Test 3 Study Guide

CHAPTER 6 - MEMORY

1.      Definition of memory?

2.      Difference between encoding, storage and retrieval.

3.      Information processing model of memory

4.      Levels-of-processing model of memory

5.      Parallel distributed processing model of memory

6.      Three parts of the information-processing model of memory

7.      Iconic memory

8.      Eidetic imagery

9.      Echoic sensory memory

10.  Selective attention

11.  Magic 7 and chunking

12.  Maintenance rehearsal & Elaborative rehearsal

13.  Which type of long-term memory is most resistant to loss with Alzheimer's disease?

14.  Types of amnesia

15.  Procedural vs. declarative memory

16.  Episodic vs. semantic memory

17.  Retrieval cues

18.  Encoding specificity

19.  Serial position effect

20.  Primacy and recency effect (proactive and retroactive)

21.  False positives in memory recall

22.  Flashbulb memory

23.  Forgetting theories: decay, encoding error,

24.  Function of hippocampus in memory

CHAPTER 7 – COGNITION

1.      Definition of and types of concepts

2.      Problem solving methods

3.      Insight

4.      Confirmation bias

5.      Functional fixedness

6.      Mental set

7.      Creativity

8.      Convergent vs. Divergent Thinking

9.      Divergent Thinking techniques

10.  Definition of intelligence

11.  Theories of intelligence: Charles Spearman, Gardner, Sternberg

12.  IQ test scoring: standard curve. Where do majority score?

CHAPTER 8 – LifeSpan

1.      What is Human development

2.      Longitudinal, Cross-sequential design, and cross-sectional research strategies

3.      Nature vs. nurture

4.      Genetics, genes, DNA, chromosomes

5.      Dominant and recessive genes

6.      monozygotic vs. dizygotic twins

7.      Jean Piaget and his theory of cognitive development (object permanence, egocentrism, conservation, abstract thinking)

8.      Three types of temperament described by Thomas and Chess

9.      Attachment: definitions, work of Ainsworth, types, characteristics of mothers with each type,

10.  Erickson’s stages

11.  Imaginary audience and t he personal fable

12.  Sequence and details of stages of moral development as identified by Lawrence Kohlberg

 

CHAPTER 9 – MOTIVATION

1.      Instincts

2.      Drives: primary, secondary, acquired,

3.      Intrinsic motivation vs. extrinsic

4.      Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

5.      Connection between hypothalamus and eating

6.      Drive reduction theory

7.      3 types of needs

8.      Arousal approach to motivation

9.      Incentive approach to motivation

10.  Self-determination theory

11.  Hunger: bodily causes and social components

12.  Maladaptive eating problems

13.  How do theories of Emotion vary?