unit 2 part 3

Question 1

what is perceptual set?

Answer 1

our expectations change what we see.

Question 2

what is inattentional blindness?

Answer 2

we can only devote our attention to one thing at a time

Question 3

what is schema?

Answer 3

mental categories or frameworks of knowledge in LTM that help us organize info

Question 4

what is assimilation?

Answer 4

adding a new concept to your schema to include more things, expands as youre exposed to new knowledge…

Question 5

What is accommodation?

Answer 5

changing or creating a new schema

Question 6

what is the overcinfidence bias?

Answer 6

confidence accuracy so long as the subject is answering hard questions about an unfamiliar topic

Question 7

what is representative heuristics?

Answer 7

most likely to guess something is true/real if it matches our expectations

Question 8

what is source monitoring

Answer 8

ability to accurately identfy the source of a memory
-if we forget the soruce, more likely to be biased.

Question 9

what is the sleeper effect?

Answer 9

altitude change that occurs over time when we forget the source of info