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Question 1

information processing model

Answer 1

Compares our mind to a computer.

1. Encoding: Converting sensory input into a form that can be stored (e.g., creating associations or using mnemonics).
   
   2. Storage: Maintaining information over time, either temporarily in STM or more permanently in LTM.
   3. Retrieval: Accessing stored information, which can vary in ease depending on the strength of encoding and storage

Question 2

encoding

Answer 2

information from the environment is transformed into a format that can be stored in the brain.

Question 3

hierarchies

Answer 3

system in which concepts are arranged from more general to more specific classes.

Question 4

semantic networks

Answer 4

more irregular and distorted than strict hierarchies, with multiple links from one concept to others.

Question 5

connectionist networks

Answer 5

theory that states that memory is stored throughout the brain in connections between neurons, many of which work together to process a single memory

Question 6

primacy effect

Answer 6

first items on a list are more likely to be encoded into the persons long term memory

Question 7

recency effect

Answer 7

items stay in working memory and do not get encoded into long term memory

Question 8

mnemonics: peg word system

Answer 8

a mnemonic device that uses visual imagery and a jingle

Question 9

mnemonics: story/link method

Answer 9

create a story using the presented words. the sillier, weirder, and more exaggerated, the better.

Question 10

spacing effect

Answer 10

tendency for distributed study or practice or yield better long term retention than massed study or practice

Question 11

testing effect

Answer 11

an effective way to distribute practice by repeated self testing