psych - cognitive

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Decks in this class (25)

the multi-store model of memory (Atkinson and Shiffrin, 1968)
What does the msm consist of 1,
What is a sensory experience 2,
Where does the attended informati...
20  cards
working memory model (Baddeley and Hitch, 1974)
Who proposed the working memory m...,
Describe the function of the cent...,
How much capacity does the centra...
9  cards
explanation of ltm: episodic and semantic memory (Tulving, 1972)
What did tulving propose about lo...,
What is semantic memory according...,
What is episodic memory according...
12  cards
reconstructive memory (Bartlett, 1932)
What is a schema 1,
Confabulation 2,
Interpretation 3
22  cards
individual differences in memory
What should be acknowledged about...,
What is processing speed 2,
What affects note taking speed 3
7  cards
developmental psychology in memory
What does developmental psycholog...,
What is dyslexia 2,
How does dyslexia affect verbal s...
11  cards
methods: experiments
Why is memory difficult to measure 1,
What are experiments in cognitive...,
What is the aim of an experiment 3
3  cards
methods: hypothesis
What is an experimental hypothesis 1,
What is a directional hypothesis 2,
When would a directional hypothes...
8  cards
methods: iv and dv
What is the independent variable ...,
What is the dependent variable dv...,
How does the independent variable...
3  cards
methods: operationalisation
What does operationalising the in...,
Why is operationalisation importa...,
How does operationalisation contr...
3  cards
methods: experimental variables
What are extraneous variables in ...,
What is a confounding variable 2,
Why is it important to control fo...
20  cards
methods: experimental control
What does standardisation mean in...,
How do standardised instructions ...,
What do standardised procedures e...
7  cards
methods: experimental design
Describe independent groups design 1,
What is a strength of using a ind...,
What is a limitation of the indep...
5  cards
methods: reliability
What is reliability in research 1,
What is test retest reliability 2,
What does it mean if findings are...
4  cards
methods: validity
0  cards
methods: objectivity
0  cards
methods: laboratory experiments
0  cards
methods: field experiments
0  cards
methods: inferential statistics
0  cards
methods: one- or two-tailed tests
0  cards
methods: case studies of brain-damaged patients and the use of qualitative data
0  cards
classic study: the influence of acoustic and semantic similarity on ltm for word sequences (Baddeley, 1966b)
What does acoustic mean 1,
What does acoustic similarity mean 2,
What does semantic mean 3
19  cards
contemporary study: Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil’s (2012) study of the developmental pattern of digit span
What did they want to examine 1,
What did they want to investigate 2,
What was the aim of the study 3
7  cards
key question
0  cards
practical
0  cards

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