how we learn to understand the world

Question 1

Distal stimulus

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a physical object as it actually exist in the real world

Question 2

proximal stimulus

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is the image in mind pertaining to the distal stimulus

Question 3

Tactile senses

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sense of touch

Question 4

gustatory senses

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sense of taste

Question 5

visual senses

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sense of sight

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auditory senses

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sense of hearing

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olfactory senses

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sense of smell

Question 8

we are bombarded with hundreds of pieces of

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sensory information

Question 9

we avoid overload through

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deciding on which pieces of sensory information to focus

Question 10

the information enters our

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sensory memory

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information only stays in our memory for

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a few seconds

Question 12

we have an echoic sensory

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memory

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we have an

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iconic sensory memory

Question 14

we know our echoic sensory memory

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last longer than iconic sensory memory

Question 15

information we decide to keep

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enters our STM; called working memory

Question 16

information remains in our STM for approx.

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20 sec.

Question 17

It holds how many pieces of information: STM

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7 + or - 2 pieces

Question 18

in order to hold more information we group or cluster

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this is called chunking

Question 19

more we rehearse information in STM

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the more likely to recall

Question 20

we examine information in STM by

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looking at it piece by piece

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we scan information STM to

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focus on one item

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to permanently keep info. SMT

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sends it to our long term memory: LTM

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LTM is also known as

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deep memory

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we have how many types of LTM

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3

Question 25

LTM memory involves operations or procedures

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we perform on the environment

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we need LTM so we don’t have to

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relearn everyday how to operate

Question 27

we have how many types of declarative LTM

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2 : sematic LTM and Episodic LTM

Question 28

Sematic is our what memory

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abstract

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Sematic contains what rules

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Grammar and games

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sematic contain what type of information

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geographical w/ no personal contact, technical terminology, mathematical functions

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are emotions attached to sematic LTM

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no

Question 32

Episodic memory is

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our realistic experiences in life

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emotions are attached to this memory

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episodic

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episodic memories sometimes makes us feel

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bad

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episodic memories causes us to

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act without thinking

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we form schemas in LTM about

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types of people, roles of people, situations, conduct

Question 37

schemas help us to

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feel secure in the ways we believe the world is

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schemas help us judge it as

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safe or unsafe

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we judge people as

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good or bad

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when we feel uncomfortable it is because

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we challenge the way we have learn to interpret the world

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what do we have to resolve since we feel uncomfortable

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cognitive dissonance

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what is egocentrism

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ridged in our schema and not be willing to change it