Lecture 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What is cognitive psychology?
A
Mapping the human mind
2
Q
Is highlighting an effective study method?
A
No, It’s about the same as not doing it.
3
Q
What happens if you highlight information?
A
You will do better on the information that you highlighted but worse on everything esle
4
Q
How well can you draw connections if you highlight?
A
You can’t draw connections well if you highlight
5
Q
What happens when you re-read as a study method
A
diminishing returns, re-reading once is fine, but more than that it’s not effective
6
Q
what is perceptual fluency?
A
Once you are presented with a vidual stimulus, your brain uses energy to process it that information.
eevrytime you read, it uses less energy to process it because you already processed it.
7
Q
Which twos tudy methods are effective?
A
- re-reading notes beofre testing
- groups that test themselves
