Theories Flashcards
God help me I hate this
Writing out and planning tasks that need to be done, and then breaking them down into more realistic, bite-size pieces. Makes it less intimidating.
GTD (Getting Things Done) Method
The idea that interrupting a task will make you remember it better. This desire to complete the task will ‘keep’ itself in the person’s memory more than a completed task. Eg. Waiters remember an unfinished tab better than a completed one.
Zeigarnick Effect. Useful for studying in chunks- bit by bit.
What trait would you link the Zeigarnick effect to? Where is this effect most useful?
Conscientiousness - more caring people are more likely to care about unfinished tasks- and so will commit them to memory.
Which type of action management looks at everything at once?
Horizontal
Which type of action management looks at only one thing at a time?
Vertical
When you underestimate the time something takes it is called….
Planning fallacy
I prefer to study at night. This is an example of:
Synchrony Effect. People are inclined to have superior performances at their ‘optimal’ time of day.
“Work expands to fill the time available for its completion” means what?
The more time you dedicate to a task the more complex it will seem. It is inefficient. If we are more realistic about the time we devote to things, then we will stop over-complicating them and work productively. (Parkinsons Law)
What is the name of the theory meaning- the longer time you give to do a task, the more complicated it seems? “The longer it takes to do something the more detailed it should be!”
Parkinsons Law. Think about me with the cheat sheet for FA- I did that all in a night whereas I previously thought it would take 20 hours.
This helps you divide up tasks into Urgent, Important, Non-Urgent, Non-Important. Helps classify tasks.
Time Management Matrix
If I work in a team, I work less hard than I would on my own because I know the rest of the group will pull the weight. This is an example of:
Ringelmann Effect
What personality types work best for teams?
Conscientiousness and Agreeableness
What are the three steps of memory?
Encoding, Storage, Retrieval. You first get exposed to the new info, then you try to get more familiar with it and commit it to memory, then you call upon this knowledge at a later date.
Tracing back my steps to look for a lost item is an example of:
Context-dependent Memory
What is this theory? You are more likely to remember things if you were exposed to the same context during encoding and retrieval. eg. chewing gum whilst learning something or studying in the classroom you’re due to take the exam in.
Context-dependent Memory
PQ4R stands for:
Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite Rewrite
This method is a study method that first gives you a taste of the material, then asks you to ask related questions, then to take a deeper look into the subject, think about what you’ve learnt, teach it to yourself, then re-write it.
PQ4R
This is a study method is APPLYING the knowledge to questions - not just rereading the information.
Retrieval Practice
When you cram for an exam it is called _ and it is only stored in which memory?
Mass Practise, Short Term
When you work in chunks, and digest study material over a long period of time this is called:
Distributed Practise
Why is distributed better than mass practise?
Less effort to retrieve needed information, it just seems like knowledge you’ve had forever that you can call upon with ease. More time for your mind to process it all, and commit it to long term memory.
I remember a list of words using the visual memory of my house in Hawaii. What technique is this using?
Loci Method
What is the name of the effect where you think your judgement is better than everyone else’s? You simply think you are better.
Above-Average effect, where people rate themselves higher than others.
I fail an exam. I blame it on the teacher not writing the correct questions. But if I were to get an A*, I would say i’m a genius. What is this an example of?
Self Serving Bias. You believe successes are down to you, and any failures are down to external things! They couldn’t simply be your fault!
If I place more emphasis on internal explanations than considering the circumstances people are under this is an example of…
Fundamental Attribution Error
Think of a party- you meet someone who is super rude, and you think it’s just them as a person. You then find out they had a whole lot of shit going on at home, and thats why they’re acting up. This lack of consideration for what’s going on in the background is called:
Fundamental Attribution Error
Reading a horoscope and thinking ‘wow’ this applies exactly to me is an example of:
the Barnum effect
Which effect is this? The tendency for people to accept generalised personality descriptions as accurate descriptions of their own personality.
the Barnum effect
“You have a great need for others to like you” “ you doubt yourself sometimes” are examples of:
Barnum Statements. They are vague, true and often have desirable qualities that everyone can relate to.
What are the BIG Five? (OCEAN)
Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism (Emotional Reactions)
prefers variety to routine, likes music, experiences emotions intensely, feels others’ emotions…
High Openness to Change
Likes order, likes to tidy up, works hard, tries to follow the rules, completes tasks successfully…
High Conscientiousness
makes friends easily, loves large parties, radiates joy, warms up quickly to others…
Extraversion
trusts others, is easy to satisfy, dislikes being the center of attention, believes others have good intentions…
Agreeableness
gets angry easily, often feels blue, fears the worst, gets irritated easily, dislikes oneself, is afraid of doing the wrong thing…
Emotional Reactions
What does the Dark Triad Mean?
Traits of a psychopath, that include narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy.
What does Machiavellianism mean?
Cunning, deceitful, manipulative
What does Psychopathy mean?
Lack of empathy for others
Jonason and Webster’s measure applies to what?
A set of quests used to test dark triad personality traits.
The ___ is the extent to which an individual and an environment match.
Person-environment fit
If my personality fits perfectly with an environment it is:
Complementary fit
If my personality fits with some parts of my environment it is:
Supplementary fit
What model tells us what job you should do based on your personality?
Hexagonal model of vocational interests
How many types of interests are there in the Hexagonal model of vocational interests?
6: CRIASE (Conventional, Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social and Enterprising)