Unit 2

Question 1

Gestalt psychology

Answer 1

Focuses how how the human brain perceived things

Question 2

Similarity

Answer 2

Grouping similar things together

Question 3

Closure

Answer 3

Filling in the blanks ( solving a problem or having resolution)

Question 4

Proximity

Answer 4

The way relationships are formed between two things that are close to each other

Question 5

Figure ground

Answer 5

Looking at the white picture on a black backround rather than the black

Question 6

Shape consistency

Answer 6

Something looking the same from every angle

Question 7

Color consistency

Answer 7

Something looking the same color even if it is around different colored lights

Question 8

Size consistency

Answer 8

Looking at something from far away but knowing it’s not as small as it appears

Question 9

Size consistency

Answer 9

Looking at something from far away but knowing it’s not as small as it appears

Question 10

Metacognition

Answer 10

Thinking/understanding your own thinking process

Question 11

Prototype

Answer 11

The best example that recognizes objects of concepts / mental model of an object or concept

Question 12

Functional fixedness

Answer 12

Using something one for what it’s intended for

Question 13

Divergent thinking

Answer 13

Generates more than one solution

Question 14

Heuristics

Answer 14

Mental shortcut or rule to thumb people use

Question 15

Availability heuristics

Answer 15

Immediate example that comes through persons mind when evaluating a topic or specific Method

Question 16

Equation to find IQ

Answer 16

(10/8) x 1.25 x100= 125

Question 17

Why do they measure intelligence

Answer 17

So they could identify people with learning disabilities

Question 18

What does IQ out of 100 mean?

Answer 18

The average IQ

Question 19

Example of achievement test

Answer 19

Taking a unit test

Question 20

What is an aptitude test

Answer 20

Taking an SAT (test on everything you’ve learned)

Question 21

How do you check a tests vitality

Answer 21

Compare it with other tests

Question 22

how do you check if a test is reliable?

Answer 22

Take the same test before and after you learn the unit

Question 23

Long term potation

Answer 23

Getting easier over time

Question 24

Order of the stages of memory

Answer 24

Encoding, storage, and retrieval

Question 25

Episodic memory

Answer 25

Remembering small details of an event

Question 26

Procedural memory

Answer 26

Doing an order of steps without thinking about each step

Question 27

Serial position effect

Answer 27

More likely to remember things at the beginning, or the end of a sequence

Question 28

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 28

The inability to form new memories

Question 29

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 29

The loss of memories that were formed before the onset of amnesia

Question 30

Statistical significance

Answer 30

When two or more variables is caused by Something other than chance

Question 31

What does it mean if a student gets a 68 on a test

Answer 31

They are better than 68% of people

Question 32

How is IQ inherited

Answer 32

Twin studies show they’re IQ is very similar

Question 33

How is IQ environmental

Answer 33

Twins who were raised seperently, they’re IQ scores are not similar

Question 34

Multi store model

Answer 34

Three models, each separates control processes accompanies each mode

Question 35

Levels of processing

Answer 35

Analyzing something will make you more likely to remember it. Levels are enshallow intermediate and deep