Keywords

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Capacity

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The amount of information that can be stored in memory

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Computer metaphor

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The idea that memory is like a computer

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Duration

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Length of time a person can hold a memory

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Encoding

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The way people process information according to its looks sound and meaning

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reconstructive memory

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The idea that people only remember little pieces of information but fill in the rest with what could have happened

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Chunking

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Trying to group information together when trying to remember it

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Confounding variable

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And bearable that appears to have found some affect when there was none (not fair test)

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Operationalise

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To make measurable

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Schema

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Simplified, generalised mental representations of everything an individual understands by a given type of object or event based on past experience

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Quasi experiment

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Not quite a true experiment, no manipulation of the independent variable and takes advantage of natural conditions

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Lab experiment

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A highly controlled area where no confounding variables would interfere with the independent variable

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Extraneous variable

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Any variable apart from the independent variable that could have an effect the on dependent variable

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Nondirectional hypothesis

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Prediction that there is a difference between two conditions but no confidence where it occurs

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Participant variable

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A feature or characteristic of a participant which may affect the independent variable

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Situational variable

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A feature or characteristic of an environment which may affect the independent variable

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Random Error

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Used to describe a confounding variable is which wasn’t able to be predicted so can’t be controlled

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Constant error

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Used to describe a confounding variable which was predicted so could be controlled

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Internal validity

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Extent to which that there is confidence that any change in the dependent variable is a result of the manipulation of the independent variable

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Random allocation

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when participants have an equal chance of being selected

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Ecological validity

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A type of external validity, the extent to which the findings and conclusions of a study can be generalised to real life

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Demand characteristics

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Features of an experiment that give the participants clues about the aim of the study, causing them to alter their behaviour which could reduce internal validity

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Population validity

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The extent to which the findings and conclusions of a study can be generalised to other people apart from the participants

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Temporal validity

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The extent to which the findings and conclusions of the study can be generalised to different time periods

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Standard deviation

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The measure of dispersion within a set of data

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Practical application/ Usefulness

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Where the findings and conclusions of a study are taken and applied to real life situations

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Idiographic approach

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Understanding that everybody is unique and therefore to understand an individual you have to study them singularly, the findings may also not be true to other people

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Nomothetic approach

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Belief that everybody is the same so what do you learn about one person can be applied to everyone else

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Fixation

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The idea that development is stuck in a particular stage (frued)

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Falsifiability

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A desirability of science, the extent to which a theory is tested in order to try and prove it wrong

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Null hypothesis

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A prediction that has no affect or difference between conditions