Psych 240 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Raven Progressive Matrices - Test that contains a matrix of geometric objects and one tries to figure out which geometric objects should bei n the blank spot Being able to store memory temporarily and retrieving it later Important part of IQ tests Mental Arithmetic - Doing mathematical problems without writing it out Have to remember the numbers from each part Store information temporarily, do other things, and retrieve it later Measure of Working Memory "reading span" - Read a series o...

Introspectionism - Looking inside, it's the first thing you try when you want to know what's going on in your own head (reliable observations about what's going on in your head to figure out how things work) - dominant approach in late 1800's Wilhelm Wundt & Edward Titchener - Categorized thoughts in terms of introspectionism (organ, # of sensations) Problems with Introspectionism - 1. Is it reliable? Inner head thoughts can't be replicated or validated because it was just his thought...

What is Cognitive Psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of the human mind. The study of structures and processes of the mind and brain that take in, transform, and use information. Challenge of Cognitive psychology - Answer-The mind is unobservable. You cannot observe a mind. You can observe the stimulus and the products. "The mind is like a black box" What cognitive psychologists can observe: - Answer-Products, output of the mind: behavior, physiology. Three precursors to cognitive p...

Properties of Language (3) - (mostly) arbitrary - Kiki vs. bouba symbolic generative Language Levels - phonemes, morphemes, words, phrases, sentences Syntax - rules that determine word order Lexical ambiguity - word has two different meanings: "He was bothered by the cold" Syntactic ambiguity - words can be grouped together into more than one phrase structure "I saw the gorilla in my pajamas" McGurk Effect - Hear different things based on visual stimuli evidence for: the phoneme yo...

Memory - The processes involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas, and skills after the original information is no longer present. Modal Model of Memory - Stages - structural features 1) Sensory memory is an initial stage that holds all incoming information for seconds or fractions of a second 2) Short-term memory (STM) holds 5-7 items for about 15-30 seconds. We will describe the characteristics of short-term memory in this chapter 3) Lo...

Psych 240 questions and answers to the tests/Psych 240 questions and answers to the tests/Psych 240 questions and answers to the tests

Long-term learning vs. short-term performance - Answer-Long-Term Learning: -Improvement that lasts -Visible in any context Short-Term Performance: -Immediate improvement -Visible in practice context Simon & Bjork press experiment - Answer-Key Patterns: Group 1 -master and then move on Group 2 -randomized practice Result -Group 1 had less errors in practice -Group 1 predicted less errors in both practice and after -Group 2 had less errors when tested later by a significant margin I...

social psychology - Answer-examines the way people and social situations influence people social cognition - Answer-how do we think about and perceive others? -Stereotypes/prejudice/discrimination explaining behavior - Answer-how we make sense of others and our own behaviors -Situational vs dispositional attributions freud - Answer--theorist self-serving biases, unconscious motivation, defense mechanisms le bon - Answer--theorist the irrationality of groups skinner - Answer--theorist b...

PSYCH 2402 Psychology Of Personality Exam 2 Solution