MT2.7 Flashcards
1
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retrieval:
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- Recall
- Recognition
2
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recall vs. recognition.
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- recall:Given a question and have to recall answer
- recognition: Read and recognize
3
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Be able to discuss explanations of forgetting:
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- Encoding failure- if we don’t process we wont remember
- storage decay- Things we don’t need to remember tend to forget (ex. professor’s names)
- Retrieval failure- study & when it come to test blank out
- Interference-“stroop effect”, read colors & say color of words
- Tip-of-the-tongue-is also interference, know letters, sounds.
- False memory-apparent recollection of an event that did not actually occur
- Infantile Amnesia-Do not remember events from age 4
4
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What is cognitive psychology?
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(How we think)
- Solve Problems
- Make Decisions
- Remember
- Learn &use language
5
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What is intelligence?
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- The ability to adapt, to learn new concepts
- originally a uni-dimensional concept
- considered multidimensional “today”
6
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Uni-dimensional vs. multidimensional
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- Uni-dimensional (one aspect)
- Multidimensional ( multi. aspect)
7
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Howard Gardner’s theory
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(Theory of multiple intelligence)
- Verbal-Linguistic:learning w/ words,reading, listening,speaking..
- Mathematical-Logical:Learning w/ problem solving, numbers
- Musical: learning through songs, patterns, rhythms
- Visual-Spatial:learning w/ visual and organizing ideas (Mechan.)
- Bodily/ kinesthetic: Learning through interaction w/ environment
- Intrapersonal: working by yourself, feelings, values, attitudes
- Interpersonal: Working in a group, with others
- Naturalist: Learning through classifications
- Existential: (spiritual) learning by seeing big picture
8
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Does the language we use affect our thoughts (linguistic relativity)?
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Yes, language we use influences how we think
ex. create image of a judge, everyone has different image
9
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Natural selection
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Introduced by Charles Darwin in “ The origin of Species”in (1859)
