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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 5
EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Learning Curve
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the relationship between the increase of learning and experience
Question 2: Amygdala
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Involved in declarative and episodic memory, Primary processor of emotional reactions
Question 3: Recency Effect
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refers to better recall of he last items, still in working memory
Question 4: working memory,
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The working memory is where we focus on information that is useful or needed right then
Question 5: Primary Effect
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refers to better recall of the first items from greater rehearsal Question 6: Storage:
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The creation of a permanent record of the encoded information "Retain the information"
Question 7: Flashbulb Memory
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Vivid and detailed memories that people create during times of personal tragedy, accident, or emotionally significant world events
Can develop in response to big events in our own lives
Question 8: Memory
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Learning that has persisted over time, information that has been stored and can be retrieved
Question 9: Recognition
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Identification of learned items when they are presented (multiple choice test) Question 10: Shallow Processing:
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Encoding on a basic level based on the structure of appearance Question 11: Trace Decay Theory:
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Assumes that memories leave a trace in the brain. A trace is some form of physical and/or chemical change in the nervous system.
Question 12: Structural
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encode physical qualities Question 13: Retrograde Amnesia:
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Forgetting events that occurred before an injury or trauma, but not basic facts or language abilities
Question 14: Retrieval Cue
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Reminders associated with information we are trying to get out of memory, aid us in remembering Question 15: Encoding:
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The process of putting information into the memory system "Get information into our brain"
Question 16: Peg Word System-
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Mnemonic technique for memorizing lists, An object or image is visualized which holds or 'pegs' the information that needs to be recalled and makes it easier to remember
Question 17: Misinformation effect
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exposed to misleading information we tend to misremember
Question 18: Deep Processing
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Occurs when we attach meaning to information and create associations between the new memory and existing memories
Question 19: Method of Loci
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Association of words on a list with visualization of places on a familiar path
Question 20: Explicit "Conscious" Memory (Declarative Memory)
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Memory of facts, concepts, and events that require conscious recall of the information and can verbalize
Question 21: Storage Decay, Hermann Ebbinghaus
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First to conduct experimental studies on memories by using himself as a subject Question 22: Hierarchical Encoding:
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A method of image coding that represents an image using a sequence of frames of information. The first frame is followed by frames that code the differences between the source data and the reconstructed data from the previous frames for that image Question 23: Pseudo-Memories:
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False memories that a person believes to be true
Question 24: semantically
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(meaning based) Question 25: Positive Transfer:
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Mastery of one task aids learning or performing another Question 26: Context Dependent Memory:
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Recall of information while in the same context of environment in which it was acquired
Question 27: Automatic Processing
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We process an enormous amount of information effortlessly at once where you don't think about it, such
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