Memory bias - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Hermann Ebbinghaus - Wanted to prove that you can examine concept of memory from a scientific view. Used nonsense syllables. Determined memory capacity is 7 + or - 2 Free Recall Test - you are able to produce a response as you do on essays or short answer questions Cued Recall Test - Receive hints to help test memory Recognition Test - choosing the correct item among several other options (multiple choice test) Savings Test - relearning method; recalls past memory Implicit memory - an inf...

EPPP questions with complete solutionEPPP questions with complete solution (test bank) Which of the following best explains the significant differences between mean IQ scores of European American and African American undergraduates? - correct answer A. The difference in the quality of secondary education for European American and African American students B. Inherent brain differences between European American and African American students C. Differences between urban and suburban experien...

What are the three steps to forming a memory? - ANSWEREncoding, storage, retrieval. How many items can the average person store in their short-term memory? - ANSWERThe average person can store about 7 items in their short term memory. (5-9) True or False? Long-term memory has no limit on the amount of information that can be stored. - ANSWERTrue, there are no limits for long term memories. What is the difference between an explicit and an implicit memory? - ANSWERExplicit memories requi...

OPOTA Practice Test Exam Questions with Complete Solutions The connection between in-groups and out-groups and police legitimacy - Answer-Some individuals interpret their encounters with police in terms of their groups societal position rather than the immediate circumstance of the police contact Types of Racism - Answer--Individual -Interpersonal -Institutional -Structural Two types of Bias - Answer-Explicit bias and implicit bias - common characteristics • Everyone possesses ...

Psychology - Answer-Scientific Study of behavior and mental processes Goal of Description - Answer-What's Happening? To Whom? Where? What else? Advantage: Simple and Straightfoward Disadvantage: Doesn't cover relationships (Perceiving the Question step derives this goal) Goal of Prediction - Answer-Goes into connections/relationships Advantages: Relationships Disadvantages: No WHY? (Forming Hypotheses) Goal of Explanation - Answer-Why are things occurring?? Advantage: Most thorough u...

___ statistics are used to describe or summarize a distribution of data: a)descriptive b)inferential c) frequency d)interval - ANSWER-a ____ is a rare, idiosyncratic reaction to neuroleptic drugs that may be caused by dopamine blockage in the basal ganglia. Muscle rigidity, hyperthermia, and stupor are the core symptoms of this. Other symptoms include painful joints, mutism, tachycardia, and urinary retention. a) tricyclic overdose b)Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) c)5-HT toxicity syndro...

MCAT Psychology Exam Questions & Answers. Absolute threshold - CORRECT ANSWER The minimum stimulus intensity required to activate a sensory receptor 50% of the time. Difference threshold (JND) - CORRECT ANSWER The minimum noticeable difference between two sensory stimuli 50% of the time. Weber's law - CORRECT ANSWER States that two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion for difference to be perceptible. Spotlight model - CORRECT ANSWER Visual attention can shift within the v...

PSYCH 115 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Which of the following is an overt behavior - Answer- Reaction Time Which of the following is NOT part of the scientific method - Answer- Report conclusions directly to the media You are teaching Psych-115 and all of your students correctly answer every question on the first test. When trying to explain this success, the law of parsimony would lead you to assume: - Answer- Your students studied hard in order to correctly answer every q...

Prof. King PSC 001 Exam 1 Test Bank Exam Questions With Correct Answers Current Update What is psychology? - Answer -The study of mind, brain, and behavior What practices can you take to exercise critical thinking? - Answer --Examine evidence -Apply logic and reasoning -Consider alternative explanations Common Biases, Identify and explain - Answer -Confirmation biases: Ignoring Evidence Heuristics: Taking mental shortcuts Hindsight bias: Accepting after the fact explanations ...

_____________ is a better predictor of heart disease than _______________ - HDL ; total cholesterol __________________ are not regulated by the FDA - herbal medicines -brain and spinal chord -Spinal cord receives sensory information from the body & sends it to the brain, and receives motor information from the brain & sends it to the body - Central Nervous System (CNS) -characterized by a loss of dopamine neurons, primarily in substance viagra -abnormal aggregates of proteins within neuro...