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1
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Memories are

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pliable, fallible, quirky, and reconstructive- not exact

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Declarative Memory

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Or Explicit Memory- memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare

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Episodic Memory

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(declarative)- tied to certain episodes in your life

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Sematic Memory

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(declarative)- facts and general knowledge that does not depend on recalling a particular time or situation.

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5
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Non-Declarative Memory

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Or Implicit Memory- retention independent of conscious recollection

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Procedural Memory

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How we remember how to do things

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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

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9
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Store

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retain over time

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Retrieve

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Get information out of storage

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Stages of Memory Formation

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  1. Event Occurs
  2. Perception by Sensory Register (5 senses)
  3. Encoded to Sensory Memory
  4. Encoded to Short-Term Memory
  5. Encoded to Long-Term Memory
  6. Retrieved to Short-Term Memory
    * Event, (P) sensory, (E) sensory, short, long, (R) short.
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Automatic Processing

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Automatically encoded

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Shallow Processing

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encoding information on a basic auditory or visual levels based on the sound structure or appearance of a word

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14
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Deep processing

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encodes semantically, based on the actual meaning associated with the word.

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15
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Nature factors

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Genetics (1/2 of the determining factors)

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Nurture factors

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  • Prenatal Chemical factor (in the womb)
  • Postnatal Chemical (like an addiction)
  • General Experiential (Whole country in the Great Depression)
  • Individual Experiential (dad was a football athlete)
  • Traumatic (Accident)
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17
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Jean Piaget

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all kids in the same group make the same mistakes, humans go through specific stages of cognitive development similar to our specific stages of physical development

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18
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Schemas

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mental frameworks that help us interpret information.

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19
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Assimilation

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interpreting experiences through existing schemas

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20
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Accommodation

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adjusting to new experiences

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21
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Maturation

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biological growth process that enables orderly changes in behavior

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22
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the Four Stages of Development in proper order

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Sensorimotor
Pre-Operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
*SP(C)F
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23
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Sensorimotor:

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Birth to age 2

  • Lack object permanence (if I don’t see it, it doesn’t exist)
  • Experience the world primarily through the senses
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Preoperational Stage

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2-7 years old

  • Egocentrism (It’s all about me)
  • Gains an understanding of conservation
  • Animism: animating inanimate objects
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Concrete Operational Stage

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7-12 years old

  • Gains Theory of Mind (starts seeing from others’ perspective)
  • Starts thinking logically
26
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Formal Operational Stage

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12 years old to life

-Starts abstract reasoning, problem-solving, hypothetical questions

27
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Universal primary emotions are easily expressed and discerned by facial expressions

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True

28
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Why do we have emotions? What is their primary purpose?

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Emotions are important, internal signals. They help us create and maintain relationships because we mimic people’s facial expressions in conversation.

29
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Universal primary emotions

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Anger, sadness, happiness, disgust, fear, and surprise

30
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Self Conscious Emotions

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Emotions that relate to our sense of self and our consciousness of others reactions to us
-Greed, Embarrassment, Shame, Guilt, Pride, Jealousy, Envy

31
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At what age are self-conscious emotions typically FIRST experienced

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2-3 years old

32
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Self-conscious emotions are typically easily expressed and easily discerned by facial expressions

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False

33
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Physiological Arousal

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Automatic Response

34
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Expressive Behavior

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body, posture, gesture and facial expression

35
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Conscious Experience

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subjective feelings, interpretation, perception and memories

36
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Common Sense

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I tremble because I feel afraid

37
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Cannon-Bard

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When my subconscious interprets something to be scary, I tremble and I feel afraid

38
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James-Lange

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I feel afraid because I tremble

39
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Schactor

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I label my trembling as fear because I label the situation as dangerous

40
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Our feelings and the behaviors they can produce will affect our minds, bodies, and health.

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True

41
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According to the facial feedback hypothesis, what we do with our faces and bodies can influence our emotions.

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True

42
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According to the two-dimensional model of emotions, emotions are categorized on a spectrum of

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valence and arousal

43
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Valence

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Pleasant or positive, unpleasant or negative

44
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Arousal

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Excited or active vs not excited or inactive

45
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Stressors

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catastrophes, significant life changes, everyday experiences

46
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Sympathetic

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Stimulate the fight or flight response

47
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Parasympathetic

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Rest and digest

48
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Lifestyle Factors

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Don’t eat well and excessive when feeling sad or depressed

49
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Social Factors

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isolation or refusing to help

50
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Biological Factors

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Increase or inflammatory proteins released in response to stress and sadness

51
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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

52
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Compliance

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Changing behavior in response to a direct request

53
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Attribution

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the process of explaining events, or inferring their causes

54
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Obedience

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social influence by demand

55
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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

56
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According to Attribution Theory, we attribute events and behaviors to what?

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Disposition and/or Situation

57
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According to Fundamental Attribution Error, we tend to underestimate the impact of the ______ when analyzing (judging) other’s behavior.

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Disposition

58
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According to the Self-Serving Bias, we tend to view POSITIVE outcomes as resulting from external factors and NEGATIVE outcomes as resulting from internal (our own effort or

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False

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