Study Guide for Modules 27-30
Module 27
- Define and give an example of recall
- Define and give an example of recognition
- Define relearning
- What are retrieval cues? Give an example.
- What is priming?
- What are context effects? Give an example related to your own life.
- Describe state-dependent memory.
- Describe mood-dependent memory.
Module 28
- What are the 3 sins of forgetting? Describe and give an example of each.
- What are the 3 sins of distortion? Describe and give an example of each.
- What is the 1 sin of intrusion? Describe and give an example.
- Describe how encoding failure can lead to forgetting.
- Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve
- What is retrieval failure?
- Describe and give an example of proactive interference and retroactive interference.
- What is the misinformation effect?
- How does imagining events relate to false memories?
- What is source amnesia?
- What are some similarities and differences between true and false memories?
- Discuss some of the issues related to children’s eyewitness recall.
- What are some techniques that can be used to improve memory?
Module 29
- Define cognition
- What is a concept?
- How do we form concepts?
- Define prototype
- Know the research finding in Figure 29.2
- Define algorithm
- What are heuristics?
- Compare and contrast algorithms and heuristics
- What is insight? What part of the brain is activated when insight occurs?
- What is confirmation bias?
- What is fixation? What are two examples of fixation?
- What is a mental set?
- What is functional fixedness? Give an example.
- Know representativeness heuristic and how it can lead to incorrect conclusions.
- Know availability heuristic and how it can lead us in the wrong direction.
- What is overconfidence? Give an example.
- What are four influences related to fear?
- Describe how framing can affect our decisions and judgments.
- What is belief bias?
- What is belief perseverance?
Module 30
- Define language
- Know what phonemes, morphemes, grammar, semantics, and syntax are
- How many words does the average child learn a year? How many words will the average high school graduate know?
- Know the different stages of language development (babbling, etc.)
- Skinner and his theory on language development
- Chomsky and his theory on language development
- Age and learning language (critical period?)
- Linguistic Determinism and Whorf
- How might language influence thinking?
- Animals and language