GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM REVIEW Flashcards
100 Questions on the test, covering chapters 1
ENCODING DEFINITION
the ACT of putting something into memory
MEMORY TRACES DEFINITION
THE STORED CODE that represents a piece of information that has been encoded into memory
STORAGE DEFINITION
THE PLACE where information is retained in memory
RETRIEVAL DEFINITION
THE PROCESS of ACCESSING INFORMATION IN MEMORY AND PULLING IT INTO CONSCIOUSNESS
CONSCIOUSNESS DEFINITION
AN ORGANISM’S AWARENESS OF ITS OWN MENTAL PROCESS AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
ATTENTION DEFINITION
AN ORGANISM’S ABILITY TO FOCUS ITS CONSCIOUSNESS ON SOME ASPECT OF ITS OWN MENTAL PROCESSES AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
EXPLICIT MEMORY DEFINITION
THE CONSCIOUS USE OF MEMORY
IMPLICIT MEMORY DEFINITION
THE UNCONSCIOUS USE OF MEMORY
WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?
THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL PROCESSES
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IS _______________
A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS USED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR TESTING HYPOTHESES ABOUT BEHAVIOR
THEORY
AN EXPLANATION OF WHY AND HOW A BEHAVIOR OCCURS
DESCRIBE ALL THE GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY
1) to DESCRIBE behavior
2) to PREDICT behavior
3) to EXPLAIN behavior
4) to CONTROL or CHANGE behavior
WHAT IS A HYPOTHESIS?
an EDUCATED GUESS
NAME THE STEPS IN THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
1) DEFINE AND DESCRIBE the issue
2) FORM A TESTABLE HYPOTHESIS
3) CHOOSE AN APPROPRIATE RESEARCH STRATEGY
4) CONDUCT THE STUDY TO TEST YOUR HYPOTHESIS
5) ANALYZE YOUR DATA TO SUPPORT OR REJECT YOUR HYPOTHESIS
WHAT IS A SAMPLE?
THE PORTION OF THE POPULATION OF INTEREST THAT ARE SELECTED FOR A STUDY
