The tendency to attribute our own behavior to external, situation causes - but of others to internal causes

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Self serving bias

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The tendency to view positive outcomes as stemming form internal causes (our own effort and ability) but negative outcomes as stemming from external factors

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Conformity

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Describes how we adjust our behavior or thinking to follow the behavior or rules of the group we belong to.

39
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Normative social influence

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The idea that we comply in order to fuel our need to be liked or belong.

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Compliance

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Changing a behavior in response to a direct request

41
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Obedience

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Social influence by demand

42
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Social facilitation

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Effects on performance stemming from the presence of others.

43
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Social loafing

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The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when polling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable.

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Deindividualization

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The loss of self awareness and restraint that can occur in group situations

45
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Group polarization

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The enhancement of a groups prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group

46
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Bystander effect

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The tendency to assume someone else will take the lead (go first) when in a group of people.